Medical Internship Reading 2024

STADA is an international pharmaceutical company with a mission to "Care for People's Health as a Trusted Partner" for more than 125 years. The company's business pillars are Consumer Healthcare (CHC) products, generics, and specialty medicines, including biosimilars. STADA products are available in more than 120 countries. In 2022, the region formed by the CIS countries became an independent business unit and was renamed Eurasia with direct reporting to German headquarters. In the region, STADA has fully-fledged companies in most local markets, including Kazakhstan, where STADA Eurasia HQ is located.

Do you want to become part of a dynamic, international team and grow with us? Then apply now as:

Fantastic Internship opportunities, here at Britannia Pharmaceuticals!

We have a hybrid working arrangement in place as standard for office-based colleagues. Please consider that you would be required to travel to the Reading office 3 days a week, on a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday before applying. You must be able to provide proof of right to work in the UK.

Assessment Centre Held on 08/05/2024

Objective

Work as part of the Medical Affairs team to provide support within the department and cross-functionally to ensure key projects within the business are delivered.

Key accountabilities

Medical information service

• Assist with the logging of medical information responses using Veeva MedComms. This will predominantly involve logging emails received, but may include speaking to patients/HCPs who call the MI phone number
• Monitor compliance of the MI function with both the internal and external KPIs
• Produce monthly summaries on medical information which are used to inform senior management on the performance of the department
• Assist in the production of training slides for internal and external staff members. This will include product training slides and material describing the MI function.
• SOPs
• Aide in the updating of relevant information sources such as databases, factsheets and other technical information
• Support the organisation by ensuring that new scientific information is made available and assessed according to the evidence base, for STADA UK affiliate products and relevant competitors and that high levels of scientific expertise are maintained
• Work in coordination with the rest of the Medical Team to meet deadlines and department objectives

Medical affairs

• Liaising with the international affiliates in meeting organisation,
• Updating the internal website with new documents, news stories
• Uploading, tracking, amending and distributing both promotional and non-promotional material using Veeva PromoMats
• Maintaining a department project tracker, keeping team members accountable for the actions they won
• Assisting with automated literature searches, including producing summaries of key peer-reviewed papers
• Working with the cross-functional brand team (Marketing, Commercial, Sales, Compliance) to ensure timelines are kept for key projects within the business

Pharmacovigilance

• Ensures all ADRs are reported to PV team within 1 working day of receipt
• Reconcile with the PV team to ensure all adverse events received through the medical information service are reported within the required timelines

Person specification

• Responsible, ensuring tasks are followed through to completion without supervision
• Communicative, essential both oral and written
• Creative, able to develop engaging material from a basic brief
• Computer literate, good experience with using word and powerpoint. Able to pick up new systems with ease
• Keenness to learn, someone who is always looking to develop
• Versatile, comfortable with undertaking both administration and scientific tasks

Values

Actively embraces and positively demonstrates Company Values

• Integrity - Each and every one of us acts ethically in line with the company's internal and external standards. Our actions are led by speaking up and respect.
• Entrepreneurship - Each and every one of us drives new ideas and actions, creating future growth and value.
• Agility - Each and every one of us leads change with flexibility and decisiveness as part of our ongoing journey of personal development.
• One STADA - Each and every one of us acts in the best interests of the company as a whole rather than our business unit or function in order to build one successful STADA.

Core competencies

• Personal Excellence
  • Continually producing high quality work which meets the company standards
  • Identifies and proposes opportunities for continuous improvement in own business area and implements them
• Delivering Results
  • Continually seeks opportunities for improvement within their role & takes the initiative to improve performance
  • Understands stakeholder expectations and takes ownership of a task accepting responsibility for outcomes
• Relationship Building and Communication
  • Shares all relevant information with others and seeks others’ input
  • Presents information clearly and concisely on specific issues and various information on own subject area to colleagues and other groups to ensure a two-way understanding is achieved
  • Builds strong relationships, internally and externally, sharing information and working collaboratively to complete tasks as necessary
  • Communicates in a timely manner. Seeks clarity and guidance when required