Clinical research scientists plan and conduct scientific experiments to test new ways of treating and managing medical conditions.
Most clinical research scientists have a degree in chemistry or biology. Entry requirements for such a degree course are usually two science A levels and five GCSEs, including science, maths and English. Many new entrants to the profession have relevant postgraduate qualifications, although those who do not may study for postgraduate qualifications on-the-job. Some employers prefer to take on candidates with previous laboratory experience.
Research scientists must be committed to learning throughout their careers. New technologies are constantly introduced into this industry and health and safety and legal and ethical requirements change frequently, meaning that it is essential for all scientists to keep themselves up-to-date with developments in their line of work.
Clinical research scientists may be employed by pharmaceutical and bioscience companies, the NHS and educational institutions. While employment opportunities are available throughout the country, competition for jobs can be intense. It is not uncommon for employers to use recruitment agencies to advertise their clinical research vacancies.
A clinical research scientist with a PhD may earn around £22,000 a year. Promotion prospects for research staff vary between employers. Some scientists move into more specialist research work while others progress into supervisory or management roles.
Lava Recruitment performs executive search in Clinical Development, connecting with Clinical Project Managers, Clinical Development Directors, Chief Medical Officers and the like. Their Haslemere consultants have international experience and have been providing both retained search and inhouse managed service solutions to the BioTech industry since 2012, focusing on aiding growth-stage Venture Capital-backed firms and publicly listed companies.
99 Wey Hill, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1HT
This agency specialises in the Data Science, Biometrics, Clinical Research and Translational Research and Procurement & Technical Operations sectors across the UK, Europe and North America. They also assist candidates and clients with temporary, contract and permanent requirements in the Pharmaceutical industry.
Regal House, 70 London Rd, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3QS
Established in 1981, Wolviston Recruitment is a provider of full recruitment services to the Chemical, Petrochemical, Power Generation, Biofuel, Life Sciences, and associated industries, with a focus on long-term supplier agreements. The agency also offers executive search, pre-employment occupational testing, and third-party procurement services.
1-3 The Courtyard, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 8PB
Jobs in Science specialises in hiring Scientists and Engineers for employment in Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering and more. They source for permanent, temporary and contract positions like Forensics Analyst, Laboratory Technician and Mechanical Engineer for businesses from SMEs to blue chip corporations. They also perform executive search and recruitment process outsourcing. They began in 1997 and are situated in Tamworth.
Tamworth Enterprise Centre, Phil Dix House, Corporation Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7DN
Recruitrite Ltd is a recruitment business in the North East that provides staffing solutions to several sectors including Manufacturing, Sales & Business Development, Logistics & Supply Chain, Contact Centres, Health & Care, and Engineering. They offer contract, interim, temporary & permanent recruitment, plus executive search services. Some roles they fill include Warehouse Operative, High-Pressure Water Jetter, and Digital Marketing Executive.
Coniscliffe House Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7EE
Discover International is an expert in recruitment within the Life Sciences industry. Focusing solely on a single niche, they have been the preferred workforce supplier of various blue chip organisations such as Moderna, Merck, Biogen, GSK, Takeda, and Regenron. With multiple office locations across London, Miami, Poland, Barbados, and the Netherlands, they take pride in a wide network of clients and candidates worldwide.
10 Lower Thames St, City of London, London, EC3R 6AF
Apsida Life Science, founded in 2019, focuses on Life Science recruitment, supporting ventures in Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and more. Utilising their consultants' recruitment experience of over 25 years, the services they extend consist of contingent search for fast turnaround requirements, retained search for talents with niche skills, and temporary and contract worker search. They work from locations in Redhill, London and Boston in the US.
Abbey House Clarendon Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1QZ
AKS Recruitment recruits across the Pharmaceutical, Contract Research Organisation, Medical Devices and Biotechnology markets. Since they started their operations in 2006, they have gathered candidate contacts from over 20 countries and made it to the Preferred Supplier Lists of over 40 companies. These are made possible by their services such as executive search, permanent staffing and contract recruitment. Their office can be found in Leeds.
Willow Grove, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS14 6GP
ARTO delivers specialised staffing solutions to employers in the Life Sciences industry. They source job seekers for contract, interim, and permanent jobs. Since their foundation in 2020, they have been offering services to the following areas: Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Commercial, Medical Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, and R&D Preclinical.
Innovation House, Innovation Wy, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9FF
Springboard Worldwide, situated in Verwood, helps fulfil Sales, Marketing and Professional recruitment requirements in the Technology, Engineering, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology sectors. Generating a wealth of experience since they started in 1999, their previous successes include global placements across Europe, Asia and US.
