Job description Posted 24 March 2023

 

Medical Director (Safety Physician)

10 Months

ASAP Start

Remote Working

Rates : 1000p/d – 1275p/d Max Via Umbrella

 

Who Are We - GSK?

 

We are a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. GlaxoSmithKline plc was formed in 2000 as a result of a merger between Glaxo Wellcome plc and SmithKline Beecham plc, although our history can be traced back more than 300 years to London’s Plough Court Pharmacy in the 1700s.

 

Our goal is to be one of the world’s most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare companies. Our strategy is to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with our three global businesses, scientific and technical know-how and talented people. Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture:

 

·      Our values are Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity

·      Our expectations are Courage, Accountability, Development, Teamwork

 

 

ROLE SUMMARY:

 

·      Provides medical expertise in the safety evaluation and risk management of key GSK assets or other highly complex products in clinical development, regulatory approval submissions, and/or the post-marketing setting

·      Ensures that adverse event and other safety information is efficiently evaluated in order to meet global compliance and regulatory requirements, identify the need for product labelling updates and drive proactive implementation of risk management initiatives

·      Has a proven ability to lead safety evaluation activities, ensures that appropriate safety objectives and risk minimisation strategies are included in clinical development programmes and shows confidence, credibility and influence at all levels of the organisation

·      Presents the disease area or product area safety strategy at key internal GSK meetings and represents GSK externally at meetings with regulatory authorities, outside consultants and other companies such as licensing partners.

·      Accountable for medical review and sign-off for regulatory documents, including periodic reports

·      Accountable for proactively anticipating and mitigating the safety risks of GSK assets based on mechanism, preclinical safety findings, class effects, literature, and clinical safety experience.

·      Accountable for providing medical expertise within a cross-functional team in evaluating the benefit-risk balance of a GSK asset for both population and individual patient exposures in clinical development and for marketed products.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

Safety Governance and Risk Management activities

·      Drives pharmacovigilance and risk management planning in the clinical matrix and leads production of global Benefit-Risk Management Plans for designated products

·      Leads safety input into regulatory benefit-risk assessments, prepares the regional Risk Management Plans for designated products for submission to regulatory authorities

·      Delivers the clinical safety input into clinical development planning activities

·      Represents Global Safety on cross functional Clinical Matrix Teams and/or Project Teams. Leads cross-functional ad hoc teams to address urgent and important product safety issues

·      Reviews and provides technical approval for investigator brochures, protocols, Informed consents, final study reports and external data monitoring committee charters. May lead or participate in discussion at Global Safety Board for safety related findings in clinical development. Presents safety information at clinical investigator and commercial meetings. Ensures prompt notification to SERM Head of reviewed protocols that are identified as potential PASS

·      Establishes and chairs the Safety Review Team (SRT) for projects in development and provides expert review of data and management of safety issues. Escalates safety signals identified through the Safety Review Process to Global Safety Board if necessary, via the SERM Head. Accountable for ensuring that risk reduction strategies are included in relevant documents such as clinical study protocols and/or product labelling, as appropriate

·      Provides medical expertise for risk evaluation and risk management planning

 

Signal Detection, Evaluation and Labelling

·      Drives signal detection for assigned products using available methodologies. Makes recommendations to SERM Head for the assessment and prioritisation of safety signals. Provides medical expertise to signal detection and subsequent evaluation for designated products in partnership with the responsible safety scientist

·      Proactively leads the assessment of safety data and discusses the results with the SERM Head/product scientist. Effectively communicates with Clinical Development and other key stakeholders on signal evaluation and labelling recommendations

·      Leads presentations on labelling recommendations at Global Labelling Committee or Global Safety Board

·      Produces regulatory supporting documentation for labelling

·      Produces accurate and fit for purpose evaluation documents with clear conclusions, in response to internal or regulatory authority requests for safety data. Provides strategic input into regulatory requests for local label deviations from the company core data sheet

