Pharmacovigilance Veterinary Officer

Merck; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Merck seeks a veterinary professional to support pharmacovigilance case setting in the UK, ensuring high-quality data and timely coding in PV Works.

The role partners with veterinary and technical teams, supports compliance procedures, and aligns with global PV requirements, reporting to the Pharmacovigilance Manager. A RCVS member is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in pharmacovigilance data entry and case processing.
• Understanding of VEDRA coding and causality assessment.
• Familiarity with PV Works or similar case management systems.

Responsibilities

• Enter pharmacovigilance case data within deadlines.
• Assess cases for coding and final causality with explanations.
• Apply technical knowledge to improve case content and quality.
• Liaise with Competent Authorities as required.
• Coordinate with veterinary and technical support groups to reconcile data.
• Collaborate with Global colleagues to understand PV requirements.
• Provide backup support to PV Manager and PQC DPOC.
• Advise and train Commercial and PV teams as needed.

Skills

Adverse Event Report

Compliance Monitoring

Data Analysis

Decision Making

Drug Safety Surveillance

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance

Pharmacovigilance

Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Reporting

Risk Management

Veterinary Products

Veterinary Services

Education

Veterinary degree

Tools

PV Works

Job description

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

The role will use technical expertise to :

• Support the setting of Pharmacovigilance and Product Quality Complaint cases in the UK
• Support the Pharmacovigilance Manager in maintaining, developing and implementing Pharmacovigilance compliance procedures.

Priority is given to Pharmacovigilance case setting which must be completed to a high standard within short deadlines. This involves working with the technical and veterinary teams who gather the case information, to ensure that information gained is sufficient and to a high clinical standard to allow each Pharmacovigilance case to be fully assessed and coded within PV Works.

The role will also assist the current team of Pharmacovigilance Officers by giving technical support.

The role will assist the Pharmacovigilance Manager with the maintenance, development and implementation of Pharmacovigilance compliance procedures in line with internal and external guidance.

The successful candidate will be a vet, member of the RCVS ( Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons)

MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To enter data for pharmacovigilance cases in the appropriate system within the deadlines.
• To assess cases for VEDRA coding and final causality, with explanation of findings.
• Apply technical knowledge to improve pharmacovigilance case technical content, case quality and consistency
• To liaise with Competent Authorities as required
• To liaise with Vet advisers and the Technical Product Support Group to ensure accurate case data is available and to reconcile anomalies
• To work with Global colleagues to understand the Pharmacovigilance requirements for different products.
• Product Quality Complaints setting in PV Works
• To assist the Pharmacovigilance Manager with maintaining, developing and implementing Pharmacovigilance compliance procedures.
• To provide backup to the Pharmacovigilance manager and PQC DPOC to ensure compliance with procedure and deadlines as required.
• To give advice/training to Commercial, Pharmacovigilance and Technical product Support Group as required.

Major challenges of the role is:

• To source accurate data from practices and use technical knowledge to assess this when case setting.
• To liaise with global colleagues to discuss pharmacovigilance cases.
• To assess operational protocols and implement improvements.
• To ensure all cases are reported in the required timescale
• To prioritize work loads

Required Skills:

Adverse Event Report, Compliance Monitoring, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Drug Safety Surveillance, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Risk Management, Veterinary Products, Veterinary Services

Employee Status: Regular

Relocation: No relocation

VISA Sponsorship: No

Travel Requirements: No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements: Not Applicable

Shift: Not Indicated

Valid Driving License: No

Hazardous Material(s): N/A

Job Posting End Date: 10/28/2026 *A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.