Medical Advisor

Team - Clinical Leadership team

Working Pattern - Hybrid - 2 days per week in either the Vitality London or Bournemouth offices. Full time hours.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Proven experience in a clinical setting
• A strong medical background
• Ability to work within and add value to multiple projects at once
  
  

What this role is all about:

Are you a clinician looking to use your skills in a different way? Vitality offers an exciting opportunity for a healthcare professional to join our team. This role is ideal for a doctor with a broad medical background—preferably in oncology—a nurse specialist, or a pharmacist with strong research experience. However, we welcome applicants with a solid understanding of clinical research, policy-based decision-making, and stakeholder communication. Supporting the Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director, you'll help drive evidence-based funding decisions, promote sustainable healthcare, and encourage clinical innovation. The role requires balancing complex information with fiscal responsibility to ensure members receive high-quality, innovative care, while independently evaluating clinical evidence, member and provider input, and insurance policy terms.

Key Actions

• Develop new policies, conduct horizon scanning, understand emerging therapies and their impact on the claims fund, and maintain direct contact with external experts to gather insights and input on treatments.
• Proactively update clinical guidance, ensuring alignment with changing regulatory, clinical, and environmental trends.
• Act as a subject matter expert to support the claims management function - with a focus on complex case management - which may include representing Vitality in provider discussions.
• Identify opportunities and gaps in current processes and care pathways, and lead strategic initiatives aligned to delivering better value and health outcomes for our members.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Risk and QA departments to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Provide clinical and scientific input on business content, including marketing and promotional activities.
• Lead with a customer-focused mindset to support implementation of new technologies, products, and other initiatives.
• Deliver continuous learning and development initiatives across the business.
• Contribute to the publication of Vitality data and thought leadership to promote clinical excellence.
  
  

What do you need to thrive?

• You will need to hold a healthcare or life sciences qualification - or very strong work experience in the absence of this.
• Excellent and clear communications skills with the ability to influence widely.
• Deep understanding of critical appraisal.
• Ability to work with ambiguity, at pace, and across multiple projects.
  
  

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes - A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%- We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance - Four times annual salary
  
  

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
• Be there for you when you need us.
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.
  
  

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.