Medical Information and Patient Safety Specialist

Nordic Marketing Company (Nordics)

Hays Specialist Recruitment is now looking to recruit a Medical Information and Patient Safety Specialist for the Nordic Marketing Company for a short-term contract assignment starting as soon as possible until 2021-12-31 at AstraZeneca in Södertälje.

As part of AstraZeneca the Nordic Marketing Company (Nordic) employs around 400 people across 5 countries and has offices located in Södertälje, Copenhagen, Espoo and Oslo. By 2025 AstraZeneca Nordic aims to become a recognized leader in its core therapy areas and improve the lives of millions of people. This will be achieved by driving innovative science, preparing launches, building close collaboration and partnerships with stakeholders in health care systems, and developing high-performing teams.

We are now hiring for the Medical Information and Patient Safety Specialist temporary role in Södertälje, Sweden.

The role
Medical Information and Patient Safety Specialists are responsible for managing medical information queries and pharmacovigilance tasks within our Nordic organization. This includes managing enquiries from physicians, pharmacists and patients, and reporting any Adverse Events. The tasks must be performed according to applicable regulations and AstraZeneca Standard Operating Procedures. The split between medical information and pharmacovigilance tasks is decided by the current company need. In autumn 2021 this role will mostly work within medical information.
The temporary role will assist in covering the tasks in Sweden but also partly covers the Scandinavian countries with regards to Medical Information and Patient Safety.
Other tasks might be relevant, e.g. supporting the company on medical information projects related to specific products or other tasks as per need.

Typical accountabilities for role

* Responds to queries on pharmaceutical products from internal and external partners. Tracks queries and responses through information management systems.
* Develops and maintains medical information systems and procedures
* Handles adverse events from the Nordic markets
* Involved in local pharmacovigilance tasks such as Risk Management Plans and reviewing of Market Research activities
* Follows local trends and legislation
* Communicates with local authorities/government on safety & medical information related issues
* Active contribution to continuous improvement within the function
* Assures tasks are of accurate quality and in accordance with written procedures and current legal requirements and internal standards

Minimum experience / requirements

* We are looking for an individual holding a Master´s degree in pharmacy or equivalent with good knowledge in pharmacology.
* We expect you to have excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to translate complex medical language. To do so, you need to be proficient in the Swedish language and have excellent knowledge in English. A good understanding of the other Scandinavian languages is preferable.
* As a person, you work structured, organized and have attention to details.

Preferred experience/requirements

* Experience from similar work within the pharmaceutical industry, research, pharmacies or authorities
* Experience working on cross-functional teams
* Ability to collaborate externally and internally