Bioscience Jobs Bruce Woodcock University of Kent Careers and Employability Service You can download a copy of this presentation at

The next three presentations in GLT1 Tomorrow (1 st Dec) More on bioscience careers: Doctor, teaching, medical therapies (nursing, physiotherapy, dietetics etc.), Research careers, Clinical Research Associate, Medical communications, plus choosing a career, applications and interviews resources. Monday 7 th Dec. Postgraduate Study PhDs, MScs, applications and interviews for postgraduate study, funding, study abroad Tuesday 8 th Dec. Presentation by AbBaltis on careers in the bioscience industry In Vitro Diagnostics and Biotech company offering innovative, reliable and quality biologically-based products. Based in Sittingbourne, Kent. DON’T MISS THIS

Kent Undergraduate Bioscience Destinations 2014 Bioscience Careers page Full Kent destinations are at

2014 Kent Bioscience graduates: science jobs NES Global TalentLife Science Recruitment Consultant Tharsaser Associates LtdPhamacovigilance Associate BioventixResearch Assistant Novartis Vaccine Sales Representative SchoolScience technician NHSHealth Care Advisor Hammersmith Medicines ResearchResearch Technician NHS Scunthorpe HospitalBiomedical Assistant NHS Barnett HospitalEmergency Department Assistant King's College Hospital Healthcare Assistant Lewisham HospitalHealthcare Assistant Surrey Rest Homes LimitedHealthcare Consultant & Administrator Clinical ProfessionalsMed Comms Resourcer Maidstone NHS TrustMedical Lab Ass't - Blood Sciences Department Sauflon PharmaceuticalsMicrobiologist TwistDxQuality control laboratory technician NHSDiabetes Clinical Research Assistant Royal Free HospitalAdministrator Thermo Fisher ScientificEnzyme Immuno Assay Technician About 50% of those in work are in science jobs – the rest in other jobs.

Degree Class Percentages Medical Sales Teaching Research PhD Science Technician

Jobs outside science Many biology graduates Limited jobs for BSc graduates in science outside teaching – may need MSc to compete.

One third of graduate jobs accept any degree subject. BECAUSE: Learn new skills quickly Analyse & solve problems Communicate well Open to new ideas, adaptable and flexible “Managers of change” Accountancy Computing Teaching Marketing and Sales Retailing Social Work Personnel NHS Management Many Kent Bioscientists get jobs outside science

Chartered Accountancy Take any degree subject provided you have done careful research Need good A Level grades – about BBB minimum Need good maths – about GCSE grade A minimum Lots of jobs – PWC alone take 1,000 graduates a year 3 years demanding study for professional exams: 12 hours per week in evenings and at weekends BUT paid £25,000 salary On qualification £40,

Computing Firms such FDM will take graduates from any subject with good analytical skills and a strong interest in IT and train you in software development Or can do an MSc Computer Science at Kent Or MSc in Bioinformatics Big shortage of good programmers in UK so excellent salaries and opportunities

VACATION WORK Science internships Placements Science Recruitment Agencies Speculative CVs to firms in your area Vacancy database:

If you can’t get a science placement ……… Do something outside science that develops your teamworking/organising/ problem-solving skills BUNAC Summer work in the USA, Canada, Australia, Jamaica and Ghanawww.bunac.org.uk Camp America Camp Counsellors USA and Work Experience USA CIEE work experience in the USA, Canada, Australia and NZwww.ciee.org

ABPI report 2015 The UK ‘lacks the skills’ for future drug development in: Interdisciplinary areas of maths, computing and biology: bioinformatics, cheminformatics, health informatics, statistics, computational chemistry and data mining Genomics Translational medicine Clinical pharmacology Veterinary and toxicological pathology. Formulation

Biomedical Scientists Work in hospital and related laboratories - Blood Transfusion Service and veterinary laboratories. Provide analytical and advisory services to clinicians and other professionals, Few jobs are now advertised! Must inquire at local hospitals: get unpaid experience/project work Sign up for alerts to be notified of trainee BMS vacancies on the NHS Jobs website Can also get a laboratory assistant post via NHS Jobs and work your way up Vacancy website Talk to course lecturers from William Harvey & other local hospitals about jobs with them.

STP – Scientists Training Programme - NHS Work in a hospital while completing a (fully paid for) Masters degree part-time. Tasks include: Planning and organising work in clinical labs. Organising tests on patient samples Advising clinicians and GPs on use of tests and interpretation of results. Carrying out R&D as well as evaluation and quality assessment of diagnostic tests. Developing new and existing tests.

Medical Sales Employed by pharmaceutical companies to promote medicines etc. to doctors & pharmacists. Arrange appointments with doctors. Make presentations to doctors, nurses, hospital consultants. Keeping pharmacists informed e.g. which drugs GPs are likely to prescribe. Attend company's regional meetings. Car is your office. Constant people contact but can be lonely. Spend a lot of time in doctors waiting rooms. Route into marketing & sales management. Get company car/laptop/iPhone. Must like driving! Training. Initial 8 week intensive course covering sales and product training and background physiology and anatomy. Must pass ABPI exam within 2 years. Ashfield Healthcare take 200 graduates a year.

Patent Attorney Obtains patents world-wide. Reads descriptions of inventions/analysing novelty. Writes specifications of inventions in precise terms. Files applications for patents. Advises clients. EMPLOYERS: Mainly private consultancies. Also industrial companies. INSIDE CAREERS Patent Examiner Ensures applications for patents are within the requirements of the Patents Act & don't infringe the rights of inventors. Examines the invention & searches publications to ascertain novelty. Considers legal matters affecting entitlement to claimed monopoly. Produces report EMPLOYERS: UK Patent Office - Newport European Patent Office

Bioinformatics Getting biological information (proteins, DNA and mRNA) logged, coded, retrieved in an easily accessible format. Employers: Sanger Centre, European Bioinformatics Institute, MRC UK Human Genome Mapping Project, all in Cambridge, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford. Big pharmaceutical companies such as GSK or AstraZeneca recruit regularly, Postgrad. Courses: Manchester, Leeds, Exeter, Edinburgh, Birkbeck, York – last 1 year. MRC gives studentships

Forensic Biology Independent forensic contractors LGC - Middlesex - analytical science, consumer protection pollution and health, DNA and drug analysis also document examination for Inland Revenue and DSS. Not many vacancies advertised – need to make speculative applications.

Science Vacancy Sources Kent University Vacancy Database I will the latest vacancies and internships to you each Monday Prospects Web The Biochemical Society New Health Careers website provides detailed information on more than 350 roles in healthwww.healthcareers.nhs.uk350 roles in health science and engineering vacancies and internshipswww.gradcracker.com Science Recruitment Agencies - some offer temporary laboratory work in vacations. New Scientist Nature Speculative CVs

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Telephone: Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9 to 5 including vacations Drop-in times (no appointment needed): to and 2 to 4 pm Help given for up to 3 years after graduation Weekly careers s every Monday Location of the Careers Service

Bruce Woodcock An adviser is on duty for short (15 minute) consultations in the Careers and Employability Service any weekday morning or afternoon from 2 pm to 4 pm. You don't need an appointment to see the duty adviser at these times. Just ask at Careers Reception to see them. These are the final careers talks I shall be giving you during your degree.

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Bioscience Jobs Bruce Woodcock University of Kent Careers and Employability Service You can download a copy of this presentation at