DMPK In Vitro Scientist

Eurofins UK PSS; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in biochemistry is seeking a dedicated professional for a permanent position in Oxford. The role involves performing in vitro assays, data management, and mentoring junior team members, while working collaboratively with project teams. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Biochemistry, experience in bioanalysis, and strong communication and organizational skills. Attractive employee benefits and career advancement opportunities offered.

Benefits

Health Cash Plan

Life Assurance

Company Pension Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Free car parking

Perkbox access for discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in non-GLP bioanalysis within a DMPK environment desirable.
• Experience in automated liquid handling systems is a plus.
• Ability to work under tight timelines and change priorities quickly.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine in vitro assays and summarize data.
• Generate pharmacokinetic parameters with quality checks.
• Support junior colleagues through mentorship.

Skills

Good communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to learn new processes

Team player

Proactivity in problem-solving

Education

Educated to degree level in Biochemistry or equivalent

Tools

LC-MS/MS

Watson LIMS

Phoenix/ WinNonLin

Job description

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Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

This is a permanent full time position, working a 40 hour week,Monday to Friday.

• Perform routine in vitro assays and to process, interpret and summarise data in a timely manner.
• Provide new data to project teams in a timely manner, with appropriate quality checking and following data integrity principles.
• Generate key pharmacokinetic parameters as required with appropriate quality checking and provide draft reports for DMPK project leads.
• Complete experimental records in an ELN ensuring compliance with the Client’s data integrity standards.
• Troubleshoot issues with both assays and equipment and liaise with external engineers as required.
• Interact with Client scientists and CRO partners as appropriate to ensure management of workloads.
• Help lead the development of automated processes for sample tracking and analysis, and data processing/reporting to realise productivity gains.
• Support more junior colleagues, by providing hands-on practical mentorship.
• Participate in other DMPK tasks as required.

Job Description

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

This is a permanent full time position, working a 40 hour week,Monday to Friday.

• Perform routine in vitro assays and to process, interpret and summarise data in a timely manner.
• Provide new data to project teams in a timely manner, with appropriate quality checking and following data integrity principles.
• Generate key pharmacokinetic parameters as required with appropriate quality checking and provide draft reports for DMPK project leads.
• Complete experimental records in an ELN ensuring compliance with the Client’s data integrity standards.
• Troubleshoot issues with both assays and equipment and liaise with external engineers as required.
• Interact with Client scientists and CRO partners as appropriate to ensure management of workloads.
• Help lead the development of automated processes for sample tracking and analysis, and data processing/reporting to realise productivity gains.
• Support more junior colleagues, by providing hands-on practical mentorship.
• Participate in other DMPK tasks as required.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in Biochemistry or equivalent.
• Experience performing working non-GLP bioanalysis within a DMPK Drug Discovery environment would be desirable.
• Team members are required to work to tight timelines, with a flexible approach and the ability to change priorities at short notice.
• Experience in LC-MS/MS bioanalysis of small molecules in various biological matrices would be ideal.
• Exposure in the use of automated liquid handling systems including some basic method development capabilities.
• Ability to work using fully electronic media using Microsoft office applications and electronic notebook systems.
• Additionally, experience of using PK study software such as Watson LIMS, Phoenix/ WinNonLin to generate basic PK parameters would be ideal.
• Good team player, flexible, organized and accurate.
• Good organisational skills to ensure on-time delivery of quality data.
• Ability to quickly learn new processes. Works proactively to offer suggestions for new ways to improve existing processes.
• Ability to work on own initiative and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.
• Good communication skills both internally and externally. Must be able to communicate documents or concepts to co-workers or clients independently.
• Ability to form strong working relationships with colleagues.
• Passionate about quality and customer service.

Additional Information

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Reward and Recognition
• Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary).
• Company Pension Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
• Free car parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.

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