Clinical Science Consultant
About the role
The Clinical Science Consultant leads non-branded, evidence-based education for Primary Care Providers (PCPs) to improve early identification and diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias in the outpatient setting. This role focuses on advancing disease state awareness, reducing diagnostic gaps driven by comorbidity overlap, and supporting appropriate use of ambulatory cardiac monitoring (ACM) within the standard of care.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and deliver compliant, non-promotional educational programs on cardiac arrhythmias tailored to PCP audiences.
Translate current and emerging scientific literature into actionable insights relevant to primary care practice.
Establish credibility as a clinical resource and thought partner to PCPs and care teams.
Address symptom overlap and the risk of diagnostic overshadowing in primary care populations.
Educate providers on the link between common comorbidities and increased arrhythmia risk.
Communicate the downstream impact of delayed diagnosis, including increased HCRU, hospitalizations, readmissions, and cost of care.
Promote the role of PCPs in initiating appropriate diagnostic pathways, including ACM use within guidelines.
Highlight system barriers (e.g., cardiology access delays) and opportunities for earlier diagnosis in primary care.
Align education to PCP performance metrics, quality measures, and population health initiatives.
Educate PCPs on the clinical considerations, appropriate use cases, and limitations of short-duration monitoring (24–48 hour Holter) compared to longer-term continuous monitoring (LTCM).
Provide evidence-based context on how monitoring duration may impact diagnostic accuracy, time to diagnosis, and downstream care decisions.
Support PCP understanding of when extended monitoring may be appropriate for patients with intermittent, infrequent, or unexplained symptoms.
Guide adoption of a symptom- and risk-based questionnaire to identify high-risk patients appropriate for ACM.
Support PCP understanding of when extended monitoring may be appropriate for patients with intermittent, infrequent, or unexplained symptoms.
Align educational messaging to value-based care principles, emphasizing cost containment, quality improvement, and optimized resource allocation.
Partner with Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, Market Access, and Commercial teams to ensure aligned, evidence-based messaging.
Contribute to development of scalable education models and best practices.
Performance Expectations & Incentive Alignment
Performance objectives and incentives are aligned to measurable impact on PCP engagement and adoption of appropriate, guideline-consistent diagnostic pathways within assigned markets.
Success is measured by the ability to drive upstream diagnostic behavior change, expand disease state awareness, and improve alignment between primary and specialty care.
Education & Experience
Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience.
Active Registered Nurse (RN) license, MSN, DNP, or equivalent clinical experience preferred.
7+ years clinical experience (cardiology, electrophysiology, or primary care strongly preferred).
3+ years in clinical education, provider engagement, or medical affairs.
Experience educating PCPs or working within primary care settings preferred.