Clinical Solutions Specialist (Operating Room)
Medline - Together, Advancing Healthcare
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Job Summary
We are seeking a clinically experienced professional with Operating Theatre (OR) experience—to join our team.In this role, you will bring your frontline clinical expertise into a commercial healthcare environment, influencing product decisions, supporting innovation, and ensuring our solutions remain clinically appropriate, compliant, and cost-effective.
You’ll play a key role in bridging the gap between clinical practice and business outcomes—supporting product development, pack optimisation, and enabling confident decision-making across the organisation.
Job Description
Major Responsibilities
- Conduct clinical reviews of products and pack configurations, supporting initiatives such as cost optimisation, product changes, discontinuations, and regulatory (SOPP/TGA) requirements
- Provide clinical approval and guidance on product substitutions, working closely with the SOS Manager to ensure safe and appropriate outcomes
- Deliver and support engaging clinical education sessions, including product launches, portfolio updates, and refresher training across the business
- Partner with cross-functional teams to support pack optimisation and product selection, identifying clinically appropriate, best-value solutions
- Contribute clinical expertise to tender submissions and product evaluations, supporting successful outcomes
- Collaborating with Product Managers and Sourcing to maintain accurate and up-to-date component information
- Attend regular shortage and supply review meetings, recommending clinically appropriate alternatives to ensure continuity
- Provide timely, practical clinical advice to support day-to-day operations across teams including Production, Planning, QA/RA, and Complaints
- Demonstrate strong ownership and responsiveness, ensuring clinical queries are actioned efficiently to support business needs
Skills and Experience
To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate the following:
- Strong clinical background as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Nurse Educator or an experienced Registered Nurse
- Strong Operating room / perioperative experience is essential
- Confident in interpreting and communicating clinical product knowledge
- Commercially aware with a strong desire to influence outcomes beyond the bedside
- Proven ability in building effective relationship with both internal and external stakeholders with a focus on collaboration
What we will offer you
• Hybrid working environment - 3 days in the office and 2 days from home
• Learning culture with dedicated in-house training and study assistance
• Enjoy 1 day of birthday leave and volunteer leave per year
• Purchase additional annual leave scheme
• Private health care discount with BUPA
• Free Partnership with Sonder - a leader in medical, mental health and safety employee assistance 24 hours a day 7 days a week
• Novated leasing
• Free EV charging bays for employees
• Discounted gym membership
and much more!
Belonging at Medline
It takes every team member for us to succeed. At Medline you can expect to feel respected, enjoy your work, reach your potential, and be given the opportunity to do more - and go further. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome your unique contribution regardless of your culture, ethnicity, life stage, race, gender identity, disability, or religious beliefs.