Abbott Posted October 25, 2026

Field Clinical Specialist

Abbott Park, Illinois, United States FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Job Title

Field Clinical Specialist

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

Career development with an international company where you can grow the career of which you dream.

Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Field Clinical Specialist to work Remotely covering Illinois for our Vascular division. This is a remote role but candidate must live in surrounding states or relocate to Illinois.

The Field Clinical Specialist has comprehensive knowledge in the area of Medical Affairs. Ability to execute highly complex or specialized projects. Adapts precedent and may make significant departures from traditional approaches to develop solutions.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

What You’ll Work On

As the Specialist in the Medical Affairs Sub-Function, considered as a highly experienced and knowledgeable resource within the organization in overseeing the direction, planning, execution, clinical trials/research and the data collection activities.

Contributes to implementation of clinical protocols, and facilitates completion of final reports.

Recruits clinical investigators and negotiates study design and costs.

Responsible for directing human clinical trials, phases III & IV for company products under development.

Participates in adverse event reporting and safety responsibilities monitoring.

Coordinates and provides reporting information for reports submitted to the regulatory agencies.

Monitors adherence to protocols by clinicians within a clinical setting

Monitors and determines study completion.

Coordinates and oversees investigator initiations and group studies.

May participate in adverse event reporting and safety responsibilities monitoring.

May act as consultant/liaison with other corporations when working under licensing agreements.

Required Qualifications

Associate's Degree

5+ years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

Highly prefer and RN or RT with Cath Lab experience

Medical Device

Clinical Trial and/or Research Experience

80% Travel within the United States

Apply Now

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $61,300.00 – $122,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Clinical Development
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Abbott Park, Illinois, United States
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Clinical Development role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 1416 comparable Clinical Development roles across 101 biopharma companies.

1416Comparable roles tracked
1310Currently active
101Companies hiring similar roles
48Countries represented

Salary context

428 of 1416 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Peer group range $0 – $468,000 (median $201,400)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 1416 comparable roles

United States730
India127
United Kingdom91
China69
Poland42
Japan33

+ 42 more countries

Seniority mix

956 of 1416 peers have a known seniority level

Manager256
Director240
Senior150
Associate Director114
Senior Director66
Associate49
Principal32
Executive/VP29
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc20

Therapeutic area mix

203 of 1416 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology101
Immunology34
Neuroscience30
Cardiovascular / CVRM11
Respiratory10
Dermatology & Aesthetics6
Vaccines & Infectious Disease4
Ophthalmology3
Rare Disease3
Gastroenterology1

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