Processed ICSRs with full narratives
A set of individual case safety reports worked end to end, with narratives written to a defensible standard.
Pharmacovigilance · Nine months · Next cohort October 2026
Ten weeks of training. Then six months of not job-hunting alone.
Most training ends the day the certificate arrives, which is when the harder part begins. This one runs for nine months: ten weeks building a pharmacovigilance portfolio, then six months of applications, positioning and introductions with someone working the search alongside you.
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£1,500
Founding cohort price. Includes the six months of mentorship, priced separately from the next cohort. Instalments available at checkout.
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CPD accreditation submitted to The CPD Standards Office, Provider Number 51119. 14-day cooling-off period under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013.
What employers are actually assessing
A hiring manager filling a drug safety role is not testing whether you understand pharmacology. That much is assumed. They are working out something narrower: whether you can take an incoming report, decide what is reportable and by when, write a narrative that would hold up under inspection, and recognise the point at which a pattern becomes a signal.
None of that is visible in a degree, and none of it is visible in a certificate. It only becomes visible in the work itself. Which is why the gap most people are stuck in is not a knowledge gap. It is an evidence gap.
A certificate proves you studied. A portfolio proves you can do the job.
What you'll know
Six areas, taught to the standard the industry actually holds people to.
Foundations
The history, definitions and minimum dataset that underpin every case you will ever touch.
Global frameworks
How PV regulation compares across ten jurisdictions: EU, UK, US, Canada, Australia, Japan, India, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa.
ICSR processing
A case end to end, from the reporting clock to a narrative you could defend.
Data privacy
Applying GDPR, HIPAA and PIPEDA correctly to real case scenarios, not in the abstract.
Signal detection
Running disproportionality analysis, and knowing the point at which a signal has to be escalated.
PSMF and inspections
The QPPV role, the safety master file, and what inspectors genuinely look for.
What you'll build
Three pieces of evidence you can put in front of a hiring manager. This is the part that changes the conversation.
A signal detection case study
Disproportionality analysis run properly, with your reasoning documented and your escalation decision justified.
A drafted PBRER section
The integrated benefit-risk analysis. Regulators read this section most closely, and very few people arrive able to write one.
A CV and LinkedIn rebuilt around the evidence
Your clinical experience described in the language UK recruiters actually search for, your profile set up to be found, and the portfolio attached to both.
How it runs
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Weeks 1–4
Foundations and frameworks
The regulatory architecture, the minimum dataset, and how the UK system sits against the nine other jurisdictions you may have trained in.
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Weeks 5–8
Casework
You process real-format cases under time pressure, with your narratives reviewed and returned. This is where the portfolio gets built.
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Weeks 9–10
Signal detection and positioning
Disproportionality analysis, your PBRER section, then your CV and profile rebuilt around what you have just produced.
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Months 3–9
The job search, done with you
Six months of working your job search alongside you. It is half of what this programme is, so it has its own section below.
Months 3 to 9
The six months most programmes don’t include
Learning pharmacovigilance and getting hired in pharmacovigilance are two different projects. Most training only does the first one, and leaves you at the certificate. Here is what the second half actually consists of.
Your LinkedIn rebuilt for recruiter search
Not tidied. Rebuilt around the terms pharma recruiters actually search on, so you appear in results you are currently invisible to.
Applications read before they go out
You send me the role and your application. I tell you whether it is worth applying to and what is weak in it, before you send it rather than after it is rejected.
Mock interviews
Run properly, with the technical questions you will actually be asked about case processing, causality and the reporting clock.
Your portfolio in front of employers
I put your evidence in front of the employers and recruiters I know are hiring. This is the part you cannot do for yourself from the outside.
A Talent Directory profile
Your profile visible to hiring employers with your portfolio evidence attached, rather than a CV sitting in a folder.
For six months, or until you are placed
Not a single session. Six months of someone working the search with you, through the rejections and the near-misses as well as the offers.
From the next cohort, this six months costs £250 a month on top of the course fee. The October cohort gets all of it included.
