ECG Scientific Advisor

Patient Safety Centre of Excellence team

Hays Specialist Recruitment is now looking to recruit an ECG Scientific Advisor for the Patient Safety Centre of Excellence team for a 1-year 50% FTE contract at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg.

Patient Safety Centre of Excellence´s (PS CoE) vision is to pursue functional excellence for Patient Safety across the business by providing specialised expertise in Safety Science, Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management, while optimising Safety Processes, Systems, Policy, Compliance and Governance.

The Cardiovascular Safety Center of Excellence (CVS CoE) is a function within PS CoE that focuses on solving complex Cardiovascular Safety issues across the therapeutic areas. We strive toward Scientific, Technical and Operational excellence in ECG study design, analysis and interpretation using state-of-the-art, in-house developed tools.

An ECG Scientific Advisor plays an important role in evaluation of digital ECGs in clinical studies. See below for responsibilities and tasks:

* The ECG Scientific Advisor is responsible for timely delivery of accurate ECG analysis results to Study Teams and for operational input to the Clinical Study Protocol regarding the collection and analysis of ECG data.
* Delivers preliminary data analysis to the AZ ECG Centre Cardiologist as basis of Dose escalation safety reports for Safety Review Committee meetings
* Coordinates the review of study documentation related to cardiac safety and ECG in the Study synopsis, Clinical Study Protocol and Clinical Study Report
* Delivers the ECG analysis, data exports and specific reports in allocated studies

Minimum Requirements for the role:

* Registered Nurse or Biomedical Analyst (BMA),
* Minimum of 3 years experience from Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Arrhythmia unit, Clinical Physiology or Cardiac Electrophysiology lab.
* Competence in ECG analysis and interpretation
* Experience with the Office programs and monitoring systems.
* Experience of cardiac digital systems (Holter telemetry or another system)

Skills and Capabilities:

* Experience of cardiac digital systems (Holter telemetry or another system)
* Strong communication skills in English
* Teamwork and collaboration skills
* Task-oriented
* Service minded and customer focused