UFS Jobs – Specialist Pharmaceutical Scientist

Job Responsibilities:

• Operate and manage scientific equipment and/or scientific processes in support of others’
• Research or teaching.
• Responsible for the use and management of laboratory space.
• Conduct analytical related activities including analytical chromatographic method development.
• Collect and analyse data.
• Develop and prepare preclinical herbal formulations for compounds in discovery and preclinical development, design and conduct experiments to determine physicochemical and solid-state properties of new natural chemical entities.
• Support herbal drug formulation development.
• Represent formulations group in cross-functional meetings, prepare and present data as well as write development reports.
• Train others in the use of scientific equipment and processes.
• Assist Researchers with experimental design.
• Assist with the preparation and delivery of lectures/ labs/ seminars or fieldwork.
• Undertake supervision of students’ technical work.
• Carry out administrative and/or compliance work within a department.
• Carry out pharmaceutical contract research work.
• Raise funding through grant applications and contract research.
• Publish original science research papers.
• Undertake contract industry research.
• Participate in all departmental academic activities.
• Produce scientifically publishable data.
• Publish original science research and review papers.
• Willingness and ability to work reliably on a flexible work schedule, Monday – Friday and some weekends or where pre-planned on public holidays, to meet the demands of the Pharmacology research group.

Job Requirements:

• A PhD on NQF level 10 in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Sciences (or related discipline) or equivalent with relevant research/ teaching experience or industry pharmaceutical development.
• A minimum of three years’ relevant work experience in mammalian cell culture laboratories.
• Laboratory management experience with proven record of experience.
• Strong experience and knowledge in developing preclinical formulations to support discovery and toxicology studies.
• Hands on experience in HPLC/LC-MS or any other analytical methods.
• Strong knowledge of product formulation studies.

Job Details:

Company: University of the Free State

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Bloemfontein

Application Deadline: N/A

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