Medical Information and Patient Safety Specialist, AstraZeneca

Job description
Medical Information and Patient Safety Specialist - Nordic Marketing Company (Nordics)

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. 

Randstad Life Sciences is specialized in competences within Life Science. As a consultant with us, you get a competitive salary, benefits and collective agreements. Your consultant manager is always there for you and ensures that you get varying and developing assignments at different companies, within different industries. At Randstad Life Sciences, your personal development is in focus, and you are offered a large network and many social activities.

Responsibilities
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

Qualifications
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

Application
2021-08-26. Selection and interviews will be ongoing. The position may be filled before the last day of application, therefore, apply as soon as possible.

About the company
Randstad Life Sciences specializes in the field of science and is part of Randstad, the world leader in recruitment and consulting with operations in 38 countries. With this global network, in combination with our strong local foundation, we can offer a wide range of varied and developing assignments and jobs for you who are a specialist in life science. Our mission is to help you reach your true potential with your career in focus!