Clinical Development Scientist

Clinical Development Scientist (Contract)

Location: Drachten

Duration Assignment: 12 months (with possible extension)

Contract: via a Randstad company

Hours/week: 40

Month Salary: 3.800,- EUR t/m 5750,- EUR

In this role, you will have the opportunity to: Make life better!In this role, you challenge yourself as a Clinical Development Scientist by driving the generation, interpretation, and communication of clinical evidence that supports high-quality Philips products and solutions, making a global impact on people’s health and well-being.

When you choose to work at Philips you’ll work on life-changing projects; and contribute to innovative health technologies and solutions that improve billions of lives around the world.

You will be responsible for:

• Collecting, appraising, and analyzing clinical data related to medical products.

• Contributing to harm reviews of complaints (based on RMM), collaborating with physicians, and writing medical reports.

• Collaborating with internal teams (regulatory, study management, statisticians, post-market surveillance, risk management, legal, marketing) and external stakeholders (regulatory agencies, subject matter experts, consultants).

• Writing and reviewing Clinical Study Reports (CSRs), Clinical Evaluation Reports (CERs), Post-Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) Reports, and supporting the publication of study outcomes.

• Supporting clinical trial operations and product approvals across the USA, EU, and Rest of World (ROW).

• Providing clinical risk assessment support across the entire product lifecycle—from ideation through market introduction.

• Evaluating safety data from Post-Marketing Surveillance (PMS), literature reviews, and other sources.

• Including safety data in regulatory documents such as Risk-Benefit Analyses, protocols, CSRs, and CERs.

• Analyzing adverse event reports to ensure accurate classification and compliance with regulations.

• Responding to safety-related inquiries from healthcare professionals, patients, and internal teams.

• Contributing to the development and implementation of safety policies, programs, and procedures.

• Staying up to date with regulatory changes to ensure ongoing compliance.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience:

• Education: Preferably M.D. or Master’s in Biomedical Science or a health-related field. Minimum: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Medical Science, Nursing, or equivalent.

• Experience: 3–5 years in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry.

• Experience in vigilance reporting and harm review for medical products.

• Trained in medical writing and systematic review; experience with MDR-compliant CERs and PMCFs is a plus.

• Working knowledge of GCP, ICH guidelines, ISO 14155, FDA, and EU medical device regulations.

• Understanding of research methodology, including clinical study design and biostatistics.

• Strong ability to collaborate across clinical, engineering, regulatory, and external partner teams.

• Professional fluency in English, both written and spoken.

In return, we offer you:For this project, you’ll work for Philips and become a contract or permanent employee of a Randstad company. As a contractor at Philips, you'll enjoy cutting-edge challenges and unexpected experiences that make you a more in-demand professional.

Why work on a project at Philips?If you’re looking for meaningful work and a chance to tackle complex challenges, broaden your skills and expertise and become an even more sought-after professional, you’ll find all that and more with project work at Philips.

The Randstad companies are responsible for finding talent to provide services at Philips. If you are selected to provide services for Philips, you will be employed by Randstad and will not be an employee of Philips.