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Medical Physician Specialist I

4+ years
Not Disclosed
10 Oct. 4, 2025
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Sc/M.Sc/M.Pharma/B.Pharma/Life Sciences Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

🩺 Medical Physician Specialist I

Locations: Available in 2 Locations
Category: Clinical
Job ID: 255136
Company: Fortrea


🎯 Job Overview

The Medical Physician Specialist I provides medical safety expertise to sponsors of drugs, devices, and combination products during the post-marketing phase. This role involves comprehensive medical case review, causality assessment, and compliance with pharmacovigilance (PV) standards, ensuring timely, accurate, and high-quality deliverables.


🧠 Key Responsibilities

🔹 Case Review & Medical Assessment

  • Perform primary medical review of individual case safety reports (ICSRs).

  • Assess cases for seriousness, listedness/labeling, causality, and medical coding (using MedDRA or equivalent).

  • Conduct narrative reviews to ensure clinical accuracy and consistency.

🔹 Data Tracking & Documentation

  • Update and document case data and feedback in designated trackers/tools.

  • Ensure timely tracking, workflow management, and status reporting for all assigned cases.

🔹 Compliance & Quality

  • Take full ownership of assigned deliverables, meeting all quality, compliance, and productivity SLAs/KPIs.

  • Uphold regulatory and organizational standards for case processing and documentation.

🔹 Training & Guidance

  • After completing 1 year tenure, provide medical training and guidance to the case processing team.

  • Support the team in understanding clinical nuances and medical aspects of safety reporting.

🔹 Aggregate & Signal Activities

  • Contribute to aggregate reporting and signal detection/analysis, as needed, in support of single case processing activities.

🔹 Customer Service Excellence

  • Foster and maintain a high-performance culture focused on customer service, accountability, and collaboration.


🎓 Qualifications

📘 Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Medical Science, MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree.

  • Equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.

🗣️ Language Proficiency

  • Speaking: English at ILR Level 3+ or higher (Professional Working Proficiency).

  • Reading/Writing: English at ILR Level 4+ or higher (Advanced Professional Proficiency).


💼 Experience Requirements

Minimum Required

  • Working knowledge of medical sciences, diagnosis, therapeutics, and drug treatments.

  • Understanding of regulatory requirements for Clinical Research.

  • Familiarity with ICH-GCP guidelines and pharmacovigilance processes.

🌟 Preferred

  • 1–2 years of clinical practice experience (hospital, clinic, or research setting).


🧭 Core Competencies

  • Strong clinical judgment and analytical reasoning.

  • In-depth understanding of adverse event assessment.

  • Ability to work under tight timelines with high accuracy.

  • Effective communication and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

  • Commitment to quality, compliance, and continuous improvement.


🌍 Work Environment

  • Work from office or home-based setup (as per line manager direction).

  • Role may require extended periods of computer-based work and documentation.


⚖️ Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Fortrea is committed to equal opportunity employment and offers reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
🔗 Learn more: EEO & Accommodations Information