Robotics Clinical Specialist

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A Day in the Life

Join Medtronic's Robotic Surgical Technologies (RST) team as a Robotic Clinical Specialist (RCS) based in Sydney, NSW and help shape the future of robotic surgery in Australia.

The Surgical Robotics Clinical Specialist plays one of the most important roles within RST at Medtronic, supporting our customers during the launch, development and expansion of their surgical robotics programs. The RCS manages the end-to-end integration, operational readiness, clinical adoption and growth of the Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) system. In this role as an RCS, you will be responsible for the successful integration of the RAS portfolio within an assigned hospital.

At Medtronic, we believe patients around the world deserve access to quality care and improved outcomes. Through our Surgical Robotics portfolio, we are expanding access to minimally invasive surgery and helping transform surgical care through robotic, digital and data-driven solutions.

This is a field-based position with travel requirements of up to 40%, depending on business needs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with hospital teams and Medtronic field support to plan, prepare, and execute robotic surgery system installation, start-up, and workflow readiness.
• Develop and maintain account-specific implementation plans, including governance, milestones, risk management, stakeholder roles, training, and readiness checkpoints.
• Lead regular program review meetings with hospital stakeholders and Medtronic partners to monitor progress, manage barriers, and keep implementation on track.
• Design and coordinate surgeon and operating room staff training plans, including Medtronic training, proctored cases, simulation, dry-lab, and on-site learning activities.
• Support clinical adoption by attending procedures during the learning phase, coaching hospital teams, and reinforcing safe, efficient, and standardised workflows.
• Build strong relationships with surgeons, nurses, hospital leadership, and administrative stakeholders to support program development, expansion, and long-term utilisation growth.
• Use program data, customer feedback, and documented lessons learned to drive continuous improvement, support sustainable program growth, and maintain compliance with quality, regulatory, and Medtronic requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Degree plus 2 years relevant experience with medical devices industry
• Operating Room knowledge or experience
• Demonstrated ability to operate from idea generation, through detailed implementation and results delivery.
• Experience in change management process
• Valid driver’s license and own transport and willingness to travel as required to meet business needs.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

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Benefits & Compensation

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