Having a great pharmaceutical job doesn’t necessarily mean you will have to sacrifice your personal commitments and social life.

Here are a few helpful tips to help you both succeed in your pharmaceutical industry job and achieve a good work life balance.

1. Start with the basics

Have a healthy diet, take regular exercise and get all the sleep you need.

2. Manage your time effectively

Avoid procrastination and get organised. A good way to achieve this is to set some realistic goals and deadlines and STICK TO THEM. At the beginning of each day right a to-do list and prioritise each task.

3. Have a clear distinction between home and family life

Avoid taking work home and when on holiday, DON’T contact the office.

4. Learn to say no

Learn to say no to commitments inside and outside of the workplace which you know will not be fruitful. You don’t have to a please everyone all the time.

5. Switch off

When you leave work, try to switch off. Shut off your email and work mobile to avoid being available 24/7.

6. Get a hobby

Either with friends or family – This will ensure that you have some quality time just for yourself.

7. Change you working hours

Most employers within the pharmaceutical industry will let you change your work schedule to meet your needs.  For example, by starting one hour earlier, you can leave work one hour earlier – enabling you to get home to spend some more time with your family.

8. Find a new pharmaceutical job

Rather than a change in career, it may be worth considering a different, less stressful job within the pharmaceutical industry.  Search CK Clinical’s latest pharmaceutical job vacancies now.

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The job cuts have arisen in response due to recent setbacks on key drugs and rising pressures on prices resulting from healthcare reforms.

Roche is the world’s largest maker of cancer drugs and has had recently had blows to their development programme and invectors are now waiting to see if the FDA will revoke approval for their blockbuster cancer drug Avastin.

In a statement, Roche stated, “In view of mounting pressures to curb healthcare costs — especially in the United States and Europe — together with recent developments in late-stage projects in the Roche pipeline, this initiative aims to adapt cost structures and accelerate productivity improvements group-wide.”

As of yet there are no definite details regarding the size of the cost reductions and number of staff.  Further information will be released later this year and the cuts are scheduled for 2011/2012.

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In this Medical Liaison Manager role, you will respond to requests from healthcare professionals for medical/scientific information. The information provided maybe within the terms of the marketing authorisation or within the category of legitimate exchange of information during the development of a new medicine. Previous experience in a similar role is essential.

The main responsibilities of this Medical Liaison Manager:

• Respond to requests from healthcare professionals for medical/ scientific information.
• You will manage the important liaison between the HCP and the relevant internal functions at the company.
• Exploring and identifying opportunities for building partnerships that benefits both parties.
• Being field based you will be providing first line medical support to the local sales team, helping them understand the medical needs of local customers, whilst adhering to the ABPI Code of Practice.
• You will ensure that all of your work complies with the company and other regulatory and industry procedures and standards, including the ABPI code of practice.

The successful candidate for this Medical Liaison Manager will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Life Science Degree.
• Previous Medical Liaison/Advisor experience.
• Sound understanding of the NHS and the ABPI Code of Practice.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts concisely.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and to negotiate and meet deadlines.
• Customer focused.
• Team player.
• Flexible approach.

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For more information, or to apply for this Medical Information Manager position, please contact Hendre at CK Clinical on +44 (0)1438 743047 or email me at hmoolman@ckclinical.co.uk quoting 20434 to indicate your interest.

Alternatively, click here to apply for this Medical Liaison Manager role online now.

This Statistical Programmer  role will involve taking responsibility for the statistical analysis and reporting of a number of phase I clinical trials, providing input into clinical study protocols, writing statistical analysis plans, performing statistical analyses and reporting of TFLs to internal management and to external clients.

The main responsibilities of this Statistical Programmer role will include:

• Providing statistical input into the planning and development of clinical study protocols by creating/adapting the appropriate statistical requirements.
• Being involved in the creation of statistical analysis plans including the designing of data listings, table and figure shells for external clients in liaison with project managers.
• Providing clinical SAS programming support to projects according to specifications within the statistical analysis plan.

We are interested in applicants that hold an MSc in Statistics with proven experience as a Statistician working for either a Pharmaceutical/CRO/Biotechnology organisation. The ideal candidate for this Statistical Programmer role will also have substantial SAS programming expertise in the BASE, STAT and GRAPH modules of SAS (v9.1.3) to create listings, tables and figures. Working within Phases I & II is also desirable.

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For more information, or to apply for this Statistical Programmer online now, please contact Priya at CK Clinical on +44 (0) 1438 870028 or email an updated copy of your CV to: pmukherjee@ckclinical.co.uk.

Alternatively, click here to apply for this Statistical Programmer position online now.

A rare opportunity has arisen to join one of the leading global pharmaceuticals companies globally.

