588 Medical Science Liaisons jobs in the United Kingdom

• Establish and cultivate strong, peer-to-peer relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and healthcare professionals (HCPs) in relevant therapeutic areas.
• Serve as a primary scientific and medical resource for internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver scientific and clinical presentations on the company's products and research findings.
• Respond accurately and efficiently to unsolicited requests for medical information.
• Gather insights from KOLs and HCPs regarding disease state, treatment landscape, and unmet medical needs.
• Support clinical trial activities, including investigator identification and trial site support.
• Attend and participate in relevant medical congresses and scientific meetings.
• Provide feedback to internal teams on market insights, competitive intelligence, and scientific trends.
• Ensure compliance with all industry regulations, ethical guidelines, and company policies.
• Contribute to the development of scientific and medical communication strategies.

• Advanced scientific degree (Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent) in a relevant life science or healthcare field.
• Significant experience as an MSL or in a similar medical affairs role within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Deep understanding of a specific therapeutic area (e.g., Oncology, Cardiology, Neurology).
• Exceptional scientific acumen and the ability to critically evaluate clinical data.
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships.
• Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance guidelines within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Ability to travel extensively and work independently.
• Proficiency in data analysis and interpretation.
• A strategic mindset and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

• Developing and executing a territory-specific medical affairs plan in alignment with brand strategy.
• Establishing and maintaining strong, credible relationships with KOLs, researchers, and other healthcare providers.
• Presenting complex scientific data and clinical information on products in a clear and accurate manner.
• Responding to unsolicited scientific inquiries from healthcare professionals.
• Gathering and reporting insights on clinical practice, treatment trends, and competitive intelligence.
• Supporting clinical trial activities, including investigator identification and study conduct.
• Collaborating effectively with internal teams, including sales, marketing, clinical development, and regulatory affairs.
• Delivering scientific training and education to internal and external stakeholders.
• Attending and presenting at key medical congresses and symposia.

• Advanced scientific degree (Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D.) in a relevant field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an MSL or in a similar medical affairs role within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven therapeutic area expertise (specify relevant area if known).
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with KOLs and navigate complex stakeholder landscapes.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong understanding of clinical research methodology and data interpretation.
• Ability to work independently and manage a remote territory effectively.
• Willingness to travel extensively within the assigned territory.

About the Company

A fast-growing, tech-enabled CRO and global site network that started life within a major biopharma before becoming fully independent. They’ve built a proprietary AI platform now used to run smarter, faster clinical trials — and are expanding rapidly with their own hospitals and trial sites in India, and plans for Brazil, Australia, and China.

Now ~50 people, they’re closing Series A and moving into a Series B raise with a major bio-capital investor already signed. 0

It’s a genuine startup culture — everyone contributes, collaborates, and grows together. They also offer stock options from CRA level up – showing they invest in their people.

As their first UK CRA hire , you’ll have a key role in their European growth. You’ll monitor sites across the UK and EU (Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Germany) , support feasibility/start-up, and help shape the company’s operational foundations.

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Enjoy working autonomously in a small, fast-moving CRO.
• Want to help build something, not just follow a process.
• Can balance hands-on site work with cross-functional input.

What You’ll Need:

• 3 - 5 years CRA experience (CRO or sponsor)
• 5 - 7 years for a Senior CRA
• Proven EU monitoring exposure
• Solid knowledge of ICH-GCP & EU regs
• UK base with willingness to travel
• Startup or small-CRO experience is a big plus
• Oncology Based Experience

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive salary with higher flexibility for Senior CRA's
• Fast-track growth in a scaling, global business
• Exposure to AI-driven clinical operations
• Collaborative culture with true ownership and visibility

Planet Pharma are partnered with a leading clinical research organisation, who are seeking an experienced Research Physician with a strong clinical background and the ability to make independent decisions in a research environment.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in the NHS at Registrar level, including independent decision-making on the ward and running outpatient clinics.
• Background in General Medicine / Acute Internal Medicine.
• MRCP qualification.
• GMC registered – candidates must provide their GMC number.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Experience or exposure to clinical trials would be highly advantageous.

Candidates must be proactive, clinically competent, and ready to contribute to high-quality research delivery.

If this role isn’t suitable for you, please let us know if you can refer anyone – any recommendations are much appreciated! Planet Pharma offers a competitive referral scheme so you will be rewarded for your help!

About Planet Pharma

Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We have invested significantly in creating a robust international platform that enables us to work compliantly in 30+ countries with a current network of 2500+ active contractors globally as well as a very strong permanent / direct hire recruitment offering.