27 Vicarage Road, Verwood, Dorset, BH31 6DR
Mason Harding is a specialist Life Science recruitment company covering disciplines such as Research, Diagnostic and Biotechnology. Their competitive advantage is in spearheading single-hire, multi-hire and long-term projects, both in the UK and overseas, via bespoke models, in addition to offering free services to job seekers. Based in Leeds, their client portfolio includes Integrated DNA Technologies, Sony Biotechnology and Veranome Biosystems.
46 Park Place, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 2RY
SCI Partners focuses on executive leadership and interim management recruitment for Life Sciences fields like Biotechnology and Medical Technology. Located in Tring, they have a global reach where they perform bespoke headhunting services in addition to Consultancy, mainly assisting novel, emerging and early stage institutions.
Pennyroyal Court, Station Road, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 5QY
Turner Regulatory Recruitment are industry experts that place Regulatory Affairs professionals in the UK's Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sectors. Based in Hertfordshire and London, they recruit for permanent and contract roles such as Project Manager, Team Leader, and Associate Director. Established in 2005, they work with a diverse client portfolio which includes Roche, Norgine, BioMarin, Vertex, Shire, ReNeuron, and Seqirus/CSL.
71-75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
A Select UK is equipped with over 20 years of industry experience. They cater primarily to the Technical Engineering and Manufacturing industries, particularly in the Scientific, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality areas. They feature a recruitment team consisting of CertRP-qualified consultants. They are headquartered in Hampshire.
Unit 24 Tower House, Nottingham South & Wilford Business Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG11 7EP
Ashley James Consulting is a multi-sector recruitment firm covering disciplines including, but not limited to, Accountancy, Engineering, FMCG, Health, IT, Legal and Retail. They have been catering to applicants of all levels, from graduates up to executives, since 2016, with the help of their teams in Manchester, Birmingham and overseas in the UAE.
5th Floor, The Hive 47 Lever Street 5th Floor Front Suite, Manchester, Lancashire, M1 1FN
AssureBio provides Life Science recruitment solutions to Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies. With an office in Wilmslow, they cover the entirety of the UK and Europe in sourcing for permanent, interim and executive Quality Assurance roles. Their experience in recruitment dates back to 2015, and they perform retained and contingent search. Fields they manage include Quality Management System, Inspection Readiness and Internal & External Audit.
Bollin House, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 1DP
Lead Candidate exclusively deals with Pharmaceutical and BioTech recruitment, focusing on Drug Development, Manufacturing and Contract Services worldwide. Their team has a combined experience of over 50 years, led by directors who come from Pharma and Bio Supply Chain backgrounds. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, they mainly support developing businesses and scaling organisations like MedPharm Ltd, INCOG BioPharma Services and AES Clean Technology.
Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, NE1 6UF
Mediatum supports multiple fields such as Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Consulting, Academic and Industrial. They also assist Not-for-Profit organisations. Recruiting both in the UK and abroad, they have teams in the City of London, three cities in Germany, Austria and the US that conduct executive search and onboarding coaching. They were incorporated in 2001.
33 Cannon Street, City of London, London, EC4M 5SB
CPL Life Sciences caters to the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM), Professional Services, and Healthcare industries. Operating for over 30 years, they have also been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1999. They deliver permanent and flexible solutions across Europe with offices throughout the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, and more. They are also HealthTrust Europe (HTE) and Workforce Alliance (CHS) suppliers.
69 Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3WA
Crown Pharmacovigilance Limited, through their recruitment division Crown Staffing Solutions, provides Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety Risk Management employment opportunities. Their consultants, coming from Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance backgrounds, have experience of over 20 years, which they leverage in hiring the likes of Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Scientists and Physicians. With an office in Ilford, they work on vacancies globally.
51-55 Fowler Road, Ilford, Essex, IG6 3XE
SciPro is a Life Science recruitment company. They cover areas including Clinical, PreClinical, Technical Operations, and Professional Services. With offices in London, Munich, LA, and New York, they recruit globally for a range of Drug Discovery jobs. They offer retained and contingent search, as well as contract recruitment services.
33 Colston Avenue, Bristol, Bristol, BS1 4UA
EPM Scientific sources Life Sciences professionals for vacancies across the entire product life cycle, from Research and Development, Biometrics, Clinical Development, and Clinical Operations, through to Market Launch and Pharmacovigilance. Since they began in 2012, they have catered to permanent, contract, and multi-hire recruitment mandates of 71 world-leading companies. They have 14 office locations across Europe, Asia, and the United States.
Ground Floor, 21 Lombard Street, City of London, London, EC3V 9AH
Pharma Partners is a multi-disciplinary market expert that attracts candidates for various permanent and temporary appointments. For over five years, they have been working exclusively for clients in the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical sectors across England. They provide staffing services to a broad range of verticals, including Clinical Research, Commercial, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Pharmacovigilance, and Regulatory Affairs.
