Medical Affairs Graduate (12-month Graduate Internship / Placement)
An excellent opportunity for a talented graduate to start a career in medical affairs with a global pharmaceutical leader
About Novartis
Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, Novartis sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs and an in-house marketplace for rotations and project work. With strong medicines pipeline our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.
This role will work collaboratively with Medical team colleagues across a portfolio of products.
The medical affairs areas you could be involved in are:
- Medical Oncology
- Medical general
You will partner with the business to ensure key processes are completed in an effective, compliant and timely manner.
Your responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Build a good knowledge of the TA related disease area, Medical Affairs, drug development, the healthcare system and IPHA Code
- Support activities and logistics as part of the Medical Affairs Plan such as
- Advisory Boards
- Managed Access Programs
- Medical education meetings and projects
- Data generation projects
- Work with broader team (field & office) to ensure operational excellence
- Support the Medical Affairs team to leverage clinical/scientific data
- Support the TA by reviewing promotional and non-promotional materials, to ensure scientific integrity of content
- Support the delivery of medical plans by uploading and referencing medical educational materials in FUSE
- Support the development of high quality and timely briefing materials/training on relevant appropriate data and may deliver internal training as required
- Provide administrative support as required, for example:
- Budget management for projects and logistics
- Co-ordination of team meetings
- Organisation of itineraries and logistics for ongoing activities
- Compilation of materials and information to support any complaints process
- Ensure compliance with relevant policies and standard operating procedures.
The successful candidate will benefit from:
- Team oriented atmosphere
- Cutting edge science
- Working with diverse people and teams
- Development opportunities
- Making a difference to patient's lives
We are looking for an individual who can meet the following criteria:
- Educated to degree level in any Science subject
- Experience within UK/Ireland healthcare and /or pharmaceuticals environment is an advantage, but not necessary
- Clear motivation and ambition to gain experience in a medical affairs environment
- Ability to evidence skills which are transferable to the business environment (e.g., good time management, teamwork) experience of successfully working with teams through work, academic and/or extracurricular activities
- You will be able to demonstrate
- Proactivity - ability to work independently and proactively under own initiative, taking responsibility and driving projects and activities to a successful conclusion
- Analytical thinking - can understand and use complex data and can communicate complex data to a wide range of professional and lay audiences, adapting their wording and style to suit
- Prioritisation - manages multiple priorities well, demonstrating good attention to detail under tight deadlines and the ability to prioritise effectively
- Collaboration & teamwork - can develop effective relationships with team and customers, gaining trust and credibility quickly. Has the confidence to work with all levels and types of people, as an effective member of a cross-functional team
- Customer focused mindset - delivering high quality projects and activities to internal and external groups with awareness and responsiveness to their needs
- Fluency in English - verbal and written - is required
- You will be IT savvy and highly proficient with Microsoft office (Outlook, Excel, PPT skills and Word at Advanced Level)
Additional Information
Please ensure that you are willing and able to live within commutable distance of the company site before applying. This placement is based in Dublin, Ireland and we would like you to be in the office a minimum of 3 days per week, to aid your development in working with and learning from your team. You will need to be eligible to work in Ireland.
Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
