Drug Safety Associate
Pfizer Inc.
Sydney, Australia
Job posting number: #7277367 (Ref:pf-4918263)
Posted: September 2, 2024
Job Description
Why Patients Need You
Pfizer Worldwide Medical and Safety colleagues play a key role in connecting evidenced based, medical decision support with colleagues and stakeholders to enable better health and treatment outcomes. Whether you are creating framework necessary to ensure our evidence is scientifically sound, providing unbiased, medically necessary expertise or investigating how to close gaps in data, our mission is simple. Empower healthcare decisions regarding the safe and appropriate use of medicines for patients.
What You Will Achieve
You will be relied on by the company to monitor its drug, biologics and medical devices surveillance program. This will include intake, evaluation and processing of the adverse reports received. You will support the clinical trial as well as the post marketing activities.
As an associate, your focus on the job will contribute in achieving project tasks and goals. Through your domain knowledge and commitment, you will create a collaborative teaming environment for your colleagues.
It is your dedication and hard work that will make it possible for Pfizer’s customers and patients to receive the medicines they need, when they need them.
About this role
This position is part of the local Drug Safety team and an entry level role which reports to the Safety Team Lead.
Primary Responsibilities
- Carry out case intake activities prioritisation activities
- Review, rank, verify, process and document case-related information: event terms; validity, seriousness, special scenarios; timelines; accuracy and consistency.
- Review case criteria to determine appropriate workflow for case processing
- Assess cases to distinguish those with particular complexities and/or specific issues, and escalate appropriately
- Determine and perform appropriate case follow-up, including generation of follow-up requests
- Review processed cases to verify accuracy, consistency and compliance with process requirements, and review case data for special scenarios
- Liaise with key partners, locally, and other stakeholders regarding safety data collection and data reconciliation
- Develop and maintain expertise and knowledge for applicable corporate and global regulations, for guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures, for data entry conventions, and for search functions in the safety database
- Determine reportability of scheduled reports, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements
- Consistently apply regulatory requirements and Pfizer policies
- Participate, as appropriate, in local, internal and external safety activities
Technical Skill Requirements
- Experience in pharmacovigilance and/or data management preferred but not required
- Experience and skill with medical writing an advantage
- Demonstrated computer literacy
- Experience in the use and management of relational databases preferred
Qualifications (i.e., preferred education, experience, attributes)
- Health Care Professional or equivalent experience preferred
- Ability, with supervision, to solve routine problems and to surface issues constructively
- Ability to make basic decisions with an understanding of the consequences
- Ability to achieve personal objectives while meeting departmental standards of performance
- Ability to work under supervision in a matrix organization
- Fluency in spoken and written English
Work Location Assignment: Flexible
At Pfizer we care about our colleagues’ wellbeing and offer a range of great benefits for them, including:
Paid parental leave
Access to Health & Wellness apps
Career Growth Experiences program
Recognition & rewards program
Paid volunteer days
Life Insurance Benefits
Pfizer Learning Academy access to top content providers
Access to flu vaccines & skin checks
Options to purchase additional leave
Salary packaging & novated lease options
*Benefits listed may vary depending on your position and location and may be subject to change.
Pfizer Australia and New Zealand’s diverse workforce represents the patients we serve and the communities in which we operate. With a focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I), Pfizer ANZ ensures our people are heard and cared for. We offer engagement opportunities in both Colleagues Resource Groups (CRGs) and workstreams across: Culture and Tradition, Reconciliation @ Pfizer (RAP), Gender Equity (GEN), Disability and through the Out Pfizer Employee Network (OPEN) for our LGBT + colleagues and allies.
If you require reasonable adjustment during your application, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition Manager.
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