Safety Physician

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development._

**Patient Safety at AstraZeneca is now looking for a Safety Physicians to join our Patient Safety Vaccines & Immune Therapies team. **The positions will be based in Gothenburg, Sweden or Barcelona, Spain. We are offering opportunities at different levels (e.g. Safety Physician, Senior Safety Physician or Principal Safety Physician) depending on your expertise and previous experience.

The current positions are within the therapy areas of Vaccines & Immune Therapies. The core purpose of AstraZeneca Patient Safety is to add value to AstraZeneca products, provide clear science-based guidance for investigators and prescribers to safeguard patients as well as the success of our business. Patient Safety covers the entire clinical life cycle of a drug from first time into man to withdrawal of a product from the market.

**What you’ll do**
You will get the opportunity to engage with key internal and external stakeholders to provide scientific leadership and channeling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives. You will get a broad global exposure to other functions involved in the R&D process within AstraZeneca, as well as an overview of how strategic direction is set within the Clinical function and how decisions are made during drug development. Your work will be integrated with cross-functional teams in Clinical Development using your expertise to put a wide variety of issues into a clinical context to make informed decisions.

You will be responsible for providing medical expertise regarding the safety profile of the product(s) and the disease area while representing the patient and Health Authority perspective. This involves working closely together with global colleagues both from within the Patient Safety Department as well as other groups in AstraZeneca. Your key tasks will include using medical judgment to understand case histories, reviewing safety data in various formats to determine any findings of potential importance, helping identify, communicate and manage safety risks and providing a Patient Safety position in meetings and documents.

**Essential for the role**
- Medical Degree and experience from clinical practice
- Working experience from drug development in the pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmacovigilance experience
- A broad understanding about Health Authority regulations and Good Clinical Practice Standards
- Fluent in written and spoken English

**Desirable for the role**
- PhD degree
- Experience from working with safety evaluation and risk
- Thrive on team work, networking, communication and the ability to influence both people and science

This is an exciting opportunity for professional growth in areas of drug development, science, and leadership. If you’re inspired by the possibilities of science to make a difference and ready to discover what you can do - join us.

**Why AstraZeneca?**
Our purpose is ambitious and so is our approach. Becoming a more agile and innovative company means building a dynamic, inspiring culture where we celebrate forward thinking and act with a sense of urgency. We are ambitious, take informed risks and learn from both success and failure. We are curious, creative and open to new ideas and ways of working. Above all, we are passionate about science and driven to always put patients first. Are you ready to move forward in your career?

**So, what’s next**

**Find out more**:
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