Senior Clinical Safety Analyst — Adverse Event Surveillance

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in North Chicago, IL seeks a Senior Clinical Safety Analyst to independently review safety data from clinical trials, ensuring content quality, regulatory adherence, and timely triage of adverse events that impact product safety and patient well-being.

The role collaborates with study teams, CROs, and data management to resolve safety queries, develops safety narratives, and applies ICH, FDA and EMA guidelines while maintaining SOPs and ongoing safety surveillance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health sciences or related field.
• Minimum 3 years clinical experience with at least 1 year drug safety/pharma experience (or 2 years clinical with 3 years drug safety).
• Proficiency with Windows, Word, Excel and databases such as Oracle Clinical, PIMS.
• Ability to critically evaluate medical data.
• Ability to present case data clearly, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to identify, prioritize and assign tasks in the absence of the supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Participates in applicable safety surveillance activities for assigned products; and in planning and completion of Ad-Hoc Safety Reports as needed.
• Timely assessment of adverse event coding for consistency and accuracy of coding and; accurate and effective medical review of safety-related CRFs and labs, including communication with Study Designated Physicians by interfacing with study manager, Clinical Research Organizations, Clinical Research Associates, Data Management, Pharmacovigilance and others to assure query resolution.
• Supervise tracking of safety-related queries to Investigators and assists in handling safety questions from IRB/IEC.
• Assist with Study Safety Review Plan development and implementation in collaboration with Study Designated Physicians and provides Safety overview to Clinical team members, Clinical Research Organizations, Investigators and investigator sites as needed and review study protocols, IND reports, annual reports, Investigator Brochures, Safety sections of the Clinical Reports, Monitoring Plans, IDMC data and other ad hoc reports which include safety data.
• Create narratives of serious adverse events and other identified events of interest in accordance with accepted standards and with high degree of competency.
• Apply knowledge of ICH, FDA, EMA regulations and guidelines affecting drug and disease state, understanding issues to assigned responsibilities with an in depth understanding of product labeling/literature, including safety profile. Understand, implements and improves department SOPs.
• May serve as a representative for Safety Management on cross-functional projects, but does not assume decision-making responsibilities in the representative role; Contacts may include Clinical Safety Manager and a variety of multidisciplinary representatives (e.g. Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Compliance).
• Does not initiate strategic decisions, but is responsible for supporting the department, division and company's strategic direction
• Workload responsibilities are primarily study-related and include some safety higher level functioning (e.g. prioritizing workload, training, reconciliation of databases, safety surveillance). Troubleshoots problems. Problem solving involves identification of problems and proper escalation to manager.
• Starts to mentor/teach others with directions from lead mentor or team manager. Assists in mentoring staff by coaching and mentoring designated Safety staff on assigned safety activities.

Education

Bachelor's degree in health sciences

Tools

Windows

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Oracle Clinical

PIMS

Job description

AbbVie in North Chicago, IL seeks a Senior Clinical Safety Analyst to independently review safety data from clinical trials, ensuring content quality, regulatory adherence, and timely triage of adverse events that impact product safety and patient well-being.

The role collaborates with study teams, CROs, and data management to resolve safety queries, develops safety narratives, and applies ICH, FDA and EMA guidelines while maintaining SOPs and ongoing safety surveillance.