Medical Affairs Student Placement

Working in a professional and friendly environment will provide you with the opportunity to gain practical experience within the Medical Affairs Department in Central London. This department is part of our company's Medical Research Laboratories division, providing clinical, scientific, and technical expertise to the rest of the company and external stakeholders. The successful candidate will work in our Medical Affairs team. As part of the Medical Affairs team, you will work as a Medical Affairs Associate, focusing on key strategies supporting Healthcare Professionals and patients. Our Medical Affairs team engages with industry leaders and medical experts to share the scientific value of our current and pipeline products. During your twelve months with us, you will gain a full insight into the role of a Medical Affairs Department within a global company. You will have the opportunity to work with Senior Medical Managers, Medical Science Liaisons, Clinical Research Associates, marketing, and commercial colleagues across some of our key General & Speciality therapeutic areas, which include HIV, Immunology, and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Experiences will include field visits with colleagues, working in teams running studies, advisory boards, medical education projects, and patient access programs.,

• Working on assigned project(s) under supervision.
• Developing an understanding of our organisation's products and disease areas.
• Supporting the clinical research team and medical team in their daily activities.
• Providing administrative support for Patient Access Programmes.
• Attending field visits with members of the team.
• Compiling conference summary reports and medical slide-set.
• Being an audio-visual suite expert within Medical Affairs.
• Developing and maintaining internal media sites.
• Working with wider cross-functional teams on digital and social media innovation projects, and communications management.
• Leading the development of the Medical Affairs Newsletter and Medical Townhalls.
• Maintaining compliance with all statutory requirements, internal processes, and procedures.
  
  Potential Candidates will be working towards a minimum of a 2:1 in Biomedical Sciences or related science degree.
• Candidates must be entering a third or penultimate year of study, returning to a degree course at the end of the placement.
• Evidence of interest in healthcare sciences., Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to build relationships and trust at all levels and with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving and innovation skills.
• Team player, learning from and helping others overcome obstacles.
• Confident with a willingness to get involved.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience with and an ability to comprehend complex scientific literature.
  
  At MSD, we are inspired by a shared vision and mission to save and improve lives.
For 130 years, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases in pursuit of our mission to save and improve lives. We demonstrate our commitment to patients and population health by increasing access to health care through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. Today, we continue to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases that threaten people and animals - including cancer, infectious diseases such as HIV and Ebola, and emerging animal diseases - as we aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world. We are officially certified by the Top Employer Institute and been awarded the exclusive Top Employer United Kingdom Certification for the fourth year running.