As Operations Physician you will be accountable for the medical review, editing and overall cohesiveness of individual case safety reports (ICSR) and periodic reports on a global basis.  This involves checking, editing where appropriate and reviewing the contents of the ICSR ensuring that the data reflects the original case report from the investigator/ reporter and ensuring that coding and are correct for a particular product or group of products on a national, regional, or global basis in line with regulatory and SOP requirements.

The Operations Physician collaborates closely with other physicians and scientists particularly within all aspects of the business during the collection and reporting of individual and periodic adverse event reports across the organisation. 

Full GMC registration is essential.

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For more information or to apply for this Operations Physician role, please contact Ben Traies on 01438870021 or email btraies@ckmedics.com.

2009 has seen CK Clinical establish itself as one of the most respected and leading UK recruitment companies for Clinical R&D staff. Due to continued growth in key business areas and the award of several new preferred supplier agreements with some of the worlds largest Pharmaceutical companies, a new opportunity has arisen for an experienced life science consultant to join us.

As an independent specialist recruitment company for the pharmaceutical industry, we help recruit well-informed, qualified and motivated candidates for permanent and contract positions across the UK and Europe.

We believe our staff are our greatest asset and have a track record of training, retention and development which is second to none.

We have a strong client list and a reputation of being a fair and transparent recruitment company. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to build on their career, with a company that upholds the highest standards and that will recognise and reward your hard work and efforts.

If you want to work for a company that stands for honesty, integrity, ethical business practices and success, CK Clinical are the employer of choice! If you want the opportunity to move to the next level CK Clinical are the employer of choice!

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To find out more please contact Jim Gleeson at CK Clinical on 01438 870027 or email jgleeson@ckclinical.co.uk to apply.

Alternatively, click here to apply for this Recruitment Consultant position online now.

As Project Data Manager you will be responsible for:

* Performing project management activities for all processes related to Data Management (project set-up, initiating and chairing project team meetings, project planning, project review and reporting, project administration, project coordination and mentoring), to ensure appropriate qualityof deliverables within agreed timelines and with control over the available budget.

* Performing project related communication with all internal and external parties. Liaising with internal business units as needed in the study conduct.

* Attending bid defense meetings with clients to provide professional support in project related matters.

* Planning and conducting client meetings as required in the project content.

The ideal candidate for this Project Data Manager position will hold a BSc degree (or equivalent) in a Life Sciences, Medical or Statistics discipline. You will have excellent knowledge of the Clinical Data Management process and have proven industrial experience from either working for a CRO/Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology organisation. You will also have experience of project managing out-sourced studies.

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For more information, or to apply for this Project Data Manager position, please contact Priya Mukherjee call +44 (0) 1438 870028 or email pmukherjee@ckclinical.co.uk.

As a Medical Information Advisor you will provide a high quality, comprehensive, technical and scientific information service for external customers on the company’s product range, supporting and enhancing the safe and effective use of products, enabling our customers to make informed decisions about the company product range. This will be a second-line support role.

Further responsibilities of this EU Medical Information Advisor role will include:

• Act as key product contact for internal colleagues and contacts
• Deliver a reactive enquiry service for designated products – maintaining high technical and ethical promotional standards and appropriate time and quality standards
• Maintain core reference documents for use by European Medical Information colleagues
• Maintain global Q&A’s on the specified products on the QUEST database, ensuring that these are kept updated, added or deleted as appropriate
• Liaise with European Medical Affairs Directors and others as necessary to ascertain and deliver Medical Information outputs appropriate for product, lifecycle and markets
• Maintain Therapeutic Area and product knowledge to a high standard – act as the European MI Therapy Area contact
• Liaise with other Regional Medical Information Groups as appropriate
• Share best practice across the regional Medical Information community
• Identify the need and coordinate with other teams to deliver Medical Information product and skills training to colleagues within the European region in line with the European MI Training Programme
• Be responsible for identifying the need for and providing or co-ordinating Medical Information specific training for European colleagues on products and business-critical systems
• The role holder and colleagues will be responsible as a team for cascading information on these systems and to provide advice on how to use them effectively, to MI staff within Europe.
• Make sure that appropriate enquiry details are logged in the regional enquiry management database for all enquiries received
• Identify and define needs for literature resources and copyright information and communicate these to the company Library contact
• Be responsible for representing the European region for certain areas, informing colleagues of Medical Information issues across the company and sharing best practice within the Medical Information arena

 The ideal candidate for this EU Medical Information Advisor position will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Previous experience working in Medical information
• Degree in pharmacy, or biological, pharmaceutical or life science
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Proficient in use of MS Office
• Knowledge of the ABPI and other codes and guidelines
• Experience working as a second-line (or at least, first line) Medical Information Advisor with strong evidence of successful delivery/ management

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For more information or to apply for this EU Medication Information Advisor, please contact Hendre on Tel: +44 (0)1438 870 023 or email hmoolman@ckclinical.co.uk quoting 20401 to indicate your interest.

Alternatively, click here to apply for this EU Medical Information Advisor role online.

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