Job Title: Medical Affairs Clinical Associate
(Graduate) Job Type: 12 Months Fixed Term Contract Employment Start
Date: ASAP Hours of work: Mon – Fri (35 hours a week) Onsite
requirement: This will be a hybrid role, with minimum 12 days per
month on site Industry: Pharmaceuticals Location: West London,
England Salary: £31,050 per annum; holidays, sick pay, pension An
excellent opportunity for a talented graduate to start a career in
medical affairs with a global healthcare leader, Novartis has one
of the most exciting product pipelines in the industry today. Our
mission is to improve patients' lives by providing customers with
innovative science and differentiated healthcare solutions
delivered by diverse and engaged talent with integrity, passion and
focus on performance. At Novartis, creativity and diversity are
encouraged, impact is recognised, success is celebrated, and people
feel valued and listened to. Job Purpose This role will be working
within the Medical Affairs team. The main focus will be working on
Managed Access Programs (compassionate use, early access to
medicines scheme and post study drug supply) across therapy areas
to ensure appropriate access to medicines to support patients
without other treatment option. The role is responsible for
coordinating the review of unsolicited requests, in collaboration
with relevant therapy area medical team, and ensuring the relevant
documentation is in place prior to the provision of drug supply
once suitably trained. It is anticipated the role will also work in
other areas of medical affairs and flexibility will be required.
Role Responsibilities: - Day to day management of Managed Access
Programs (MAPs) inbox for compassionate use program (CUP), early
access to medicines scheme (EAMS) and post study drug supply (PSDS)
requests - Escalate issues, emergencies / drug supply challenges to
MAP lead/manager in a timely fashion - Coordinate review and
approval of MAPs in line with global standards - Complete GEMS
system for managed access and provide input into GEMS system
shaping and supporting the Global MAP team with system updates -
Collaborate with medical team to address external queries and send
out formal MAP communications to doctors and pharmacists as
applicable - Support MAP lead/manager and medical team in the
provision of accurate MAP reports and metrics, maintain drug supply
and patient trackers, and input to process improvement - Ensures
MAP contracts are drafted, fully executed and tracked prior to
provision of drug supply - Work with MAP Lead/manager and UK Trial
Operations to enable the transition of UK clinical trial patients
to post-study drug supply - Supports MAP lead/manager and
operations team in set-up and delivery of Early Access to Medicines
Scheme - Support MAP lead/manager to manage drug supply inventory
and management of accurate forecasting in collaboration with MAP,
liaise with relevant teams to ensure drug supply is imported into
the UK in a timely manner and liaise with external vendor to ensure
local labelling, packaging and distribution of supply needs - In
collaboration with MAP Lead/manager, ensure transition of patients
from IMP supply to commercial supply and/or NHS commissioned
supply, as applicable Dependent on experience, interests and
business need may take on additional or alternative
accountabilities within other medical affairs teams The successful
candidate will benefit from: - Team oriented atmosphere - Cutting
edge science - Working with diverse people and teams - Development
opportunities - Making a difference to patient's lives We are
looking for an individual who can meet the following criteria: -
Educated in Medicine, or Pharmacy (completed pre-registration
pharmacy exams) - Experience within UK healthcare and /or
pharmaceuticals environment is an advantage, but not necessary. -
Clear motivation and ambition to gain experience in a medical
affair environment. - Ability to evidence skills which are
transferrable to the business environment (e.g., good time
management, teamwork) experience of successfully working with teams
through work, academic and/or extracurricular activities. - Able to
work independently and as part of a team - Able to prioritise and
manage multiple requests - Attention to detail - Communicates well
with healthcare professionals You will be able to demonstrate. -
Proactivity – ability to work independently and proactively under
own initiative, taking responsibility and driving projects and
activities to a successful conclusion. - Analytical thinking – can
understand and use complex data and can communicate complex data to
a wide range of professional and lay audiences, adapting their
wording and style to suit. - Prioritisation - manages multiple
priorities well, demonstrating good attention to detail under tight
deadlines and the ability to prioritise effectively. -
Collaboration & teamwork - can develop effective relationships
with team and customers, gaining trust and credibility quickly. Has
the confidence to work with all levels and types of people, as an
effective member of a cross-functional team. - Customer focused
mindset - delivering high quality projects and activities to
internal and external groups with awareness and responsiveness to
their needs. - Fluency in English - verbal and written – is
required. - You will be IT savvy and highly proficient with
Microsoft office (Outlook, Excel, PPT skills and Word at Advanced
Level) Additional Information Please ensure that you are willing
and able to live within commutable distance of the company site
before applying. This placement is based in White City in London,
and we would like you to be in the office a minimum of 12 days per
month, to aid your development in working with and learning from
your team. You will need to be eligible to work in the
UK.
