Sr. Clinical Applications Specialist - Northeast
About The Position
HistoSonics is hiring a Sr. Clinical Applications Specialist to develop the clinical competency, procedural confidence, and field readiness of newly hired commercial team members. The role serves as their primary clinical mentor during onboarding, bridging classroom education with real-world clinical application so new hires can safely and effectively support histotripsy procedures independently. Working with the Clinical Training Manager, Clinical Training Specialists, Clinical Applications Manager, and commercial leadership, the specialist leads the field immersion phase of the standardized 12-week onboarding program. The role validates competency through structured assessments and reinforces clinical best practices across customer engagements, helping build a scalable onboarding model that accelerates productivity while maintaining clinical excellence, consistency, and patient safety. The position is remote and based in Philadelphia or another major Northeast metropolitan area, ideally near a major metro. Travel is up to approximately 70%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a clinical discipline is strongly preferred.
- At least 5 years of experience in clinical applications, clinical education, medical affairs, or post-market clinical support within medical devices or interventional medicine.
- Strong understanding of image-guided procedures, treatment workflow, and physician training models.
- Ability to interpret clinical data, evaluate safety trends, and communicate complex clinical concepts clearly.
- Proven ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to translate clinical evidence into field-ready guidance.
- Ability to travel approximately 70% to support field insight gathering, training, and Medical Affairs collaboration.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Class II or III medical devices.
- Experience collaborating with medical affairs, field clinical teams, and clinical workflow experts.
Responsibilities
- Execute the field immersion phase of the standardized 12-week onboarding program through hands-on coaching, real-world case exposure, competency development, and performance feedback for Clinical Regional Managers, Clinical Specialists, Account Managers, and Procedural Development Specialists.
- Develop new hires’ clinical competency and field readiness through structured coaching, guided procedural experiences, and progressive skill development.
- Coach new hires on clinical workflow, physician interaction, imaging optimization, treatment planning, procedural execution, customer engagement, and post-procedure responsibilities.
- Conduct structured competency evaluations and provide timely developmental feedback.
- Document onboarding progress, competency assessments, development milestones, and required field activities in the Learning Management System (LMS).
- Identify performance gaps and implement individualized development plans.
- Recommend readiness for independent field deployment based on competency standards and successful field-based assessments.
- Partner with the Clinical Training team on Foundations and Advanced Training, including simulation labs, mock procedures, skills demonstrations, and clinical workshops.
- Ensure standardized clinical workflows, procedural best practices, customer interactions, and documentation across onboarding cohorts.
- Coordinate field immersion, competency validation, and exposure to varied clinical environments, procedural complexities, and customer scenarios with the Clinical Applications Manager.
- Collaborate with the Clinical Training team to improve onboarding curriculum, field development resources, competency tools, educational materials, and learning experiences.
- Identify recurring knowledge or skill gaps and provide actionable feedback to improve training content, coaching strategies, and onboarding effectiveness.
- Serve as the primary clinical mentor and trusted resource for new hires throughout onboarding.
- Support ongoing field development by reinforcing clinical best practices, product enhancements, new indication readiness, procedural consistency, and continuous clinical development.
- Travel to customer sites, training events, and internal meetings to support onboarding, field development, and clinical education.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
