Sr Drug Safety Scientist

Fresenius Kabi USA • Lake Zurich, IL

3d • $133,000 - $146,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Serves as operational lead responsible for receiving, assessing, obtaining follow-up, processing, and reporting adverse drug events regarding company pharmaceutical, nutrition, and biological products. Participates in global data exchange with the Fresenius Kabi entities and other Fresenius Kabi USA partners. Interacts with the Quality and Regulatory departments to resolve safety and quality issues.

Requirements

• Current medical/clinical professional degree in good standing required (i.e., PharmD, RPh, RN).
• Dynamic highly motivated professional with the ability to work cross-functionally and collaboratively.
• Minimum of 8 years of drug safety and adverse drug event reporting experience required.
• Adverse drug event reporting experience required.
• Excellent clinical judgment and critical thinking skills required.
• Demonstrates leadership skills with a focus on solution-based ideas.
• Takes initiative and is able to perform duties with minimal supervision.
• Ability to understand and interpret federal regulations and company operating procedures as they apply to medically complex adverse drug events and determine whether the events suggest a product quality issue.
• Ability to gather data from multiple sources and references and formulate a medically appropriate case narrative.
• Ability to interpret large amounts of safety and quality-related data and recognize/identify potential health hazards (signal detection).
• Must be able to prioritize and multi-task with minimal supervision and participate in peer-review process when processing product complaints and adverse drug events.
• Knowledge of Aris global systems, MedDRA/WHO drug coding, and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required.
• The successful candidate must be able to effectively speak, read, write, and understand English to perform the essential functions of the position, including independently understanding policies, procedures, training materials, and workplace communications written in English due to our heavily regulated work environment.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical/hospital experience preferred.
• Pharmaceutical industry experience in post marketing setting preferred.
• Experience with preparation of Periodic Adverse Drug Experience Reports (PADER) is preferred.
• Experience with management of SDEAs preferred.
• Experience with REMS operations and compliance preferred.
• LifeSphere® MultiVigilance experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serves as operational lead responsible for receiving, assessing, obtaining follow-up, processing, and reporting global adverse drug events regarding company drug products in accordance with global and local standard operating procedures (SOPs), and FDA regulations and guidelines.
• Responsible for peer review in KabiSafe LSMV database and the Global Complaint Management Workflow (gCMW) for all Drug Safety Scientists and Data Specialists.
• Liaises with the Global Vigilance Medical Manager/PV Physician to ensure that appropriate medical review and assessment is provided.
• Functions as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Vigilance Department on Adverse Drug Event (ADE) processing and FDA reporting.
• Conducts interdepartmental training on adverse event procedure.
• May lead the planning, development, and maintenance of training and associated materials.
• Oversight for the preparation of Periodic Adverse Drug Experience Reports (PADER) and individual case safety reports.
• Maintains current knowledge of applicable local and global regulations, standard operating procedures, and guidelines.
• Maintains an in-depth understanding of product knowledge, labeling, and relevant data for company products.
• Maintains knowledge of all pertinent regulatory safety publications.
• May lead the development, implementation, and management of Safety Data Exchange Agreements (SDEAs) and performs ADE reconciliation activities with Partners per Safety Data Exchange Agreement (SDEA).
• May lead the implementation and monitoring of REMS programs, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Collaborates with the Global Vigilance team to identify potential compliance issues with case processing and discuss solutions to maintain compliance.
• Interacts with the Quality and Regulatory Departments, as needed, to resolve safety and quality issues.
• Assists in the creation/revision of department procedures and policies.
• Interacts with a compassionate, courteous, cheerful, and cooperative demeanor at all times with both internal and external customers in accordance with Fresenius Kabi values.
• Additional tasks and responsibilities as required.
• All employees are responsible for ensuring the compliance to company documents, programs and activities related to the Health, Safety, Environment, Energy, and Quality Management Systems, as per your roles and responsibilities.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company contributions
• Paid vacation
• Holiday and personal days
• Employee assistance program
• Health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability
• Wellness program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree