Patient Safety Specialist (12 months fixed term)
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About this role
Job Description Summary
At Novartis, patient safety sits at the core of our purpose, and this role gives you the opportunity to make a real difference every day.
As a Patient Safety Specialist, you’ll help protect patients by ensuring safety information is collected, assessed, and reported with the highest standards of quality and compliance. Working closely with medical, regulatory, and operational partners, you’ll support country-level pharmacovigilance activities, contribute to inspections and audits, and strengthen a culture of collaboration, integrity, and continuous improvement.
Job Description
Job Title:
Patient Safety Specialist
Contract duration:
12 months
Responsibilities
- Collect, assess, document, and follow up safety reports from all sources, including clinical and post-marketing
- Process adverse event cases in safety systems with accuracy, completeness, quality focus, and timeliness
- Coordinate safety report submissions and safety information distribution to health authorities and partners
- Collaborate with external service providers to ensure regulatory and procedural compliance
- Develop, update, and implement local pharmacovigilance procedures aligned with global standards
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure safety data capture and vigilance compliance
- Provide guidance on vigilance clauses for local contracts and agreements
- Track pharmacovigilance agreements and escalate deviations from standard templates
- Reconcile safety data with medical, quality, and third-party partners
- Support training, audits, inspections, and corrective and preventive action plans
Requirements
- Completed degree (or currently pursuing with expected graduation within the next 3 months) in a life sciences or healthcare discipline (e.g., pharmacy, chemistry, nursing, medicine, or equivalent).
- Knowledge of national and international pharmacovigilance regulations
- Experience in adverse event processing and safety reporting
- Understanding of pharmacological and medical terminology
- Strong attention to quality, accuracy, and regulatory timelines
- Intermediate English (both spoken & written)
- Fluency in local language (both spoken & written)
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Desirable Skills
- 1 year of experience in a similar role
- If you’re driven by purpose and inspired by the opportunity to protect patients every day, this is your moment. Bring your expertise to Novartis, work alongside passionate experts, and help shape the future of patient safety. Apply now and make your impact where it matters most.
- Skills Desired
- Databases, Employee Training, Filing Documents, Pharmacovigilance, Reporting, Safety Science