Pharmacovigilance Veterinary Officer in Milton Keynes

Pharmacovigilance Veterinary Officer

Our client is a global pharmaceutical organisation based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. They are a vibrant, fast paced organisation providing medicines to UK customers.  They are recruiting a Pharmacovigilance Veterinary Officer to join their busy team. Our client would consider both experienced candidates as well as graduates.

The role will use technical expertise to:

Support the setting of Pharmacovigilance and Product Quality Complaint cases in the UK

Support the Pharmacovigilance Manager in maintaining, developing and implementing Pharmacovigilance compliance procedures. Priority is given to Pharmacovigilance case setting which must be completed to a high standard within short deadlines.  This involves working with the technical and veterinary teams who gather the case information, to ensure that information gained is sufficient and to a high clinical standard to allow each Pharmacovigilance case to be fully assessed and coded within PV Works. The role will also assist the current team of Pharmacovigilance Officers by giving technical support. The role will assist the Pharmacovigilance Manager with the maintenance, development and implementation of Pharmacovigilance compliance procedures in line with internal and external guidance.

The role is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday) and our client offers a hybrid working model with a minimum of 2 days in the office and 3 days’ work from home. This position is a temporary contract role initially signed off for 12 months with a possible extension and offers an hourly rate of £19.59 - £33.28 per hour, depending on experience, plus 25 days holiday pro rata and other benefits.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To enter data for pharmacovigilance cases in the appropriate system within the deadlines.
• To assess cases for VEDRA coding and final causality, with explanation of findings.
• Apply technical knowledge to improve pharmacovigilance case technical content, case quality and consistency
• To liaise with Competent Authorities as required
• To liaise with Vet advisers and the Technical Product Support Group to ensure accurate case data is available and to reconcile anomalies
• To work with Global colleagues to understand the Pharmacovigilance requirements for different products.
• Product Quality Complaints setting in PV Works
• To assist the Pharmacovigilance Manager with maintaining, developing and implementing Pharmacovigilance compliance procedures.
• To provide backup to the Pharmacovigilance manager and PQC DPOC to ensure compliance with procedure and deadlines as required.
• To give advice/training to Commercial, Pharmacovigilance and Technical product Support Group as required.
• Source accurate data from practices and use technical knowledge to assess this when case setting.
• Liaise with global colleagues to discuss pharmacovigilance cases.
• Assess operational protocols and implement improvements.
• Ensure all cases are reported in the required timescale.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Essential

• Degree in Veterinary Science or similar.

• Good veterinary knowledge in all species
• Good decision making skills
• Able to work to deadlines
• Able to prioritize own workload
• Good team player
• Accurate under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Able to assess and analyse information
• Excellent written and oral communication
• IT literate – familiar with the practical application of IT in a commercial environment, ideally using MS Office
• Ability to handle confidential issues

Desirable

• PV Works experience
• Pharmacovigilance or Technical Support in the veterinary pharmaceutical industry
• Organization and management of projects
• Presentation of information in both oral and written form at various levels