Medical Investigator at the Swedish Medical Products Agency

At the Swedish Medical Products Agency, we make a difference together. In life and for life. We work for the health of people and animals, for a better Sweden today and in the future. Are you a physician in one of the internal medicine specialties or rheumatology and interested in pharmaceuticals? Then this could be something for you!

Our Operations

The Licensing Division works in several ways to ensure that appropriate medicines reach patients. Approval of new medicines and new indications, as well as safety monitoring of approved products, is a central part. Advising on drug development and providing information about medicines are other important aspects.

The division has approximately 360 employees and is divided into several units where the Effect and Safety unit assesses documentation regarding the efficacy and safety of medicines. The investigations and recommendations we make form the basis for decisions on whether a medicine should be approved for clinical use. We collaborate with other EU member states in the investigation work and actively contribute to committees and working groups within the European Medicines Agency (EMA). We are now looking for a new medical investigator for Clinic 4.

Your Responsibilities

To thrive as a medical investigator at the Swedish Medical Products Agency, you should have a strong interest and commitment to pharmaceutical issues and science. You will work with all parts and aspects of a medicine's lifecycle, which includes evaluating efficacy and safety documentation prior to approval of medicines, safety monitoring of approved medicines, and providing scientific advice to pharmaceutical companies and academic groups.

The Swedish Medical Products Agency is a knowledge-intensive authority with many stimulating and competence-developing tasks. The work is independent but carried out in close collaboration with colleagues with the same or different specialist competencies. The work is partly conducted in collaboration with other European Medicines Authorities. You will also collaborate interdisciplinary with experts in other scientific disciplines such as statistics, preclinical research, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacy. As a physician with specialist competence, you have a special responsibility to use your clinical expertise to strengthen the Agency's reviews regarding clinical considerations. An important part of the work is to analyze large amounts of information and to describe and justify conclusions.

The work provides an opportunity to both follow and actively influence international drug development. Medicine evaluation largely occurs in a European collaboration where Sweden has a prominent position. The work may also involve contact with other Swedish authorities.

Please read more about the breadth of tasks that our physicians work with on the Swedish Medical Products Agency's website: Swedish Medical Products Agency (https://www.lakemedelsverket.se/sv/om-lakemedelsverket/jobba-pa-lakemedelsverket/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss).

Your Background

We are looking for you who are a physician with specialist competence in one of the internal medicine specialties or rheumatology.

It is an advantage if you have a doctoral degree or equivalent experience in research and evaluation of clinical data in any of the above areas. Experience in regulatory work, drug evaluation, and drug development is also meritorious.

The daily work requires good computer skills. You have a good ability to communicate verbally and in writing in both Swedish and English, and you have very good knowledge of English in terms of written communication within the natural sciences/medical field.

Your Personal Qualities

You who are applying

• have scientific thinking, are curious and engaged, and are stimulated by working in a high-competence environment
• have good analytical capacity, the ability to absorb and see connections in large amounts of information, and can make relevant priorities within established time frames
• have good ability to plan and organize your work
• enjoy writing and working with texts that need to be argumentative in nature.
• prefer to work in a team and with a responsive, open, and unpretentious attitude contribute to a trusting and productive work climate in the group.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Good to Know

Application deadline: 2024-04-22
Employment type: Permanent
Start date: By agreement
Unit: Effect and Safety
Diary number: 2.4.1-2025-025103

We apply a 6-month probationary period.

We value diversity and welcome applicants from different backgrounds.

At the Swedish Medical Products Agency, you will have good conditions for work-life balance. We offer you, among other things, flexible hours, favorable vacation conditions, wellness grants, and wellness during working hours. To the extent that the tasks allow, there is the possibility to work partially remotely by agreement with the manager. If you live in another location, there may be the possibility of full-time remote work.

Read more about the benefits you receive with us here: Benefits (https://www.lakemedelsverket.se/sv/om-lakemedelsverket/jobba-pa-lakemedelsverket/formaner-hos-oss).

The Swedish Medical Products Agency is a preparedness authority, which means that we conduct certain background checks in connection with recruitments. You will need to verify your identity and present your degree certificate and relevant credentials at a possible interview. All permanent employees at the Swedish Medical Products Agency are placed in wartime service within the authority.

Contact

You are welcome to contact group manager Johanna Henriksnäs. You can also contact the union representatives Alexandra Braf, Saco, and Pia Wictor, ST. We are all available by phone at 018-17 46 00 or can be reached via email firstname.lastname@lakemedelsverket.se.

More about the Swedish Medical Products Agency

You may not think about the Swedish Medical Products Agency very often, but we can promise that you encounter us in your daily life. The results of what we do are evident in pharmacies, hospitals, at the veterinarian, and in your bathroom cabinet. We ensure that you and everyone else in Sweden have access to safe and effective medicines and medical devices, from band-aids and pregnancy tests to walkers and apps. We do this by approving and granting permits, monitoring and controlling, and by informing and advising. We who work at the Swedish Medical Products Agency are proud of our important societal mission: to contribute to the health of the Swedish population and animals.

Welcome with your application! This recruitment is entirely managed by the Swedish Medical Products Agency. Therefore, we kindly ask recruitment companies and advertisement sellers not to call.