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Safety Specialist

2 years years
Preffered by Company
Not Disclosed May 13, 2024
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Pharm/M.Pharm/PharmD Skills: ICSR Case Processing

Safety Specialist

Job Information

  • Available Locations: 13 locations
  • Job ID: R-01236939
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Category: Clinical Research
  • Remote: Fully Remote

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we strive to make a positive global impact through meaningful work. Join us in our mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We support our teams in achieving individual career goals while advancing science through research, development, and delivery of life-changing therapies. Our PPD clinical research portfolio spans laboratory, digital, and decentralized clinical trial services, as well as post-approval support. Your dedication to quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes for people and communities worldwide.

Discover Impactful Work

For over 25 years, PPD has provided comprehensive pharmacovigilance (PV) services and currently employs over 1300 PV professionals globally. We are expanding our “spoke” locations to deliver local PV services. As a Safety Specialist, you will be responsible for performing daily PV activities within a regulated environment, including:

  • Monitoring, collecting, translating, disseminating, and tracking safety information
  • Serving as a regulatory authority contact point
  • Supporting global PV operations with data entry, coding, adverse event assessment, follow-up, tracking reports, and regulatory reporting activities
  • Collaborating with project team members, client contacts, reporters, and third-party vendors
  • Assisting in preparing departmental and project-specific procedures and processes
  • Preparing for and attending meetings, audits, and regulatory authority inspections

This role offers an opportunity to advance your PV career while gaining exposure to both post-approval and clinical trial settings.

A Day in the Life

  • Perform daily PV activities
  • Participate in on-call duties for 24-hour coverage for regulatory authority calls
  • Review regulatory/pharmacovigilance publications and information sources to stay updated on current regulations, practices, and procedures
  • Review cases for quality, consistency, and accuracy
  • Prepare and maintain regulatory safety reports
  • Assist with routine project implementation and coordination, including presentations at client meetings and review of metrics and project budgets
  • Mentor less experienced staff

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent formal academic/vocational qualification
  • Previous experience providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years)
  • In some cases, a combination of education, training, and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Good oral and written communication skills, including paraphrasing
  • Good command of English and ability to translate information to/from the local language
  • Computer literate with the ability to work within multiple databases
  • Previous exposure to Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Understanding the importance of and compliance with procedural documents and regulations
  • Ability to manage and prioritize tasks and meet strict deadlines with limited supervision
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Ability to maintain a positive and professional demeanor in challenging circumstances
  • Ability to work effectively within a team to achieve a shared goal