We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 4 Aug 2025
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
PLEASE NOTE: This posting is specifically for individuals attending the National Sales Network (NSN) Career Event who are interested in Clinical Specialist roles at Medtronic.
We are actively seeking top talent for Clinical Specialist opportunities across all operating units and locations.
Our Clinical Specialists are vital partners in the field—delivering technical expertise, supporting complex procedures, and ensuring the safe and effective use of our innovative medical technologies.
In this role, you will:
· Provide in-depth clinical and technical support to physicians, nurses, and healthcare teams in hospitals, clinics, and physician offices
· Collaborate closely with Sales Representatives, supporting key cases where specialized knowledge of Medtronic products is critical
· Serve as a trusted clinical expert in the field, building strong relationships with medical professionals
Most Clinical Specialist positions are field-based and require comfort working in procedural settings, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to patient impact.
PLEASE NOTE: By expressing interest in this posting, you are not applying for a specific role or opportunity within Medtronic. We will review everyone’s qualifications and match them to any available opportunities within our Clinical Specialist teams based on those qualifications.
To explore current openings and apply directly, please visit our Careers site .
We’re proud of our inclusive and collaborative culture—a place where people feel welcome, respected, and inspired by our Mission: to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.
Thank you for your interest in Medtronic—we’re excited to connect with you at NSN!
Qualifications
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
To be considered for these roles, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.
NOTE: Specific education and experience requirements vary based on level and business unit.
Nice to Have: Preferred, Not Required
OR/RT/MRI experience
Cath Lab experience
Clinical experience
Medical Sales experience
For our full-time Clinical opportunities, we are seeking committed professionals, who may be required to reside within a specific territory while driving to multiple accounts throughout a specified region, to join our winning teams. A valid driver's license is essential for Clinical roles, which may also include travel outside of the assigned territory, presenting opportunities for broader engagement.
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Inclusion, diversity, and equity play a critical role in driving our competitiveness. We are committed to embracing cultural differences to create an inclusive, equitable environment where every employee can thrive. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way.
Attending national diversity career events such as the National Sales Network Conference is a key priority and focus for Medtronic, providing opportunities for us to identify exceptional individuals to hire as we continue building a strong, diverse and talented pipeline reflecting the patients we serve.
Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident —we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.
EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS
Our Diversity Networks and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are building a sense of community, belonging, and activation for Medtronic employees. Medtronic supports diversity networks and ERGs focused in various areas such as gender, ethnicity, age, faith, sexual orientation, military veteran status, disability status and other shared affinities.
OPERATING UNIT & PORTFOLIO DESCRIPTIONS:
Cardiovascular Portfolio
Cardiac Ablation Solutions: Cardiac Ablation Solutions offers cardiac mapping and ablation solutions to treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms. Our vision is to help patients worldwide by advancing innovation for the diagnosis and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias, enabling clinicians to perform procedures with superior outcomes.
Cardiac Rhythm Management: Our Cardiac Rhythm Management Integrated Operating Unit offers devices and therapies that treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure. It is comprised of four key businesses: Cardiac Pacing Therapies, Defibrillation Solutions, Patient Management, and Procedure Innovations. Together, we will transform the lives of people with cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure.
Cardiac Surgery: Cardiac surgery represents end stage treatment in the care continuum for many cardiovascular diseases and this OU provides an intimate relationship with the Cardiac Surgeon and Cardiac OR by offering an unparalleled depth and breadth of portfolio.
Coronary & Renal Denervation: Coronary & Renal Denervation therapies are a vital component of the Medtronic interventional cardiology portfolio. In addition to our core products that treat blocked coronary arteries, we are seeking to solve unmet needs in the rapidly growing field of complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We also are leading the way with the transformational renal denervation therapy, which has the potential to be a powerful tool in battling the global hypertension epidemic.
Mechanical Circulatory Support: The Mechanical Circulatory Support Operating Unit is responsible for Medtronic’s heart pump program. Called the HeartWare™ HVAD™ System, this business provides a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) that helps patients’ hearts pump and increases the amount of blood that circulates through their bodies. The HVAD System features the world's smallest, commercially available, centrifugal flow pump.
Peripheral & Endovenous: Peripheral and Superficial Venous Interventions (SVI) therapies are a critical part of the Medtronic vascular portfolio, treating patients with a broad range of conditions, including Peripheral and Carotid Disease, End Stage Renal Disease, Peripheral Embolization, and Superficial and Deep Venous Disease. We lead the way in the Superficial Venous and Drug Coated Balloon markets, caring for hundreds of millions of patients globally with lifesaving and life-enhancing therapies.
