Patient Safety Specialist

Novartis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Part time

Job summary

Novartis, in collaboration with Magnit Global, seeks a temporary pharmacovigilance contractor to support safety operations. This is an external opportunity, not a direct Novartis employment, with a 12‑month contract and Inside IR35 payroll.

The role is hybrid in London, starting October 2026, with approximately 35 hours per week. You will manage adverse event reports, liaise with service providers, maintain safety databases and participate in audits and regulatory responses.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of national and international regulations for pharmacovigilance."
• Quality and results oriented; strong communication.
• Fluent in written and spoken English; cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Support management of pharmacovigilance processes to ensure compliance with global/local procedures and regs.
• Manage collection, processing, documentation, and reporting of adverse events from trials, PMS, registries and SRs.
• Coordinate with External Service Providers to ensure accurate data transcription and timely reporting.
• Record and track SAEs and SRs, in cooperation with other departments.
• Distribute safety reports to Local Health Authorities and clinical operations.
• Collaborate with local/global PV associates to evaluate safety data.
• Engage with LHAs, PV teams, and third parties as applicable.
• Monitor pharmacovigilance regulations and update the global PVO organization.
• Develop/update local procedures to align with global PVO procedures.
• Maintain PV databases and training materials.
• Support audits, CAPA activities, and Health Authority inspections.
• Provide timely information to trial coordinators and Novartis staff.
• Distribution of marketing samples where applicable.

Skills

Pharmacovigilance

Safety reporting

Data management

Communication skills

English fluency

Tools

PV databases

Job description

This is a temporary contractor opportunity at Novartis

Novartis touches the lives of a tenth of the world’s population. Every role here, regardless of contract type, makes an impact on human life!

This role is offered through Magnit Global, who, if selected, will be your employer. If your services are retained, you will be assigned to provide services to Novartis as the end client. This is not an offer of employment with Novartis. If you are selected for this Temporary/External opportunity, you will not be an employee of Novartis and will not be eligible for any Novartis employee benefits or incentives.

Ready to work with/through Magnit at Novartis? Please read on…

Major accountabilities:

• Support management of operational processes in ensuring compliance with Novartis global/local procedures, national and international regulations/standards/guidelines for pharmacovigilance of Novartis marketed and investigational products.
• Manage collection, processing, documentation, reporting and follow-up of all adverse events (AE) reports for all Novartis products from clinical trials, post-marketing studies (PMS), Patient Oriented Programs (POP), registries and all Spontaneous Reports (SR).
• Liaise with the respective External Service Providers to ensure Novartis Procedures’ compliance with transcribing and entering data of all Adverse Events from source documents onto safety systems accurately and consistently with emphasis on timeliness and quality.
• Record and track receipts, submissions and distributions of documents like SAEs and SRs, in cooperation with other departments.
• Manage reporting/submission/distribution of safety reports/updates/information to Local Health Authorities and/or clinical operations in cooperation with other Departments.
• Work with other local/global PV associates to ensure accurate evaluation of safety data.
• Interact and exchange relevant safety information with LHA, PV associates, other functional groups and third party contractor, if applicable.
• Survey and monitor global/ regional/national (as applicable) pharmacovigilance regulations and provide update to global PVO organization.
• Develop, update and implement local procedures to ensure compliance with PVO global procedures and national requirements.
• Management and maintenance all relevant assigned PVO databases, if applicable.
• Develop and update training materials for pharmacovigilance
• Ensure support for and close-out of audits, corrective action plan activities and Health Authority inspections.
• Provide timely, relevant information to trial coordinators, CRAs and other Novartis staff.
• Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable).

Requirements:

• Knowledge of national and international regulations for pharmacovigilance.
• Quality and results oriented.
• Functional Breadth.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Operations Management and Execution.
• Skills: Databases, Employee Training, Pharmacovigilance, Reporting, Safety Science.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English.

Payroll: Inside IR35 (PAYE)

Workload: 7 hours per day / 35 hours per week

Role type: Hybrid

Required start date: October 2026

Contract: 12 months

Why Novartis:

Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?

EEO Statement:

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.