Scientist Animal Sciences & Technologies

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. We’re passionate about the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world!Our vision is to push the boundaries of science to change the practice of medicine, transform the lives of patients, and to ultimately eliminate cancer, respiratory, cardiovascular and renal diseases as a cause of death. The Animal Sciences & Technologies (AST) Department supports and drives in vivo science for AstraZeneca in Cambridge. We conduct studies to evaluate the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of candidate drugs. Use your scientific and animal technical expertise in the AST Department. Work with disease area focused teams to conduct animal studies and support the growth of our drug portfolio.This is a vivarium-based role best suited for a professional with experience in animal work keen to work in a fast-paced environment as a positive, highly collaborative team member. What You’ll DoAs a Scientist, you will be responsible for carrying out daily animal husbandry tasks for rodent species, identifying and reporting any abnormal findings, and maintaining the highest standards of animal care and welfare. Key duties, include undertaking technical procedures such as animal identification, collecting biological samples, coordinating test articles, tumour measurements and condition reporting. You'll generate clear and complete data sets, including the documentation of raw data in computerised data capturing systems and on handwritten records. Able to work autonomously, managing your own work, you'll meet agreed targets and quality standards in a timely manner, communicating progress appropriately. Passionate about self-development, you will maintain current knowledge in Laboratory animal sciences, e.g., through Continued Professional Development (CPD), collaboration with peer scientists or contact with other internal groups. Highly diligent, you'll ensure that tasks are performed in accordance with appropriate Safety, Health & Environment (SHE), quality and compliance standards, e.g., Good Laboratory Standards (GLS).Working PatternsBased at the Anne McLaren Laboratory on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, our In Vivo Scientists are required to work flexibly across different therapy areas and participate in the provision of weekend (1 in 5), Bank Holiday and out of hours support, compensated by a shift disturbance allowance.