Who this is for
A good fit if you are
- A pharmacist, doctor, nurse or life science graduate
- Qualified overseas and trying to enter UK pharma
- In community or hospital practice and want out
- Able to commit around six hours a week during the taught weeks
- Open to detailed feedback on your written work
Less of a fit if you
- Would prefer a course without casework
- Would like the applications handled for you rather than with you
- Have no healthcare or life science background
Who you would be learning from
I am Elfrida. I trained as a pharmacist, moved into pharma, and spent eleven years inside the industry watching qualified people get filtered out of roles they could already do.
This programme is the thing I wish had existed when I was working out how the UK system actually decides who gets shortlisted. It is built backwards from what employers test for, not forwards from what is easy to teach.
BPharm · MSc, King’s College London · MBA · Eleven years in pharma · Founder, PharmaTech Careers
The founding cohort
Places are capped at 12. The cohort is small because I am personally working alongside each person on their job search, and that only works with small numbers.
This is the first time the programme runs, which means you get the version of it where the person who built it is still in the room with you.
Behind it: eleven years in pharma, a BPharm, an MSc from King's College London, an MBA, and a curriculum built backwards from what UK employers actually test for.
It is also the last cohort at this price. From January, the ten weeks and the mentorship are priced separately. What you get does not change, only what it costs.
One programme. One price.
Nine months. Ten weeks of training, six months of getting you in front of employers.
Founding cohort price
£1,500
Paid in full, or spread over monthly instalments at checkout.
Ten-week pharmacovigilance programme49 CPD hours and your portfolio
£1,500
Six months of mentorship and job-search support£250 a month from the next cohort
£1,500
Total value
£3,000
You pay, October cohort only
£1,500
Both halves are included for this cohort. From January they are priced separately.
Places capped at 12. Cohort begins October 2026.
- Ten weeks of taught pharmacovigilance, 49 CPD hours
- Your portfolio: ICSR samples, signal study, PBRER section
- Case narratives reviewed and returned individually
- Six months of job-search support after the training ends
- LinkedIn rebuilt for recruiter search, and your CV rewritten around the portfolio
- Applications reviewed before you send them, and mock interviews
- Your profile put in front of employers and recruiters who are hiring
- A Talent Directory profile with your portfolio evidence attached
- One year of full app access, every resource and update
- Lifetime access to the alumni network
Before you decide
Why is this cohort cheaper?
Because it is the first one. From the next cohort, the ten weeks and the six months of mentorship are priced separately, at £1,500 and £250 a month. This cohort gets both for £1,500, in exchange for being the group I build the track record with.
Is the CPD accreditation confirmed?
It is in progress. The programme has been submitted to The CPD Standards Office under Provider Number 51119, and the 49 CPD hours reflect the taught content as submitted.
What happens after the training?
Six months of working on your job search together. Your LinkedIn rebuilt so recruiters find you, your applications reviewed before they go out, mock interviews, and your portfolio put in front of employers and recruiters who are hiring. That support runs for six months, or until you are placed.
How much time does it take each week?
Around six hours during the ten taught weeks, including casework. The six months after that are lighter and fit around applying: reviews, interview prep and check-ins as you need them. Most people here are working full time, and material stays available for the full year.
Do I need GPhC or GMC registration?
No. Most UK pharmacovigilance roles do not require it, which is one of the main reasons this route is open to overseas-qualified professionals.
What if it isn't what I expected?
You have a 14-day cooling-off period under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 from the date you enrol.
I've already had a Career Audit Call. Does that count towards this?
Yes. Your audit fee comes off the programme price if you enrol within seven days of your call. Use the code you were given at checkout.
I'm not sure pharmacovigilance is the right track for me.
Email hello@pharmatechcareers.co.uk with a little about your background and I will let you know honestly whether it suits you.
Not ready to enrol?
The Talent Directory is open to any qualified healthcare professional. Upload your CV and your profile becomes visible to employers and recruiters who are hiring. It is free, and you do not need to be on the programme.
Nine months from now, you could be someone else’s best hire.
Ten weeks of training, six months of the job search done with you. Places are capped at 12 and the cohort begins October 2026.
Enrol now — £1,50014-day cooling-off period applies.