Pharmaceutical Assessor

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

- 266052**Salary**:

- £54,088**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- Healthcare Quality and Access Group.**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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**Benefits**:
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Location
- Canary Wharf, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are currently looking for **Pharmaceutical Assessors** to join our **Healthcare Quality and Access Group**.

This is a **full-time** opportunity, on a **permanent **basis. The role will be based in 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf London, E14 4PU. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. We are currently implementing a flexible, hybrid way of working, with a minimum of 4 days per month working on site to enable the collaboration and contact with partners and stakeholders needed to deliver MHRA business. Attendance on site is driven by business needs so depending on the nature of the role, this can flex up to 8 days a month, with the remainder of time worked either remotely or in the office. Some roles will need to be on site more regularly. Remote working is potentially available for some specific roles. Please discuss this with the recruiting manager before accepting an appointment.

**Who are we?**

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhances and improves the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.

The objective of the Healthcare Quality and Access Group is to drive quality and critically appraise benefits and risks to inform robust decisions on healthcare access including accelerated access pathways. It will do this by bringing together a fusion of our capabilities across both medicines and medical devices to enable licensing and market access, as well as ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.

**Job description**:
**What’s the role?**

**Key responsibilities**:

- Prepare and present objective risk-based assessments or other scientific papers to expert advisory bodies.
- Manage own workload, working in conjunction with managers, support staff and other assessors to meet agency deadlines.
- Contribute to assessment policy and practice and proactively identify where such contributions would be beneficial.
- Display a high level of attention to detail to ensure up to date accurate data and documents are held on internal databases.
- Develop good working relationships and communicate effectively with colleagues and other internal and external stakeholders.

**Person specification**:
**Who are we looking for?**
- Have in depth specialist level of knowledge in one or more relevant scientific areas or broader knowledge across the range of scientific activities in relation to the pharmaceutical development, manufacture and quality control of medicinal products. A knowledge of herbal and homeopathic products would also be desirable but is not essential.
- Broad knowledge of relevant legislation and procedures applicable to the licensing of human medicinal products.
- Hold a degree in pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmaceutical chemistry or chemistry with relevant postgraduate experience or PhD equivalent.
- Be able to work flexibly, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and take responsibility for achieving a successful outcome.
- In depth experience within the pharmaceutical industry, hospital pharmacy or academia in at least one of the following areas: regulatory affairs, research and development, or manufacture or quality control of chemical medicinal products.

If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please read our Job Description and Person Specification

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**Benefits**:

- Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff. PLUS 8 bank holidays
- Privilege Leave: 1 day
- Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff
- Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): One month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months full pay/five months half pay
- Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allowing staff to be mobile across the Civil Service
- Flexible working to ensure staff maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Interest free season ticket loan or bike loan
- Employee Assistance Services and access to the Civil Service Benevolent Fund
- Eligibility to join the Civil Service Motoring Association (CSMA)
- Variety of staff and Civil Service clubs
- On-going learning and development

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