Clinical Safety Specialist at Medtronic in Northridge, California

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 6 Jan 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life
The Diabetes Operating Unit focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community. As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We're committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, always with an aim to make their lives easier. Our portfolio of innovative solutions are designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health, helping them achieve better glucose control, while spending less time managing their disease.

Join our diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Handling various clinical study assignments, and collaborating with cross-functional colleagues in resolution of strategic and operational issues.


• Develop and execute clinical study specific strategies and operational plans - DMC/CEC charters


• Assure successful conduct of assigned clinical studies consistent with applicable regulations, guidelines and policies. This may involve multiple regulatory requirements


• Work collaboratively / lead study members from the Medtronic Clinical Research Institute


• Develop and update study-related CEC/DMC Charters


• Provide oversight of safety activities and operations functions as well as training/feedback to safety personnel and team members. Liaise to clinical sites, CRO and management, in-house Program Team.


• Interface with cross-functional group


• Determine obstacles, identify solutions, and implement plans in collaboration with the safety and/or study team to meet study objectives, scope, schedules and budget. Enlist support and specify tasks for various clinical and project team members to assure that study deliverables and timelines are met.


• Coordinate clinical activities based on site and study needs and perform other duties as assigned. Ensure adequate documentation and resolution of issues, This will usually involve oversight of CRO monitors, but may require hands-on intervention in cases.


• Conduct trial master file reviews


• Contribute to accurate and timely study status reports to study team and management and follow action items through resolution.


• Maintain documentation to be consistent with regulations and SOPs.


• Collaborate with cross-functional team/CRO in evaluation of safety data, tech support and CEC reconciliation, and data analysis.


• Ad hoc projects as assigned in the optimization of procedures and processes. Identify barriers of inefficiencies to flush out and streamline best practices.


• Actively promote Medtronic's core mission, corporate strategies, policies, procedures and Code of Conduct.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required, 2 year of experience OR an Advance degree with 0 years of experience

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$80,000.00 - $120,000.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.