UK - Drug Safety Manager - Senior

Highly Competitive Salary
  1. Drug Safety / Product Safety
  2. Contract
United Kingdom, HIGH WYCOMBE
Posting date: 10 Oct 2017
DS.AQ.13846

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This Drug Safety Manager job is with one of the most renowned global pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer health organisations located in High Wycombe. The organisation is a top 10 pharma company and employs over 100,000 professionals worldwide.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Act on behalf of the LSO in periods of their absence
  • Supervise the collection, review and reporting of Adverse Events (AEs) and pregnancy reports obtained through spontaneous reporting, solicited reports, clinical study reports, local literature, and all other potential sources
  • Conduct initial quality review and assessment of local individual cases
  • Write, review, validate and implement the (local) operating procedures/guidelines and verify adherence
  • Manage and maintain active involvement in day-to-day AE reporting
  • Co-ordinate the follow-up of missing information in safety cases and undertake site visits for follow-up of local cases of special interest
  • Provide local data as required to support the preparation of Safety Summary reports (PSUR, DSUR, etc.)
  • Where applicable, support the Qualified Person (QP) for PV to provide safety-related regulatory communication (e.g. response to request for information from Local HA)
  • Implement compliance standards and facilitate the collection of compliance metrics as required
  • Give training on drug safety reporting of LOC personnel and maintain awareness of drug safety reporting in general 50
  • Manage the local PV / Drug Safety team members providing coaching and feedback
  • Work with EMEA PV to provide relevant drug safety input to the PV training plan and assist with the execution of training within the LOC
  • Direct local safety staff activities, in collaboration with GMS, to ensure that specified timelines and reporting requirements are met 30
  • Complete compliance metrics as required
  • Sign off memos in TARGET
  • Review effectiveness of CAPAs
  • Trend deviations and implement CAPAs as necessary
  • Support inspection and audits
  • Support CSTL/LSO in ad hoc requests as required
  • Contribute to global, regional, local projects 20

Skills and Requirements:

  • Proven ability to organise workflow activities and manage multiple critical issues
  • Awareness of and familiarity with industry principles of pharmacovigilance, drug development and pharmacology
  • Sound knowledge of Global and Local SOPs
  • Sound knowledge of GMS database systems
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with proven ability to negotiate and communicate with internal and external customers
  • Ability to establish and maintain open relationships within the organisation and with authorities
  • Demonstrable knowledge of all local PV requirements and of Global aspects of drug safety
  • Demonstrated pharmaceutical industry experience including solid experience in a PV responsibility role
  • Life Science degree or equivalent nursing qualifications
  • 3 to 5 years 1

To Apply:

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In case you have difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please call Amy Quinn on +44 207 4400 633 or upload your CV on our website - www.Proclinical.com.
A full job description is available on request.
Proclinical is a specialist employment agency and recruitment business, providing job opportunities within major pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

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