Clinical Operations Manager Student Placement

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Deadline: 19th November 2017
Salary: £18,000
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Pharmaceutical
Location: London
City: King’s Cross, London

About MSD

MSD is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where MSD has codified its 125-year legacy. MSD’s success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

MSD is on a quest for cures and is committed to being the world’s premier, most research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. Today, we’re doubling down on this goal. MRL is a true scientific research facility of tomorrow, and will take MSD’s leading discovery capabilities and world-class small molecule and biologics R&D expertise to create breakthrough science that radically changes the way we approach serious diseases.

Clinical Operations Manager Student Placement

Joining our dedicated and talented team for 12 months at our London site as a placement student will help build a strong foundation for success in your future.

At MSD placement students can gain experience within a team comprising individuals from many backgrounds with different roles, but all working together to deliver on the same promise: finding new ways to create a healthier future. Uncompromising dedication to the people who depend on our products is a passion we all share.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a one year placement within our Clinical Research Department at our London office in King’s Cross. This department forms a key part of the company’s Global Research Division.

As part of the Clinical Research department, you will work closely with the clinical operations team, providing support to obtain regulatory and ethics approvals for MSD’s clinical research programs in the UK and Ireland and assisting with the financial aspects of new and ongoing clinical trials.

Throughout your twelve months here, you will be given the opportunity to gain a full insight into the policies and practices of a Clinical Research Department within a global company. Working in a professional and friendly environment, you will work across therapeutic areas and support the members of that team whilst developing your knowledge and practical skills in setting up and working on clinical trials. The placement is predominantly office based, but experiences will include occasional field visits with our study teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work on assigned project(s) under supervision
  • Learn about all phases of a clinical study in theory and in practice
  • Support the study team in their daily activities
  • Understand, develop and manage study documents relating to regulatory and ethics submissions
  • Generate study budgets and review payments

Key Capabilities/Skills

  • Strong communication skills are essential
  • Good organiser and administrator
  • Team player, learning from and helping others overcome obstacles
  • Confident with a willingness to get involved
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Education and Experience

  • Working towards a minimum of a 2:1 degree in Biomedical Sciences or Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related discipline
  • A levels in Biology and Chemistry, grade B or above
  • Entering your third or penultimate year of undergraduate study, returning to your degree course at the end of the placement

Next Steps

    Stage 1 - Fill in our online application form and submit your CV with a covering letter
    Stage 2 - If successful at stage 1, you will be invited to take part in a telephone interview
    Stage 3 - If successful at stage 2, you will be invited to an assessment centre where you will be able to gain a better insight into MSD and have a final interview

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to meet fellow students before commencing the placement and will partake in a two week handover period at the beginning of their placement with the current student.

Your role at MSD is integral to helping the world meet new breakthroughs that affect generations to come, and we’re counting on your skills and inventiveness to help make meaningful contributions to global medical advancement. At MSD, we’re inventing for life.

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