The Product Monitoring Specialist is primarily responsible for monitoring the safety, quality, and efficacy of all products marketed and sold by our North American client by receiving, capturing, and evaluating product feedback reports from the field and in accordance with current FDA and Health Canada regulations and guidance's. Additionally, they provide technical and clinical information regarding product usage and performance. As a result of these activities, they will work to ensure patient safety. Additionally, they will develop, preserve, and strengthen customer (internal and external) relationships.
Essential Functions:
Capture, review and analyze product complaints
Follow up on customer usage reports and field service reports as necessary
Comply with relevant North American product and device quality related guidelines, standards and regulations regarding the receipt, review, investigation and reporting of product usage experiences. It also includes evaluation of complaints for possible Adverse Events which are then forwarded to pharmacovigilance for review.
Collaborate with field service and manufacturing site personnel
Conduct trend analysis to provide an alert to changing safety profiles on regular and ad-hoc basis
Prepare and deliver accurate reports of continuing product performance for use within and outside of the department
Identify potential product performance issues and alert appropriate management personnel when needed
Provide oversight of customer usage experiences, product safety reporting, and professional consultation in matters related to safety and proper product functioning
Work in conjunction and effectively communicate with various departments, including Regulatory Affairs, R&D, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service
Provide clinical, and technical support, and trend analysis of marketed products and devices
Provide product performance expertise on cross-functional project teams as necessary
Participate in Health Hazard Evaluation process which may include initiation and coordination of a HHE (Health Hazard Evaluation)
Participate in field actions/recalls involving marketed products and devices
Expanding technical and clinical knowledge of current and newly marketed products and devices
Provide support during audits and regulatory inspections
Be responsible for and ensuring corrective action and preventative action plans are complete from product monitoring complaints
Assisting with annual product reports
Requirements:
BA/BS Degree in life science, engineering, or equivalent. Nuclear medicine technologist, nurse, pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or other healthcare training preferred
Five years of clinical/practical experience in a relevant clinical environment
Previous Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance experience in the pharmaceutical and/or medical device industry is strongly preferred
Involvement with Health Hazard Evaluations or similar equivalent
Knowledge of the clinical area, including products, procedures, and scientific and medical literature
Experience interacting with regulatory agencies such as the FDA
Writing skills necessary to effectively communicate technical/clinical information to others
Comfortable and capable of expertly using software programs (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook) and a willingness to expand and increase these competencies.
Superior verbal communication skills including impeccable telephone etiquette and questioning skills
Scientific literature evaluation skills are preferred
Involvement with field actions for drugs and/or medical devices
Problem-solving and analytical skills
An ability to effectively integrate customer and business needs in a satisfactory manner
Sound organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks
Ability to build productive relationships with personnel within and outside of the department and company
Ability to work effectively in multi-functional teams
Beacon Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Company Profile:
Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement.
Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.
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