Joining Us From Academia

• Planning and Writing Scientific Documents: Completing your thesis has honed your long-form writing skills, essential for Analysts and Medical Writers creating high-quality documents for various audiences and purposes
• Willingness to Learn: Our diverse project types mean a willingness to learn and self-teach is valuable. Your PhD provides a solid foundation in these areas, along with the ability to think logically and critically
• Proactive Problem Solving and Independent Working: During your PhD, you identified research gaps, managed projects, and solved problems independently. With us, autonomy and time management across multiple projects are key
• Collaboration and Communication: Academia has enabled you to collaborate and communicate with different stakeholders. These are vital skills for this role, where you will work alongside a project team, as well as a range of colleagues, clients, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders
• Analytical and Research Skills: In your PhD, you investigated complex topics, reviewed literature, and used various methods to collect, analyse, and interpret data. Similarly, our projects involve rigorous analysis and communication of data to support decision-making in healthcare. This includes literature reviews, journal articles, congress presentations and more
• Presenting Research: Academia often requires sharing research with diverse audiences. With us, you’ll create and deliver engaging presentations for clients and stakeholders, sharing expertise across different project types and disease areas
• Line Management: Throughout your PhD, you may have mentored students. As you advance at Costello Medical, this skill becomes increasingly important. Senior team members mentor junior colleagues, while Consultants lead project teams and line manage team members

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• Economic and Technical Modelling Skills: A quantitative PhD equips you with the ability to develop models and solve complex, open-ended questions. These skills are crucial to analyse health data and develop evidence on the cost-effectiveness of healthcare solutions for clients
• Excel and Programming Skills: Advanced programming skills and proficiency in various languages from academia are ideal for the Health Economist role. These skills can be seamlessly transferred to VBA in Excel or other programming languages like R, which are frequently used in client projects
• Willingness to Learn: Our diverse health economic project types mean a willingness  to learn and self-teach economic modelling skills is valuable. Your PhD provides a solid foundation in these areas and the ability to think logically and critically
• Proactive Problem Solving and Independent Working: During your PhD, you identified research gaps, managed projects, and solved problems independently. With us, autonomy and time management across multiple projects are key.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Academia has enabled you to collaborate and communicate with different stakeholders. These are vital skills for this role, where projects are completed as part of a cross-divisional team. You will share your economics expertise with those who are experts in other project types or disease areas, such as our Analysts or Medical Writers
• Presenting Research and Communication: Academia often requires sharing research with diverse audiences. With us, you’ll create and deliver engaging presentations for clients and stakeholders, sharing expertise across different project types and disease areas. These skills are vital as some clients may not have a technical, health economic background
• Line Management: Throughout your PhD, you may have mentored students. As you advance at Costello Medical, this skill becomes increasingly important. Senior team members mentor junior colleagues, while Consultant Health Economists lead project teams and line manage team members

• Technical and Statistical Skills: A quantitative PhD equips you with advanced statistical and analytical techniques, providing numerous transferable skills. We seek candidates who can handle complex data sets and derive meaningful insights. Experience in devising and running statistical analyses is crucial for success in this role
• Statistical Programming Skills: Extensive use of statistical software like Python, Matlab, R, or Stata during your thesis and research is ideal for the Statistician role at Costello Medical. Proficiency in these tools supports statistical evaluations and the development of robust healthcare models for our clients
• Willingness to Learn: Our diverse statistics project types mean a willingness to learn and self-teach programming languages and statistical skills is valuable. Your PhD provides a solid foundation in these areas and the ability to think logically and critically
• Proactive Problem Solving and Independent Working: During your PhD, you identified research gaps, managed projects, and solved problems independently. With us, autonomy and time management across multiple projects are key
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration:Academia has enabled you to collaborate and communicate with different stakeholders. These skills are vital in this role, where projects are completed as part of a cross-divisional team. You will share your statistics expertise with those who are experts in other project types or disease areas, such as our Analysts or Medical Writers
• Presenting Research and Communication: Academia often requires sharing research with diverse audiences. With us, you’ll create and deliver engaging presentations for clients and stakeholders, sharing expertise across different project types and disease areas. These skills are vital as some clients may not have a technical, statistical background
• Line Management: Throughout your PhD, you may have mentored students. As you advance at Costello Medical, this skill becomes increasingly important. Senior team members mentor junior colleagues, while Consultant Statisticians lead project teams and line manage team members

• Administration and Coordination: Managing your research project during your PhD demonstrates strong organisational skills, independence, and effective time management. These skills are essential for the Project Coordinator role at Costello Medical, where you will coordinate multiple projects, manage deadlines, and ensure successful project delivery
• Planning and Reviewing Scientific Documents: Completing your thesis has honed your long-form writing skills, which is essential at Costello Medical. Project Coordinators support with reviewing and finalising high-quality documents for various audiences and purposes
• Customer Service: Delivering work to stakeholders and supervisors during your PhD shows your ability to communicate effectively, meet deadlines, and manage expectations. These skills are crucial for the Project Coordinator role, which requires strong customer service for clients, stakeholders, and healthcare professionals. Our focus on customer service has driven much of our growth, allowing us to grow client accounts and service offerings organically
• Proactive Problem Solving and Independent Working: During your PhD, you identified research gaps, managed your project, and solved problems independently. These skills are crucial at Costello Medical, where autonomy and time management across multiple projects are key
• Collaboration and Communication: Academia equips you with the ability to collaborate and communicate with different stakeholders. These skills are crucial at Costello Medical, where projects are completed as part of a cross-divisional team. You will also regularly liaise with clients, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders
• Presenting Research: Academia often requires sharing research findings with diverse audiences. At Costello Medical, you will create and deliver engaging presentations for clients and stakeholders through a project
• Line Management: Throughout your PhD, you may have mentored students, providing guidance and feedback. As you advance at Costello Medical, these skills become increasingly important. Senior Project Coordinators mentor junior colleagues, while Account Coordination Managers lead project teams and manage team members