Medical Information & Pharmacovigilance Officer

Hobson Prior are looking for a Medical Information & Pharmacovigilance Officer to join a technical consultancy who provide support at all levels from strategy through to administration. You will join them on a permanent basis in Barnstaple.

Job Responsibilities:

• Represent as the first point of contact for receipt of medical information enquiries via telephone, email or letter.
• You will ensure the 24-hour helpline is functioning and managed appropriately.
• Ensure that any medical information inboxes are monitored regularly, and that all enquiries are dealt with appropriately and according to internal procedures.
• Inform management of important safety issues as they arise which require attention.
• Provide a response to medical information enquiries using appropriate documented sources of information or approved published literature.
• Log, track and monitor enquiries for trends.
• Provide summary data for EEA QPPV and Company (MAH) oversight, including attendance at monthly client teleconference as appropriate.
• Support the Scientific Manager is the preparation and update of Medical.
• Information SOPs and guidance documents.

Key Skills:

• Can communicate effectively with a wide range of customers, adapting to an appropriate level of need.
• Ability to prioritise, plan and organise workload according to customer and business needs, and work within agreed timelines.
• Ability to solve routine problems and to manage issues constructively.
• Ability to act autonomously where appropriate, take initiatives and make decisions.

Requirements:

• Medical degree or Life Sciences/Health related qualification with medical knowledge, or equivalent experience.
• Awareness of benefit risk assessment strategy in patient safety.
• Knowledge of relevant information sources such as printed publications, unpublished sources, databases, websites and external bodies.
• Ability to analyze and appraise clinical, biomedical and scientific reports in a systematic, accurate, fair and balanced way.

Apply now:

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