Medical Information Officer

My client based on the M4 Corridor is recruiting for a Medical Information Officer to start immediately on a 12 month contract.

Candidate should have:

- have recent experience of MIO (or similar) role
- have experience of answering medical queries - both internal & external customers
- have some experience of copy approval
- have strong oral communication skills
- have excellent written communication skills
- be a trained Pharmacist
- be within commutable distance

Business Impact

- Provide up-to-date product information for responding to external enquiries for any products, ensuring that target response times are met.
- Process potential Adverse Drug Reactions and Technical Complaints in accordance with the appropriate standard operating procedure (SOP) in order to facilitate compliance with MHRA regulations.
- Update external product listings (e.g. MIMS, eMC) to ensure that the information available to customers about products that is accurate and current.
- Maintain product information systems and standards in order to provide accurate product support.

Know How

- Maintain a high and up-to-date level of product and therapy area knowledge e.g. by attending conferences; by reading relevant medical & scientific literature
- Demonstrate a high level of product knowledge by contributing to the preparation of expert documents such as formulary applications.
- Demonstrate a good working knowledge of the relevant information sources including: printed publications, unpublished sources, databases (e.g. RDMnet, OVID), web sites, other departments, external bodies.
- Demonstrate understanding of the principles of information storage and retrieval, and skill in their application.
- Ability to search a range of relevant information sources
- Demonstrate familiarity with the relevant SOPs as detailed in the SOP training matrix.
- Demonstrate understanding of and compliance with relevant legal and related issues, such as the Medicines Act and Statutory Instruments; copyright; Data Protection legislation; liability; the ABPI Code of Practice
- Knowledge and understanding of the business, the pharmaceutical industry and the external environment: the NHS, Government policy, regulatory requirements
- Working knowledge of Siebel

Role Specific Knowledge, Skills and Experience at Entry

- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Computer literate
- Qualified to degree level, preferably in pharmacy or biological sciences
- Ideally experience of medical information in the pharmaceutical industry or hospital pharmacy (including medicines information)
- Good telephone manner
- Good standard of written English
- Attention to detail

For further information please call Halima khanom on 02077587322, and email an updated CV

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