(temporary 12 months’ position)

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 Espoo, Finland. This temporary role is a 12 months’ maternity leave cover with the target start date in the beginning of April 2021.

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.

The temporary role will assist in covering the tasks in Finland 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.

• Handles adverse events/SAEs from the Nordic markets

• Involved in local pharmacovigilance tasks such as Risk Management Plans and reviewing of Market Research activities

• Supports Responsible Pharmacist with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) related activities, when needed  

• Assists in developing procedures and assist with QC work

• Follows local trends and legislations

• 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 Finnish 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 with Quality Control / Quality Assurance work

• Experience working on cross-functional teams

• Ability to collaborate externally and internally

Why AstraZeneca? Our offer to you

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines and strive to continuously meet the unmet needs of patients worldwide. When we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big.

We are proud to have a unique workplace that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

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More information
 

For more information please contact Saija Vihermaa, MIPS Head, Responsible Pharmacist Finland, email: saija.vihermaa@astrazeneca.com, phone: +358 40 3301 290. Kindly contact by phone preferably on Friday 15th January at 15-16 or on Tuesday 19th January at 12-14.

Please submit your resume and application in English by 24th January 2021 by using the Apply button. Applications will be handled on a continuous basis.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.