Our specialist knowledge and close relationships with our clients and the wider industry really makes us unique in our field. Just recently we were recognized by FORBES as the 17th best professional staffing firm, and have won multiple awards from industry accredited bodies for our commitment to excellence and service delivery. We have extensive functional expertise including: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, QA, QC, Submissions experts, Clinical development, Quality, Biostatistics, and Medical Affairs / Writing.

We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Join IQVIA as a Clinical Research Coordinator!

Are you passionate about clinical research and ready to make a real impact? Do you want to be part of a global leader in healthcare innovation? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

IQVIA is seeking a dedicated Clinical Research Coordinator to join our team in Torpoint , working 24 hours per week on a one year contract . This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge clinical trials at a single site, supporting investigators and ensuring smooth study operations.

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a key member of the site team, you’ll play a vital role in supporting clinical research activities. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting clinical studies in line with health and safety policies under the guidance of the Principal Investigator.
• Maintaining study documentation including protocols, CRFs, and EDC systems.
• Coordinating logistics for study schedules.
• Assisting with data entry, quality checks, and resolving queries to ensure accuracy.
• Supporting patient recruitment and eligibility screening.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re seeking someone who is proactive, detail-oriented, and passionate about clinical research. Ideally, you’ll bring:

• At least 2 years’ experience as a Clinical Research Coordinator, Research Nurse, or Site Research Assistant.
• Solid understanding of clinical trials and study-specific procedures.
• Basic knowledge of medical terminology.
• Strong IT skills, including MS Office (Access, Outlook, Excel, Word).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong organisational abilities and attention to detail.

Why IQVIA?

At IQVIA, you’ll be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team that’s shaping the future of healthcare. We offer a supportive environment, meaningful work, and the chance to grow your career in clinical research.

Exciting roles in cutting edge research, working with some of the most distinguished pharma companies in the UK and internationally

We’re offering

A rewarding career pathway for GMC registered physicians to become involved in the development of tomorrow’s medicines, in MHRA Phase I Accredited Unit with an international reputation.

The role

You will support a diverse range of clinical studies/trials involving patients and healthy volunteers, undertaking drug development programmes in a variety of therapeutic fields, including respiratory, dermatology, cardiovascular, endocrinology, and inflammatory disorders.

Key responsibilities

To provide medical care and oversight of clinical trial participants.

To fulfil role of sub investigator/ Principal investigator when delegated ensuring compliance with regulatory and ethical standards.

A critical role in the design, execution and oversight of clinical trials.

To provide support to clinical staff and all other department in study set up and execution of clinical trials.

Working under the supervision of Professor Dave Singh, Medical Director. Applicants must have completed foundation year programme training or equivalent.

MEU will offer you.

·   Competitive salary (dependant on experience)

·   Continuous professional development

·   29 days annual leave increasing to 33 after 5 years' service

·   Company pension scheme

·   Generous annual bonus

·   Healthcare plan

·   Free parking

This is an exciting opportunity with candidates to start and interview as soon as possible!

The Clinical Research Coordinator must have minimum 1 year clinical research experience as they need an individual who can work independently as well as part of a team. Day to day responsibilities will involve data entry, query resolution and admin.

Bonus to have:

Experience with Oncology

Planet Pharma are partnered with a leading clinical research organisation, who are seeking an experienced Research Physician with a strong clinical background and the ability to make independent decisions in a research environment.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in the NHS at Registrar level, including independent decision-making on the ward and running outpatient clinics.
• Background in General Medicine / Acute Internal Medicine.
• MRCP qualification.
• GMC registered – candidates must provide their GMC number.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Experience or exposure to clinical trials would be highly advantageous.

Candidates must be proactive, clinically competent, and ready to contribute to high-quality research delivery.

If this role isn’t suitable for you, please let us know if you can refer anyone – any recommendations are much appreciated! Planet Pharma offers a competitive referral scheme so you will be rewarded for your help!

About Planet Pharma

Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We have invested significantly in creating a robust international platform that enables us to work compliantly in 30+ countries with a current network of 2500+ active contractors globally as well as a very strong permanent / direct hire recruitment offering.

Our specialist knowledge and close relationships with our clients and the wider industry really makes us unique in our field. Just recently we were recognized by FORBES as the 17th best professional staffing firm, and have won multiple awards from industry accredited bodies for our commitment to excellence and service delivery. We have extensive functional expertise including: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, QA, QC, Submissions experts, Clinical development, Quality, Biostatistics, and Medical Affairs / Writing.

