At a Glance
- Tasks: Assess safety data for imaging-related medicines and devices, ensuring effective regulatory decisions.
- Company: Join the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, enhancing health through effective regulation.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working, generous leave, and a robust pension scheme.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on public health while collaborating with diverse stakeholders in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: In-depth knowledge of medical products and experience in benefit-risk evaluation are essential.
- Other info: This role offers hybrid working options and opportunities for professional development.
The predicted salary is between 58500 - 82000 £ per year.
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Job Summary
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Canary Wharf, London
Job Summary
We are currently looking for a Senior Benefit Risk Evaluation Assessor to join our Benefit/Risk Evaluation Team II Function within the Safety & Surveillance group.
This is a full-time opportunity, on a permanent basis. The role will be based in 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf London, E14 4PU. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.
Government departments and agencies are working towards implementing a minimum 60% attendance in office sites.
We are currently implementing a flexible, hybrid way of working, with a minimum of 8 days per month working on site to enable the collaboration and contact with partners and stakeholders needed to deliver MHRA business. Attendance on site is driven by business needs so depending on the nature of the role, this can flex up to 12 days a month, with the remainder of time worked either remotely or in the office. Some roles will need to be on site more regularly.
Who are we?
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.
The Safety and Surveillance Group brings together into a single integrated structure devices and medicines safety expertise with enforcement capabilities. These functions will be supported by our data and evidence generating capabilities complementing our signal generating capabilities produced via the new Safety Connect System.
The Respiratory, Imaging and Critical care team monitors the safety and effectiveness of medicines and medical devices in these three therapeutic areas. This includes devices related to patient monitoring and diagnostics, surgical instruments, ventilators, breathing equipment and inhalers. For medicines this has equal breadth covering respiratory medicines such as those treating asthma, COPD, and cystic fibrosis, to anaesthetic products and imaging medicines for diagnostics, as well as cold and flu medicines.
Job Description
What’s the role?
Reporting to the Head of Respiratory, Imaging and Critical Care, the post holder is required to conduct assessment of a wide range of data, contributing to the Agency’s wider vigilance activities and ensuring that safe and effective medicines and medical devices in the diagnostic and imaging area continue to be available to UK patients.
The post holder will ensure that scientific and technical benefit-risk assessment of potential safety issues takes place promptly and contributes to sound regulatory decisions regarding safety of medicines and performance of devices.
This post holder will participate in complex engagement and partnership work with patients and the public, key external stakeholders, government departments, professional bodies and the wider health sector.
Key responsibilities:
Assessment of safety data
- Conduct assessments of the balance of benefits and risks of imaging-related medicines and medical devices in response to new potential safety signals and/or new data, including working with less experienced colleagues and across teams as required, act as the lead assessor, or advising assessor (as appropriate)
- Make evidence-based recommendations on safety signal and data assessment contribute to assessments to minimise risk and maximise benefit across Benefit Risk Evaluation
- Prepare and present objective assessments or other scientific papers to internal and external expert advisory bodies and committees
- Take a lead in providing influential, reliable, timely and appropriate scientific and regulatory advice to companies at meetings and in writing especially in cases where there is no relevant regulatory guidance
- Manage own workload working in conjunction with service coordinators and other assessors to meet Group and Agency deadlines and targets.
Sharing Knowledge and Development of Self and Colleagues
- Provide a leadership role by mentoring or coaching other assessors to enhance their knowledge and contribution in the wider sharing of knowledge
- Provide ad hoc advice to senior managers, other parts of DHSC, other governmental departments and bodies and ministers.
- Extend skills and knowledge in relevant scientific or professional areas to act as a resource for colleagues
Contribution to Policy and Procedures including communication with Stakeholders
- Alongside experts and managers, initiate, lead or influence guidelines, procedures or policy and practice nationally or otherwise that are beneficial for protection of public health
- Make individual contributions to representational or professional activities inside and outside the Agency
- Maintain good working relationships with colleagues and with internal and external stakeholders
- Deal effectively with official correspondence to agreed timelines
- Identify resource needs to support initiatives or policy changes recommended
What’s the role?
Reporting to the Head of Respiratory, Imaging and Critical Care, the post holder is required to conduct assessment of a wide range of data, contributing to the Agency’s wider vigilance activities and ensuring that safe and effective medicines and medical devices in the diagnostic and imaging area continue to be available to UK patients.
The post holder will ensure that scientific and technical benefit-risk assessment of potential safety issues takes place promptly and contributes to sound regulatory decisions regarding safety of medicines and performance of devices.
This post holder will participate in complex engagement and partnership work with patients and the public, key external stakeholders, government departments, professional bodies and the wider health sector.
Key responsibilities:
Assessment of safety data
- Conduct assessments of the balance of benefits and risks of imaging-related medicines and medical devices in response to new potential safety signals and/or new data, including working with less experienced colleagues and across teams as required, act as the lead assessor, or advising assessor (as appropriate)
- Make evidence-based recommendations on safety signal and data assessment contribute to assessments to minimise risk and maximise benefit across Benefit Risk Evaluation
- Prepare and present objective assessments or other scientific papers to internal and external expert advisory bodies and committees
- Take a lead in providing influential, reliable, timely and appropriate scientific and regulatory advice to companies at meetings and in writing especially in cases where there is no relevant regulatory guidance
- Manage own workload working in conjunction with service coordinators and other assessors to meet Group and Agency deadlines and targets.
