Recruitment for Pharmacovigilance Assessor

This exciting and interesting job puts you at the heart of the Pharmacovigilance Team, which is part of the VMD’s Authorisations Division.

As a Pharmacovigilance assessor, you will contribute to the VMD’s aims and objectives by monitoring reports of suspected adverse reactions and lack of efficacy following use of veterinary medicinal products, to ensure that the benefit/risk balance of these products remains positive.

Job Title

Pharmacovigilance Assessor

Grade

SSO

Salary & Pension

£40,242 – £44,724 per annum with Pension Scheme

Annual Leave Entitlement

Commencing at 25 days

Role

Your main duties will be to:

• Monitor and assess adverse event reports following use of veterinary medicinal products in order to detect trends which reflect on the safety, quality and efficacy of products authorised for use in the UK. Use your veterinary medicine knowledge to determine the likelihood that the reported signs can be attributed to the products when assessing trends from the reports of suspected adverse reactions or lack of efficacy following use of veterinary medicines, and identify emerging patterns of resistance.
• Perform signal detection analyses within the pharmacovigilance databases and undertake a detailed evaluation of the data and, in liaison with other assessors, interpret the clinical significance of the results obtained.
• Assess the benefit/risk balance of veterinary medicinal products based on surveillance data.
• Formulate recommendations and plan suitable risk mitigation measures based on Signal Management outcome.
• Participate in the assessment of the variations to the marketing authorisations of veterinary medicinal products following pharmacovigilance activities.
• Maintain awareness of current developments, legislation and guidance affecting veterinary medicinal products and provide relevant expert advice to assessors from other scientific disciplines within the VMD, other government departments and external stakeholders.

How to apply

You must make your application via Civil Service Jobs where you will find a full job description including salary details.

Closing Date

28th December 2022