Job Description

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Join us in shaping the future of Medical Affairs

This role sits at the cutting edge of healthcare innovation—where advanced therapies, multi-indication medicines, and fast-moving science meet urgent patient needs. In a dynamic, collaborative environment, you’ll work with passionate colleagues committed to agility and excellence.

As the Medical Science Liaison (MSL) in Psychiatry, you’ll build strategic partnerships with leading Thought Leaders and Healthcare Providers across the UK. Through balanced scientific exchange, you’ll share clinical insights and gather real-world perspectives to inform evolving treatment practices.

Your contribution will help accelerate solutions for unmet needs and advance our mission to improve outcomes for patients with psychiatric conditions.

Territory: Midlands. Candidates must live in or be flexible to travel across the territory.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop effective relationships with Psychiatry TLs, appropriate HCPs, and access stakeholders across the UK to engage in meaningful peer to peer discussions on clinical data and treatment landscapes
• Deliver clear, accurate presentations to HCPs and confidently respond to inquiries, ensuring full compliance with medical, ethical, and legal standards
• Actively assess the medical landscape by meeting with TLs to understand their needs and expertise. Continuously update their own knowledge in treatment strategies, products, unmet medical needs, clinical trials and scientific activities. Understand the competitive landscape and actively prepare to address informational needs.
• Collect and provide meaningful medical insights back to the medical and commercial organisations to be actioned in support of the strategy development.
• Develop territory Field Medical plan and TL Interaction plans based on therapeutic area objectives and TLs needs.
• Adopt institution/account planning approach and contribute to cross-functional institution/account plans.
• Contribute to development and delivery of scientifically meaningful medical programs/projects in line with the local Medical and Field Medical plan.
• Support the initial and ongoing medical/scientific area and product specific training and provide key scientific updates to internal stakeholders (e.g. Commercial, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Legal, HEOR, Market Access).
• Support Internal programmes, such as RMP and other programmes as detailed by the Medical Plan
• Support Interventional and Non Interventional Research (NIR) studies (e.g. identification and assessment of potential study sites) to support patient recruitment and/or discussions around the safe and effective use of BMS investigational products, as agreed with local medical management and as defined by the study scope document.
• Provide recommendations and insights to clinical development team on study and site feasibilities within the therapeutic area based on knowledge of the field and through direct contacts with potential investigators, as agreed with local medical management.
• Ensure that BMS Pharmacovigilance procedural documents are understood and applied by investigators of local studies, and alert BMS personnel to any identified Adverse Events.

Qualifications

Core

• Advanced scientific or clinical degree.

Desired

• A registered physician or UK registered pharmacist is preferred. Exceptional candidates with a scientific background are welcomed.

Experience

Core

• Ability to work co-operatively with others in order to meet group and organisational goals, to consistently deliver on commitments and communicate opinions, facts and thoughts with clarity, transparency and honesty.
• Clinical experience in psychiatry

Desired

• Medical Affairs experience preferably in psychiatry
• Experience in product launches
• Experience with real world evidence and compassionate use programme

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If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol
BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

Supporting People with Disabilities

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R1599810 : Medical Science Liason - Neuropsychiatry (Midlands)