We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

We are seeking to appoint a CRP1 (Clinical Research Physician – level 1) to join our dedicated team at our clinic in Teesside. The focus of this role is to fulfil the role of Sub-Investigator and Principal Investigator (where delegated) in clinical research studies in compliance with the protocol and ICH/GCP.

We welcome applications from newly qualified doctors with 2 years of experience (FY 1&2 included) and no prior experience in clinical research. This is an ideal opportunity for candidates exploring an alternative to NHS or private sector.

If you have prior experience in research or you have a real interest in changing to a career in clinical research and bring additional years of experience, particularly in psychiatry, then we would like to hear from you too

Starting salary: £50,000

(additional considerations will be made for those that match some/all of the "desirable" criteria outlined in Key Skills)

KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Essential

• UK GMC Registered with valid licence to practice
• 2 years post graduate experience of working as a doctor in the UK within the NHS (minimum)

Desirable

• 2+ Years of UK clinical experience in any specialty
• 2+ years of psychiatry experience
• Previous clinical research experience in SMO/CRO

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical activities:

• Fulfil the role of Sub Investigator / Principal Investigator where delegated.
• Provision of medical care and oversight of clinical trial participants.
• Ensure trial related procedures are completed in accordance with ICH-GCP guidelines and in compliance with the protocol.
• Review medical records of potential study participants.
• Remain proactive in participants study visits, including taking informed consent, physical examinations and other clinical procedures.
• Ensure that study documentation is completed, signed off, and actioned, as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate source notes.
• Review medical reports and lab results.
• Assist clinical staff members in various clinical activities as required.
• Participate in site monitoring visits with Clinical Research Associates.
• Ensure timelines for data queries are achieved.
• Continuously work towards maintaining and improving quality in all areas.
• On-call rota duties as required.
• Assess and review memory clinic patients (only applicable to sites where MAC operates a memory clinic)

Management:

• Attend Investigator Meetings (IM), Site Initiation Visits (SIV) and Pre-Study Selection Visits (PSSV) as required.
• Review source documents.
• Participate in sponsor and regulatory audits as required.
• Participate in meetings with colleagues and customers.

Leadership

• Provide practical help and guidance to other staff.
• Instil confidence in patients, customers and colleagues.
• Providing training to the clinical/ recruitment teams on essential medical information and protocols when required.

Commercial Awareness and Contribution to Targets

• Maintain an awareness of our key customers and market competitors.
• Share ideas from previous work environments to enhance current role.
• Maintain an awareness of site KPI's and contribute positively to meeting these targets.

Professional development

• Always maintain a professional attitude and appearance to customers/colleagues.
• Ensure that GMC requirements for revalidation are met appropriately to retain license to practice.
• Identify opportunities for self-development.

Recruitment:

• Assist with the development of recruitment strategy with the Envision team as a therapy area specialist.
• Maintain awareness of chat and screen fails and patient drop-out rates, taking appropriate corrective action.
• Keep up to date with study status, ensuring each stage is optimised.
• Establish and maintain relationships with local GPs, Consultants and service providers.

General:

• Share experience and knowledge with colleagues as appropriate and in an appropriate manner.
• Compliance with MAC policy on equality and diversity
• To maintain professional qualifications required for the role, including continuous personal development
• To work to the requirements of SI 2004 no 1031 and amendments thereof, which includes Good Clinical Practice
• To work according to MAC SOPs, guidelines and policies
• To work according to current data protection standards and practice good information management. Maintenance of strict confidentiality of patient and business-related data.
• To maintain a high level of initiative and personal responsibility, liaising appropriately with team members and managers to ensure your job role is efficiently carried out
• To support the aims of MAC and to represent MAC appropriately in a professional way to all our customers

PHYSICAL, WORK ENVIRONMENT, TRAVEL DEMANDS:

• Dealing with bodily fluids.
• Long periods looking at a computer screen.
• Meeting deadlines and working within strict timelines.
• Ability to travel between sites if required.
• Ability to travel to national/international meetings.

BENEFITS:

• Health Insurance
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free onsite parking
• 25 days annual leave (increasing in increments to 30 days after 6 years' service)
• Your birthday off work

MAC Clinical Research invites applications from highly motivated candidates, with a desire to fulfil their full potential. You will be working with an organisation that sees you as an investment and is keen for you to achieve your career aspirations.

Please email should you require any special arrangements or reasonable adjustments to be made throughout this selection process. This will enable us to accommodate your request as necessary.