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Location

Addlestone, Surrey | United Kingdom

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Job description

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Efficacy Assessor

Location: Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LS

Salary: £42,577 - £47,039 per annum + 25 days Annual leave + Pension Scheme

Reference number: 337318

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and is responsible for ensuring the safety, quality, and efficacy of veterinary medicines in the UK.

We have vacancies for 2 Efficacy Assessors in our Efficacy Team

This exciting and interesting job puts you at the heart of authorising veterinary medicines in the UK. You will be a veterinary assessor within the Efficacy Team, which is part of the VMD’s Authorisations Division.

You will assess efficacy and target species safety data submitted in support of applications for the authorisation of pharmaceutical products and provide advice from a veterinary perspective both within the VMD and to external stakeholders including veterinary surgeons and members of the public.

You will be responsible for the assessment of efficacy and target species safety data for applications for:

• New marketing authorisations for pharmaceutical veterinary medicinal products
• Variations to existing marketing authorisations
• Veterinary aspects of animal test certificates to conduct clinical field trials

Experience required

• You will have extensive experience of the use and regulation of veterinary medicines in the UK gained from at least one of the following: experience of clinical veterinary work; experience in the pharmaceutical industry; experience as an assessor in another veterinary national competent authority; experience in academia.
• You must have a good understanding of current animal health and topical veterinary issues.
• You must have experience in scientific writing and data analysis.
• You must have experience, or an awareness, of clinical veterinary work.
• You must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook. You must be an effective user of the internet and have the aptitude to learn the use of the VMD’s bespoke IT systems.

Qualifications

You must hold a degree in veterinary medicine.

Memberships

You must be a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, or be eligible to become a member.

The closing date for applications is 11 March 2024.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is an Equal Opportunity employer.

For further information or to submit your application, click the apply button.

No Recruitment Agency, Newspaper or Publication calls please.

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