·      Provides medical sign-off for regulatory documentation and represents Global Safety as the medical member of labelling discussions

·      Conducts proactive signal detection and evaluation of issues potentially related to product defects or manufacturing issues; drives the escalation and resolution of issues and product complaints

·      In consultation with the product scientist and Clinical Development representatives, prepares the Development Core Safety Information (DCSI) for assigned development products; co-ordinates and chairs meetings and tracks timelines to ensure completion

 

Regulatory Reports and Submissions

·      Drives production of periodic regulatory documents according to the agreed process and timelines. Advises on strategy for the content of high profile periodic reports

·      Supports the Local Operating Companies by preparing license renewal documentation (e.g. line listings, clinical overviews, summary bridging reports) as required for each market

·      Accountable for medical input, review and sign-off of periodic reports and renewal documentation submitted to regulatory agencies

·      Leads the Safety Evaluation and Risk Management safety component of global regulatory submissions for new products, formulations or indications, with liaison with other functional experts

 

Other Activities

·      Drives the review or production of components of Safety Data Exchange Agreements and escalates any deficiencies to the SERM Head to ensure quality and integrity of agreement. Advises on the preparation of licensing agreements in therapeutic area of responsibility

·      Participates in GSK internal or external meetings with project focus, including those with consultants, other companies such as licensing partners and regulatory authorities

·      Provides support to GSK Legal for product liability litigation, as appropriate

·      Accountable for maintaining personal readiness in response to internal audit or regulatory inspection

·      Raises concerns/ issues (i.e. sentinel events) to senior management in a timely, open and appropriate manner; ensures quality and integrity of issue/event being escalated

·      Trains, coaches and mentors scientists in the medical/scientific aspects of signal evaluation methodology and risk management and preparation of safety reports and other documents

·      May provide medical safety support for other Global Safety teams. Reviews and approves safety reports to investigators in partnership with the Clinical Development physician

·      May provide input to, or participate in, meetings of an independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) or GSK internal safety review committee (iSRC)

 

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

·      Medical Degree

·      Expert evaluation skills and analytical thinking

·      Experience with regulatory approval submission activities related to pharmacovigilance and an understanding of the approval process in major countries.

·      Outstanding medical writing skills

·      Sound computing skills

·      Expert knowledge of relevant pharmacovigilance regulations and methodologies applicable to Safety Evaluation and Risk Management activities

·      Expertise in causality assessment, evaluation of safety signals and proactive risk management strategies including management of labelling changes, physician and patient education

·      Sound knowledge of the therapeutic area of assigned GSK products

·      Sound knowledge of other related disciplines, e.g. statistics, epidemiology relevant to assessing drug utilization and safety at the population level

·      In depth knowledge of medical and drug terminology and a sound foundation in pharmacology. Good medical judgement and ability to make medical decisions

·      Clear understanding of clinical development process

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BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:

·      Demonstrated track record of quality decision making and problem resolution based on assessment of all relevant supporting and conflicting information/factors and understanding of the wider context

·      Excellent leadership skills in the matrix team setting. Proven ability to train, coach and mentor

·      Ability to manage and co-ordinate tasks, projects and processes across a large organisation

·      Highly effective communication skills; able to present complex data to groups at all levels of the organisation and externally to GSK. Makes medical information/concepts accessible for non-physicians

·      Highly developed negotiating and influencing skills. Ability to influence others to make sound decisions from a medical point of view by providing clear medical information

·      Demonstrated ability to prioritise multiple tasks and deliver to deadline with high standard of quality

·      Contributes innovative ideas to address new issues or improve approaches to existing operations

·      Ability to adjust behaviours and priorities based on changing environment

·      Demonstrated ability to think tactically and strategically and take account of internal/external environment when considering safety issues and business processes

·      Ability to engage in, and contribute to, broad GSK environment with confidence, impact, integrity and professionalism