Summary
This is a great opportunity to work for one of the world's innovative pharmaceutical companies as a Laboratory Scientist Apprentice while gaining a BSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Annual wage
£20,000 a year
Annual Salary Review
Training course
Laboratory scientist (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday – Thursday Start Time – 9:00am Finish Time – 5.25pm Friday Start Time – 9:00am Finish Time – 4:05pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
4 years
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
* Working in a fast-paced environment within a highly skilled scientific community
* Applying scientific theories to real-life scenarios in the process of drug development
* Structured training activities with close mentorship
* Hands-on experience in state-of-the art laboratories
* Development of analytical skills through experimental analysis and reporting
* Exposure to a business environment operating within regulations set by external organisations including health and safety Executive (HSE) and Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
* Problem-solving and experimentation to recommend improvements in laboratory processes
* Learning to plan and prioritise tasks whilst evaluating progress against objectives
* Developing excellent communication skills to communicate scientific information and allow effective collaboration in a professional environment
* Using creative thinking to challenge assumptions, innovate and make new proposals to build on existing ideas
* Taking responsibility for personal development, demonstrating commitment to learning and self-improvement
* Tools to thrive and develop professionally to help enable a successful career
Where you’ll work
Discovery Park
Ramsgate Road
Sandwich
Kent
CT13 9ND
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH
Your training course
Laboratory scientist (degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
* Identify and use the scientific approaches appropriate to one specialist discipline required to solve problems, support new investigations and follow-up experiments in the laboratory.
* Appraise scientific experimentation, independently design and implement new processes according to relevant literature and other data sources interrogated using data mining techniques and input from colleagues.
* Support appraisal of scientific experimentation with numerical and statistical analysis.
* Work autonomously to analyse, interpret and evaluate scientific data and present the results of laboratory work and problem solving clearly and concisely in written and oral form.
* Comply with regulations including compliance with business rules pertaining to record keeping, data integrity, traceability & confidentiality.
* Promote and ensure the application of quality standards, safe working practices and compliance with risk management systems relevant to the workplace in own work and the work of others.
* Use creative thinking and problem solving techniques such as root cause analysis, to challenge assumptions, innovate, make new proposals and build on existing ideas.
* Autonomously plan and prioritise tasks, review and evaluate progress against objectives and investigate alternative scenarios.
* Contribute to the development of specific technical projects across multi-disciplinary teams.
* Ensure that targets are met and maintained, within own area of responsibility, whilst complying with defined company procedures and legislative requirements.
* Lead continuous performance improvement within the scientific and technical environment using process mapping & analysis and root cause analysis that is informed by other appropriate principles, such as lean, six sigma, project and change management.
Your training plan
Day release to Medway Campus, Kent.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* 5 GCSE's Including Maths and English (grade C / 4 and above)
A Level in:
* Additional Science or Mathematics (grade C and Above)
* Any other subject (grade 104 UCAS Points and Above)
* Chemistry (grade C or Above)
BTEC in:
* Equivalent Qualifications (grade 104 UCAS and Above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Initiative
Other requirements
The apprentice must be able to demonstrate the required attitudes, behaviours and interpersonal skills associated with the professional workplace. The apprentice must be willing to commit an amount of personal time to study. Please ensure you check out travel options to be able to commute to the workplace.