IQVIA Hiring Medical Surveillance Specialist | Kochi

IQVIA Job Vacancies: Medical Surveillance Specialist

IQVIA, a global leader in advanced analytics and clinical trials, is now hiring Medical Surveillance Specialists for its Kochi location. This full-time role offers an excellent opportunity for professionals in the healthcare or life sciences field to enhance their career with a leading organization in the industry.

Medical Surveillance Specialist Role in Kochi

Job Overview

As a Medical Surveillance Specialist at IQVIA, you will provide comprehensive medical surveillance support for clinical studies. This includes monitoring clinical laboratory data, composing medical narratives, and serving as a liaison between investigator sites and project teams. Your work will ensure that clinical trials run smoothly and that critical data is monitored and reported effectively.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Monitor, and evaluate laboratory results on a daily basis from sponsor-designated central laboratory
• Evaluating and analyzing laboratory data at agreed frequency from sponsor-designated data management system/eDC platform
• Conduct preliminary review of laboratory results relative to established protocol-specific reference range guidelines, using relevant clinical laboratory experience and compares current results with prior laboratory values to evaluate or note clinically significant increases/decreases and contacts the investigator site for pertinent additional clinical contact for distribution to project team
• Serve as liaison between the Medical Services Department and sponsor-designated laboratory and the IQVIA Project Team
• Maintain up-to-date laboratory knowledge via continuing education activities or attendance at medical seminars
•  Based on clinical laboratory and monitoring experience, identify potentially significant trends or shifts in laboratory results and alerts IQVIA Medical Advisors
• Interact with project team to convey critical information that may impact study objectives
• Work with central laboratory staff to facilitate appropriate monitoring and reporting of subject laboratory results
• Assists Lead Medical Surveillance Specialist with project set-up activities
• Attends project team meetings, as needed
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications and Skills

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following criteria:

Educational Background:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences or allied health sciences such as:
  • Pharmacy
  • Biochemistry
  • Microbiology
  • Biotechnology
  • Nursing
  • Medical Laboratory Sciences
  • Physiotherapy
• Candidates with degrees in healthcare fields like Allopathy, Homeopathy, Ayurveda, or Dentistry are also eligible.

Experience:

• 2–6 years of relevant experience in medical surveillance or clinical research, with a minimum of 2.5 years in medical surveillance.

Key Skills:

• Strong technical ability to comprehend and analyze scientific data from various sources.
• Proficiency in computer applications, especially word processing and data management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Work Location and Application Details

Location: Kochi, India (with additional roles available in Thāne, India).

Application Process: Submit your application through the official IQVIA careers page. For more details, visit:
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