Structural Heart and Aortic: The Structural Heart and Aortic integrated operating unit offers minimally-invasive approaches to restore proper structure and function of the heart and the aorta. We focus on the transcatheter replacement or repair of the four heart valves—aortic, pulmonic, mitral, tricuspid—and the placement of stent grafts to treat aneurysms and dissections of the body’s largest artery, the aorta.
Neuroscience Portfolio
Cranial & Spinal Technologies: Cranial and Spinal Technologies (CST) is redefining cranial and spinal procedures to reduce variability and improve outcomes with the goal of restoring long-term quality of life for more patients. We are the first company to offer an integrated solution that includes artificial intelligence-driven surgical planning, personalized spinal implants, and robotic-assisted surgical delivery to make patient care more customized.
CST is the market leader in spinal implants, robotics, and navigation. Our integrated operating unit is comprised of the following global businesses:
Spine and Biologics, offering full procedural solutions for spine surgery and bone grafting solutions for spinal fusion
Enabling Technologies, delivering an innovative portfolio that includes advanced imaging, navigation, robotics, customized implants, and pre-operative planning aided by artificial intelligence
Ear Nose Throat: The Ear, Nose, and Throat Operating Unit is a global leader and trusted partner for innovative ENT solutions that improve patient access, outcomes, and customer satisfaction. We partner with the ENT community to understand the needs of customers and patients, delivering solutions that improve lives as we embody a culture of accountability and trust.
Over the past 20 years, we have become the global market leader in three key segments – image-guided surgery, intraoperative nerve monitoring, and powered surgical instruments. We continue to launch valuable ENT solutions in these areas as well as tissue health and balloon sinus dilation.
Neuromodulation: Our vision is to become the undisputed world leader in Neuromodulation, improving patient lives through innovative solutions. Our therapies span the care continuum; from early interventional procedures to implantable surgical technologies that relieve pain, restore function and improve lives for our patients.
We're committed to applying clinical and economic evidence and integrated technologies to our unmatched portfolio of therapies to develop healthcare solutions that increase patient access, improve the efficiency of procedures and deliver successful patient outcomes.
Our Neuromodulation business includes the following therapies:
Pain Interventions - offers solutions from early interventional procedures to implantable surgical technologies — that treat chronic pain as well as pain from spinal fractures, cancer, and severe spasticity.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) - electrical signals are sent within the brain to help reduce symptoms of certain disorders or disease such as Parkinson's.
Visualase - MRI guided laser ablation system that allows for real time monitoring of soft tissue ablation during neurosurgery.
Neurovascular: The Neurovascular Operating Unit provides a comprehensive portfolio of proven, powerful neurovascular technologies, setting the highest standards of integrity and reliability in Acute Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke Care.
Pelvic Health & Gastric Therapies: Our Pelvic Health and Gastric therapies treat patients suffering from overactive bladder, non-obstructive urinary retention and fecal incontinence with our sacral neuromodulation (SNM) systems InterStim X™️ and InterStim™️ Micro; and our percutaneous tibial neuromodulation (PTNM) system NURO™️. More than 400 million people worldwide have incontinence, and many of them limit their lives socially, professionally and personally because of their condition. Our goal is to expand access to our therapies so we can help potentially millions of people get their lives back.
Medical Surgical Portfolio
At Medtronic’s Medical Surgical division, you’ll be part of a dynamic leadership team driving innovation across three core operating units: Acute Care & Monitoring, Endoscopy, and Surgical. Under the guidance of Division President Mike Marinaro, our structure empowers leaders to shape the future of healthcare through specialized business units, including Advanced Surgical Technologies, General Surgical Technologies, Hernia and Wound Management, and Robotic Surgical Technologies.
We're making that exciting future possible — and disrupting one of the biggest and fastest-growing markets in healthcare — with a game-changing portfolio of robotic and data & analytics technologies, services, and solutions. This is your opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven organization that’s transforming surgical care worldwide—with a focus on education, global impact, and cutting-edge technology.
Diabetes Portfolio
Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.
The Diabetes Operating Unit focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community. As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We’re committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, always with an aim to make their lives easier. Our portfolio of innovative solutions are designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health, helping them achieve better glucose control, while spending less time managing their disease.
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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.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$45,000.00 - $125,000.00The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).
In addition to Base Salary, these positions are also eligible for a Sales Incentive Plan (SIP), which provides the opportunity to earn significant incentive compensation for achieving or exceeding your goals.
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance,Health Savings Account,Healthcare Flexible Spending Account,Life insurance, Long-term disability leave,Dependent daycare spending account,Tuition assistance/reimbursement, andSimple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match,Short-term disability,Paid time off,Paid holidays,Employee Stock Purchase Plan,Employee Assistance Program,Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
Further details are available at the link below:
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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