DRUG SAFETY SPECIALIST RESUME EXAMPLE
Published: Dec 20, 2024 – The Drug Safety Specialist effectively utilizes safety tools and collaborates with physicians and relevant personnel to complete safety deliverables and communicate critical safety information. This position ensures timely preparation and oversight of safety reports, including PBRERs, DSURs, PADERs, and RMPs, while adhering to compliance with global regulations and quality standards. The specialist conducts safety data analysis, authors safety sections for reports, and identifies opportunities to enhance product safety processes and practices.

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1. Drug Safety Specialist, MedTech Solutions, Springfield, IL
Job Summary:
- Complete case processing goals such as data entry, event extraction, triage, and selecting the necessary coding
- Execute a preliminary case assessment to determine the expectations of the case based on the medical context
- Confirm the case meets the necessary criteria for events of special interest
- Review ICSR information and source documents to ensure completeness, consistency, and accuracy.
- Execute QC on cases obtained by other members of the team
- Investigate missing case information and perform follow-up requests until their necessary completion.
- Ensure the documentation of all queries
- Have knowledge of regulatory requirements and complete adverse event reports within the regulation of company SOPs, FDA, ICH, EMA, and SDEA time frames
- Help with the review and preparation of ICSRs, and safety summaries/reports
- Work collaboratively with external and internal partners, such as PV physicians
- Assist with the development of work instructions, forms, SOPs, conventions, or other internal documents.
Skills on Resume:
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
- Event Extraction (Hard Skills)
- Medical Case Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Quality Control (Hard Skills)
- Investigative Research (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Collaborative Communication (Soft Skills)
- Document Preparation and Review (Hard Skills)
2. Drug Safety Specialist, BioHealth Pharma, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Electronically track all cases and source documents received to ensure information to be captured is not missed and the appropriate Day 0 is recorded
- Verify the following company Procedure Documents for the accuracy and completeness of all source documents received
- Ensure the minimum information is present for all cases as identified in company Procedure Documents
- For all ICSRs received, identify and query critical missing information to register the case (e.g. country of reporter or occurrence, missing clock start date, missing company product)
- Perform a duplicate check to determine if a report is duplicate, initial, or follow up to an existing report
- Complete case registration following the applicable company Procedure Document
- Register all cases in the Global Safety Database within 2 business days of receipt
- Confirm case receipt/acknowledgment (based on company SOPs and/or Process Documents) for digital and non-digital cases.
- Request additional information on cases followed up by the company if an assessment is deemed necessary for medical evaluation of the case outside of standard queries
- Assist with follow-up activities based on medical review queries following company Procedure Documents
- Perform follow-up for all applicable cases and document in the Global Safety Database following company Procedure Documents
- Monitor and review outstanding follow-up query action items for applicable cases within the Global Safety Database
Skills on Resume:
- Case Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Document Verification (Hard Skills)
- Information Querying (Hard Skills)
- Duplicate Checking (Hard Skills)
- Case Registration (Hard Skills)
- Global Safety Database Management (Hard Skills)
- Follow-up Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Process Monitoring (Hard Skills)
3. Drug Safety Specialist, GlobalMed Research, Raleigh, NC
Job Summary:
- Effectively utilize available tools to perform assigned safety deliverables.
- Consult and collaborate with safety physicians and other appropriate personnel to effectively complete assigned safety deliverables.
- Communicate relevant safety information appropriately and on time.
- Author safety sections, perform analysis of safety data, and provide oversight of timelines and other contributing functional areas
- Ensure completion of periodic reports such as Periodic Benefit Risk Evaluation Reports (PBRERs), Development Safety Update Reports (DSURs), Periodic Adverse Drug Experience Reports (PADERs) and Risk Management Plans (RMPs).
- Complete safety data analysis and authoring of safety sections for ad-hoc safety reports and routine surveillance purposes.
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of the EU Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance (QPPV) and ensure support is provided to fulfill the QPPV legal responsibilities.
- Adhere to requirements in quality system documents for assigned safety deliverables to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.
- Understand and apply Global Patient Safety business practices
- Identify and act on internal process improvements in product safety standards and practices.
Skills on Resume:
- Tool Utilization (Hard Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Safety Communication (Soft Skills)
- Safety Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Report Authoring (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Knowledge of Pharmacovigilance (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)