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CK Group are recruiting for an Analytical Scientist, to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry, on a contract basis for 12 months.

Salary:

Up to £17.67 per hour PAYE or £19.80 per hour Umbrella.

Analytical Scientist Role:

You will be determining chemical profiles (both organic and elemental) of API’s, excipients, drug products and packaging materials to enable understanding of composition and impurities including development of appropriate sample preparation methods.
Measuring of drug product dissolution using USP apparatus,fibre-optic, UV and/or HPLC quantitation.
Measurement of drug product elemental impurities by ICP-MS in accordance with ICHQ3D.
Execution of accelerated drug product stability studies, including trending of assay, impurities and dissolution.
Perform experiments in accordance with good laboratory practices (GLP), established business processes and protocols, and applicable SOPs.
Your Background:

Understanding of the application of analytical methods for the characterisation of pharmaceutical materials (HPLC, Dissolution, ICP-MS/ICP-OES).
Strong working knowledge of quantitative analysis (chromatographic/spectroscopic) gained through working in an industrial lab setting. 
Ability to work independently, and to document analytical results and conclusions through presentations and technical reports.
Oral and written communication skills, with emphasis on clarity of communication.
Ability to follow scientific protocols/methods, and departmental procedures, with excellent attention to detail. 
Company:

Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year.

Location: 

This role is based full time at our clients site in Sandwich, Kent. 

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference (Apply online only) in all correspondence.

Please note: 

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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