Principal Clinical Specialist - Salt Lake City, UT

About the role

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. Working at Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life.

This position is a field-based position based in Salt Lake City, UT in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats. Under general direction, the CRM Product Support Specialist provides comprehensive engineering, sales, educational, and technical support. This role responds to field inquiries from physicians, healthcare professionals, patients, and field sales staff regarding CRM (Cardiac Rhythm Management) products.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a senior clinical interface between the medical community and the business.
• Demonstrates the ability to build and sustain credible business relationships with customers and share product expertise accordingly.
• Provides engineering, sales, education, and clinical support in response to field inquiries on an as-needed basis.
• Demonstrates a thorough command of all CRM products, related product and technical knowledge, trends, and players while providing regional case coverage.
• Develops, leads, and/or facilitates training sessions and other programs on CRM products for healthcare professionals.
• Provides additional back-up support to Cardiac Rhythm Team in the following areas: sales support, regional training seminars, clinical studies/data collection, trouble shooting, new product in-service training to physicians, nurses and sales representatives, mentors and provides leadership for less experienced Clinical Specialists, continuously develops engineering, sales and technical skills relative to the overall Arrhythmia Management strategy, including learning opportunities via Sr. Sales personnel and management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Bio-Medical Engineering, related field or equivalent healthcare experience.
• 6+ years of related experience or a program certification from an accredited cardiac training program.
• Must have IBHRE certification in CRM products for this role.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cardiology, electro-physiology, or cardiac electro‑physiology procedures.
• Familiarity with cath lab and operating room procedures and protocol.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of cardiac pacing systems.
• Must apply engineering skills and abilities to interpret and solve complex clinical problems.
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills, along with excellent interpersonal, presentation, analytical, and organizational abilities.
• Additionally, must be able to meet deadlines effectively.
• Must be detail‑oriented and capable of working independently.
• Must be able to collaborate effectively with engineers