Description
Regulatory Affairs - Industrial Placement
Duration: 12 months
Sectors and locations: Leeds
Medical Devices - Leeds (DePuy Synthes)
Working at Johnson & Johnson can change everything. Including YOU.
By joining a company that has been carving out the future of healthcare for more than 130 years, you will be offered a career as limitless as the lives it touches. It’s as simple as that. Start building a career with purpose at J&J and make the next generation the healthiest yet.
The DePuy Synthes companies are inspired by the opportunity to help people return to living active and fulfilling lives. We deliver a broad array of orthopedic and neurological solutions – inspired solutions that go beyond quality implants and include services, education, instruments, and emerging technologies.
Position summary
Today’s changing healthcare environment presents many exciting challenges for Regulatory Affairs (RA) professionals. RA professionals within DePuy Synthes have opportunities to participate in high-level forums that connect government agencies and industry leaders to shape a complex policy ecosystem.
They are passionate about protecting our customers while ensuring that our business complies with all product-related regulations. RA professionals are involved in all stages of the product lifecycle, so they have numerous opportunities to contribute innovative ideas, product improvements, and service models that advance the health and well-being of patients and consumers. And because they have such a broad perspective on our business activities and product lifecycles, RA professionals find many opportunities to move their careers in a direction that aligns with their interests and passions.
As an RA placement student, you will be responsible for ensuring effective management of worldwide product registration activities to ensure that registrations are conducted promptly according to regulatory and company requirements.
Main duties and responsibilities
* Liaise with internal departments and worldwide regulatory colleagues to support registration activities
* Facilitate worldwide product registration activities by compiling regulatory submissions and requested documentation to worldwide regulatory affiliates
* Coordinate activities for the legalization of regulatory documents
* Maintain regulatory and registration databases, including archiving, purchase requisitions, and control of standards, and analyze data to provide reports to the immediate manager as required
* Responsible for ensuring compliance with all local, national, international, and company regulations, policies, and procedures for Health, Safety, and Environmental compliance to enable the site to achieve and maintain excellent results
Qualifications
* 2 years of degree level study completed
* A minimum of 2:1 achieved in the first year of study
* Scientific degree type is preferable
* Key skills and competencies
* Excellent planning and organizational skills
* Communication – listener, learner and thinker
* Thorough and flexible
* Cross-culturally aware
* Team player
* Enthusiastic and committed
* Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office PC packages
* Excellent written and verbal reasoning skills