Senior Veterinary Assessor in The Efficacy Team

2 weeks ago

New Haw, United Kingdom Veterinary Medicines Directorate Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 274175**Salary**:

- £54,328 - £61,392**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- VMD Efficacy Team in the Pharmaceuticals Section**Type of role**:

- Science**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LSAbout the job

**Job summary**:
This exciting and interesting job puts you at the heart of authorising veterinary medicines in the UK. Your work will play a major role in assuring the safety and efficacy of animal medicines and will significantly contribute to the VMD meeting its published standards.

You will be a senior veterinary assessor within the Efficacy Team, one of our specialist teams within the Pharmaceuticals Section, which in turn, is part of the VMD’s Authorisations Division.
- new marketing authorisations for pharmaceutical veterinary medicinal products
- variations to existing marketing authorisations
- veterinary aspects of animal test certificates to conduct clinical field trial

**About the VMD**

We are an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and - as the UK regulator of veterinary medicines - we contribute to Defra’s objective to protect public health and meet high standards of animal welfare. We have around 160 people - a mixture of scientific and administrative staff - working at our offices near Addlestone, Surrey.

**Job description**:
You will:

- Lead and coordinate the efficacy team’s contribution to policy work relevant to the regulation of veterinary medicinal products and other animal health products. The individual should be prepared to undertake foreign travel.
- deputise for the Head of the Efficacy Team
- contribute to medicines availability and prioritisation work
- establish enhanced external regulatory and scientific networks through expert resourcing
- build capability within the Efficacy Team through provision of relevant training
- contribute to the VMD’s Regulatory Science Strategy
- scientifically assess efficacy and target species safety data for marketing authorisations, animal test certificates and variations for pharmaceutical veterinary medicinal products
- prepare and peer review written assessment reports
- present assessment reports to UK and international scientific committees
- deal with enquiries and represent the Efficacy Team at meetings with internal and external stakeholders
- maintain awareness of current developments, legislation and guidance affecting pharmaceutical veterinary medicines within National and International context
- contribute to development and revision of industry guidelines
- contribute to the delivery of the VMD International Strategy (which may involve foreign travel)
- advise Defra and outside organisations, including logistics to ensure the continued availability of pharmaceutical veterinary medicines
- develop junior assessors in the team
- collaborate with members of the Authorisations Division to achieve the Division’s overall objectives and
- contribute to wider VMD initiatives, such as training and development, publicity programmes, R&D programme.

You may also manage and develop allocated veterinary assessors.

**Person specification**:
You must have both the formal qualification and the experience set out below.

**Experience**

You must have a good understanding of current animal health and topical veterinary issues.

You must have experience - or an awareness - of clinical veterinary work.

You must have experience - or be able to demonstrate a viable approach to - successfully managing a team of professionals.

You must have relevant experience of pharmaceutical veterinary medicinal products, gained within the pharmaceutical industry and/or within a Regulatory Authority, specifically you will have experience of:

- regulatory authorisation systems for pharmaceutical veterinary medicinal veterinary products
- preparing scientific reports relating to the evaluation of benefit/risk of these products
- communicating complex veterinary issues, in writing and face-to-face, with clarity and conviction in the face of tough negotiation or challenge
- prioritising continuous self-learning and development - identifying those areas that you need to develop to achieve your future objectives
- provision of scientific training.

**IT Skills**

You must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook, can navigate the internet and can learn the use of the VMD’s IT systems.

**Qualifications**:

- You will hold a veterinary degree and be (or be eligible to become) a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons**Languages**:

- You must be fluent in spoken and written English**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Communicating and Influenc

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