Senior Clinical Specialist, Vessel Closure in Des Moines, IA

Abbott • Des Moines, IA

15d • $68,000 - $136,000 • Remote

About The Position

Abbott is seeking a field-based Clinical Specialist to support its Vascular division, with a heavy focus on Vessel Closure, in the Des Moines, Iowa area. The role is responsible for case planning, case support coverage, and product pull-through in the designated territory and, as needed, throughout the region. The specialist promotes Vascular products through customer education, service, and training in hospital settings, and provides clinical education and sales support to help achieve sales goals, grow product-line revenue, and increase market share.

The Clinical Specialist serves as a technical procedure and product expert for hospital case coverage, supporting electrophysiologists, interventional cardiologists, and hospital staff across the Vessel Closure portfolio, including small- and large-bore arterial and venous products and future releases. The position includes customer relationship development, clinical case support and troubleshooting, product education and demonstrations, and attendance at procedures in cardiac catheterization labs, interventional radiology labs, and operating rooms. The position is remote and field-based, with travel within the assigned region and additional regional case support as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 5 years of related work experience.
• Ability to travel 50% within the assigned region.

Nice To Haves

• Patient interaction experience within a lab or operating room environment.
• Relevant technical certification.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical procedure and product expert supporting case coverage in hospital settings.
• Support electrophysiologists, interventional cardiologists, and hospital staff with the Vessel Closure portfolio, including small- and large-bore arterial and venous products and future product releases.
• Meet with existing and potential customers, including physicians and physician office groups at hospitals, to identify clinical needs, goals, and constraints related to patient care and demonstrate how Vascular products can help address them.
• Develop relationships with hospital personnel, establish contacts in hospital departments, and identify key decision makers.
• Provide clinical support for case coverage, troubleshooting, and in-service education on company products.
• Educate customers on product benefits and proper clinical use through presentations and demonstrations in a variety of formats and platforms.
• Keep customers informed about product, therapy, and technology developments and relevant industry topics.
• Attend clinical procedures in cardiac catheterization labs, interventional radiology labs, and operating rooms to support customer and patient success with Vascular products.
• Respond to customer product and service needs and complaints by developing feasible solutions or collaborating with sales, clinical research, marketing, product development, and other personnel.
• Provide case support across the broader region as needed, in addition to the defined territory.
• Plan cases and provide case support coverage and product pull-through throughout the designated territory and region as needed.
• Promote Vascular products through customer education, service, and training in hospital settings, and provide clinical education and sales support to contribute to sales goals, revenue growth, and market share.

Benefits

• Excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, described as an affordable and convenient path to a bachelor’s degree.
• Access to a medical plan; participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for free coverage in the HIP PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Health and wellness benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior