Manager, Patient Safety-Saudi Arabia

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• Risk management plans.
• Provision of safety information.
• Implementation of PV Audit and Inspection Readiness
• Planning processing and reporting of Aggregate Reports to Health Authorities (HA) and Ethics Committees (as required).
• Maintenance of PV Awareness and Training.
• Implementation of Pharmacovigilance Agreements.
• As applicable collection followup and forwarding of spontaneous literature solicited post marketing AE cases.
• Submission of single cases to local HA and Ethics Committees (as required).
• Local Market Safety Data Quality.

Note: The responsibilities listed above are only a summary and other responsibilities will be requirements as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide quality work using strong organizational facilitation and interpersonal skills in a crossfunctional team locally within Worldwide Patient Safety and externally.
• Develops a good understanding of the BMS organization in particular the Global and Regional Safety groups. Has a good understanding of relevant local departments e.g. Regulatory and Clinical Teams and how these teams interact (or similar experience in another company).
• Possess excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills. Able to research compile and provide safety information in a clear concise manner to the local /regional team and Worldwide Patient Safety HQ as appropriate.
• An understanding of local regional and any other relevant legislation with regard to PV (e.g. ICH CIOMS) as well as BMS corporate and local systems (e.g. Global Safety Database local data bases) and procedures in order to fulfill regulatory requirements for pharmacovigilance.
• Maintains an awareness of the safety profile and any emerging pharmacovigilance/patient safety issues with BMS products (marketed or investigational) in the local affiliate and with support able to represent the local Patient Safety function on cross functional teams providing input on drug safety issues.
• Demonstrated ability to review safety information with attention to detail and accuracy while managing multiple tasks & prioritizing work to meet strict deadlines.
• Utilizes effective problemsolving approaches to solve PV issues seeking support from supervisor when necessary. Ability to comply with relevant internal and external processes/guidelines/regulations.
• 23 years experience of working in the pharmaceutical industry or a medical environment. Ideally having provided PV or medical/scientific information service in a health care environment.
• Bachelors degree in pharmacy or medicine.
• Minimal travel required in this position. Trips could include travel to BMS sites Health Authorities and to attend professional meetings and seminars.
• Due to the obligatory requirements from the Saudi FDA only Saudi Nationals preferred.

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