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At Roche/Genentech, we have a bold Pharma Vision to achieve 3-5 times more patient benefit at 50% less cost to society. With this vision top of mind, Pharma Product Development (PD) Global Clinical Operations’ (PDG) mission is to become an industry leader and disruptor in re-inventing how we organise ourselves and work. We seek to create new ways of working, always with the patient at the centre of everything we do. Our shared purpose is to innovate clinical trial delivery to transform Roche’s patient, caregiver, and site experience to bring better trials to more patients.
Globally we are based at five headquarter sites; Basel, South San Francisco, Mississauga, Shanghai and Welwyn Garden City. We work to implement Smarter trials that accelerate development timelines so that Roche can help patients faster.
Clinical Operations comprises of hundreds of people, who run phase I - IV clinical trials across a wide number of indications in Oncology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Ophthalmology and Neuroscience. Individuals within these therapeutic areas are responsible for providing operational project management, leadership and expertise and act as the interface between Roche and external parties for optimal study delivery. Note: this is not a laboratory based role.
We partner with hospitals and other institutions to get new innovative medicines to patients in accordance with regulations and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GVP) standards, ensuring patient safety and that data collected from our patients is of a high quality.
The role
As an Industrial Placement in Global Clinical Operations, you will get involved in supporting key tasks across a broad range of topics with potential to build your network outside of the department and ultimately helping accelerate drug development and successful execution of clinical trials.
We want you to join our mission and be part of our passionate, collaborative, Global Clinical Operations community!
What you'll do
We are looking for up to six Industrial Placement Students (IPS), who will be based in Welwyn Garden City, UK.
The IPS will sit within Clinical Operations and be assigned to a clinical trial as well as be part of a study and disease area community. The IPS will be included in working groups where they will have the opportunity to meet, work and collaborate with individuals in other functions outside of Operations, such as Clinical Science, Safety, Biometrics and Insights & Analytics to gain a broader understanding of roles in the Pharmaceutical industry.
The IPS will work closely with the Senior Clinical Operation Lead and Clinical Operation Leads, who are responsible for effective and efficient leadership and delivery of all operational components of a clinical trial across study start up, conduct and close-out in accordance with the appropriate quality standards including Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and applicable regulations.
Key activities include
- Clinical operations activities to ensure delivery during the lifecycle of phase I to IV studies
- Development and management of study timelines, risk and quality plans and the evaluation of study resource needs
- Providing day-to-day operational management to ensure delivery and the clinical trial runs smoothly; e.g. recruiting patients, problem solving, managing vendors/CRO’s (contract/clinical research organisation/operations) and working with contracts.
- Working closely with our clinical research sites (hospitals) to help manage our clinical trial finances and invoicing
- Forecasting of clinical/non-clinical supplies
- Work within our safety team to process important adverse event reporting of trial subjects, and submit serious adverse reaction safety information to local ethics committees.
- You will help run reports and analysis to ensure adequate oversight of activities, such as trial master file maintenance, budget compliance and recruitment performance
- Identifying areas of best practice, innovation and process improvements
- Ensuring study adherence to GCP and Standard Operations Procedures (SOPs)
- Attending/participating at Non study related activities, for example forums / departmental meetings / initiatives
About you
An ongoing university education in a scientific degree is required. You are an effective communicator, strong planning, problem solving and organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities at the same time. You have a love of learning, shows up authentically, encourages growth and innovation and customer focused. Candidates must also be professional, reliable, team-orientated and friendly.
You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement.
If you have already graduated with a Bachelors degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters or PhD, you are not eligible for this program.
Application Process
At Roche/Genentech, we believe our people are key to our success in bringing novel medicines to patients, and we are fully dedicated to being a great place to work and to providing the services, tools, and the environment where everybody feels empowered and trusted and is enabled to uncover their full potential. Join us and help build a diverse and inclusive organisation where patient centricity and patient access are our priority.
Please ensure you include a CV and a cover letter with your application. Your cover letter should not exceed one page. Following your application, you will be informed if you are successful and moved to the next stage of the process which will involve video questions / answers to support your application.
We are offering an outstanding opportunity for up to 6 industrial placement students.
The placement is a full-time role for 13 months