Sharing Knowledge and Development of Self and Colleagues
- Provide a leadership role by mentoring or coaching other assessors to enhance their knowledge and contribution in the wider sharing of knowledge
- Provide ad hoc advice to senior managers, other parts of DHSC, other governmental departments and bodies and ministers.
- Extend skills and knowledge in relevant scientific or professional areas to act as a resource for colleagues
Contribution to Policy and Procedures including communication with Stakeholders
- Alongside experts and managers, initiate, lead or influence guidelines, procedures or policy and practice nationally or otherwise that are beneficial for protection of public health
- Make individual contributions to representational or professional activities inside and outside the Agency
- Maintain good working relationships with colleagues and with internal and external stakeholders
- Deal effectively with official correspondence to agreed timelines
- Identify resource needs to support initiatives or policy changes recommended
Person specification
Who are we looking for?
Oursuccessful candidatewill have:
- In depth specialist knowledge of medical products in the imaging therapeutic area. Previous experience of assessment focused work with imaging devices and medicines is highly advantageous.
- Detailed knowledge and experience of national and European regulations and procedures applicable to pharmacovigilance and their own discipline; and evidence of being able to work within the wider governmental to achieve successful outcomes
- Managing a Quality Service: Proven ability to adapt to changing or conflicting priorities and new ways of working, taking responsibility for achieving a successful outcome within necessary timelines whilst maintaining effective performance under challenging circumstances
- Changing and Improving: Ability to identify the key issues and longer-term implications in complex problems, considering relevant stakeholder requirements to take a clear and considered approach to situations when making decisions and judgements
- Experience of conducting benefit risk evaluation at a consistently high level of performance in that role including a high throughput of work commensurate with experience and knowledge to meet required deadlines.
If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please read our Job Description and Person Specification!
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Alongside your salary of £73,324, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency contributes £21,241 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff. PLUS 8 bank holidays
- Privilege Leave: 1 day
- Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff
- Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): One month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months full pay/five months half pay
- Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allowing staff to be mobile across the Civil Service
- Civil Service Pension Scheme. Please see the link for further information For enquiries relating to the Civil Service Pension Schemes please contact MyCSP\’s Pension Service Centre directly on 0300 123 6666
- Flexible working to ensure staff maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Interest free season ticket loan or bike loan
- Employee Assistance Services and access to the Civil Service Benevolent Fund
- Eligibility to join the Civil Service Motoring Association (CSMA)
- Variety of staff and Civil Service clubs
- On-going learning and development
Selection process details
The selection process:
We use the Civil Service Success Profiles to assess our candidates,find out more here.
- Online application form, including questions based on theBehaviour, Experience and Technical Success Profiles.Please ensure all application questions are completed in full; your application may not be considered if any responses are left blank. Our applications are CV blind, and our Hiring Managers will not be able to access your CV when reviewing your application.
- Presentation, to be prepared as part of your interview, with further information being supplied when you reach this stage.
- Interview, which can include questions based on theBehaviour, Experience, Technical and Strengths Success Profiles.
In the instance that we receive a high number of applications, we will hold an initial sift based on the lead criteria of Experience.
Applicants are assessed on whether they meet any mandatory requirements as well as the necessary skills and experience for the role. Applications are scored based on the competency-based answers provided- ensure you have read these thoroughly and allowsufficienttime. You can view the competencies for this role in the job description.
Use of AI in Job Applications
Applicants must ensure that anything submitted is factually accurate and truthful . Plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
If you require any disability related adjustments at any point during the process, please contact as soon as possible.
Closing date:20 July 2025
Shortlisting date: From 21 July 2025
Interview date:w/c 28 July 2025
Candidates will be contacted within a week of the sift and the interviews completed to inform them of the outcome.
If you need assistance applying for this role or have any other questions,please contact
Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements as well as Civil Service nationality rules.Further information on whether you are able to apply is availablehere.
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check as well as animal rights and pro-life activism checks. People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Role
Certain roles within the MHRA will require post holders to have vaccinations, and in some circumstances, routine health surveillance. These roles include:
- Laboratory-based roles working directly with known pathogens
- Maintenance roles, particularly those required to work in laboratory settings
- Roles that involve visiting other establishments where vaccination is required
- Roles required to travel overseas where specific vaccination may be required.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Any move to the MHRA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility here.
Successful candidates may be subject to annual Occupational Health reviews dependent on role requirements. If you have any queries, please contact
In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointmenton the basis ofmerit by a fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should firstly contact Florentina Oyelami, Head of Talent Acquisition,
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk
Civil Service Commission
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SW1A 2HQ
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission\’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission\’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
- Name : Dr Stephanie Millican
- Email :
Recruitment team
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Further information
In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment on the basis of merit by a fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact the Resourcing Team at , in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk – – Civil Service Commission Room G/8 1 Horse Guards Road London SW1A 2HQ
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