Floor 7, The Blade, Abbey Square, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 3BE
Delta Consultants, launched in 1988, supports hires of Scientific, Medical and Engineering professionals internationally. Specific areas they support include Biotech, Forensics and Pharmaceutical for all levels of expertise from trainee to senior appointments. They extend their contingency and executive search services to ventures from local startups to global organisations through a team in St. Ives. They are members of the Institute of Biomedical Science.
Norfolk House, 4 Station Road, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5AF
Flowtec Group recruits for three distinct areas, which are Engineering, IT Solutions and BioTech & Life Sciences. Their services include executive search & selection, where they conduct detailed background checks, and retained project delivery, which is ideal for situations like site movements and new office openings. They have a worldwide reach through locations in Sutton Coldfield, two across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain and the US.
50 Victoria Rd, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1SW
Windsor Bux specialises in Life Sciences recruitment, managing Pharmaceutical and Biotech fields like Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development and R&D. With a combined knowledge of over 20 years, they use a contingent model for permanent roles and retained approach for executive titles. They also have project management services for high-volume staffing needs. Their offices are in Brentford, Windsor, New York and Dubai.
981 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9DN
Albion Rye Associates delivers global recruitment solutions in Life Sciences with a focus on mid-to-executive appointments. Bringing in a collective experience of over 50 years from various backgrounds, they have been partnering with customers in Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology since 2018, with the help of their Crawley site.
Explorer 2, Second Floor, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9GT
Invenia Group are recruitment specialists that have been working with an extensive client portfolio since 2009, from start-ups, SMEs, and global organisations. With teams based in Leeds, London, and New York, they help fill assignments in Medical Device & Technology, Pharmaceuticals, and Scientific Process & Technology sectors. They also cater to Life Science, Orthotics, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, and Surgical functions nationwide and abroad.
5th Floor, Runway East 18 Crucifix Lane, Bermondsey, London, SE1 3JW
Biopharm Search is a specialist recruitment agency with a focus on executive search and senior leadership. They work with various clients nationwide and globally, ranging from start-ups to multinational organisations. Biopharm Search works exclusively for the Life Sciences sectors including Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Technology.
Unit 25 Acorn Industrial Park, Crayford Road, Crayford, Dartford, Kent, DA1 4AL
Entrust Resource Solutions is a specialist recruitment firm, merged from Entrust People and SCI Search & Selection, that supplies workforce solutions in sectors like Biotechnology, IT, Pharmaceutical, and Science. They are a member of BIA, One Nucleus, SLA, Bionow, OBN, and BIVDA. They offer permanent and temporary placements for roles such as Automation Engineer, Shift Engineering Technician, and Translational Research Manager.
River Court, 5 West Victoria Dock Road, Dundee, Angus, DD1 3JT
ENG Bauen operates across Power, Energy & Infrastructure, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, and Industrial Process & Manufacturing, sourcing Project Management, Project Controls, Construction and Engineering talent recruitment globally. With 36 years of experience and teams in Bristol and the Netherlands, they have gathered over 13,000 contacts in their candidate database. They are also partners of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies.
Spectrum Building, Bond Street, Bristol, Avon, BS1 3LG
Carrot Pharma specialises in Pharma and Life Sciences. Launched in 2006, the agency sources staff for permanent or contract positions, including executive roles, via their Manchester office.
Pentland House Village Way, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 2GH
RAM Resourcing offers its market expertise in Research, Analytics, and Management to a diverse range of employers across the UK. They recruit within the Banking & Finance, Maritime, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical & Biotech, and Renewable Energy verticals. The talent acquisition company attracts qualified candidates to fill various appointments, including Data Analysts, Financial Data Modellers, Market Research Analysts, and Senior Tanker Research Analysts.
128 City Road, Finsbury, London, EC1V 2NX
RBW Consulting works in the Life Sciences and Technology industries, which deal with CRO and Vendor Services; Pharma and Biotech; and Technology and MedTech. Founded in 2007, they cater to clients nationwide and abroad through its offices in Crawley and Brighton; Massachusetts, North Carolina and California; and Switzerland. Examples of positions they recruit for include Senior Medical Writer, Senior Biostatistician and Clinical Project Manager.
Origin Two, 106 High Street, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1BF
Care4Health is a staffing provider for the Healthcare industry. They cover roles such as Dietitian, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Social Worker, Doctor, and a whole lot more. Their headquarters is located in Worcester. Care4Health also supports SAFERjobs and is a corporate member of the REC.
8 Millhouse, Elgar Business Centre, Moseley Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR2 6NJ
CY Partners Recruitment Specialists provides staffing solutions for clients in the Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Life Sciences, Biotech and Clinical industries. Established in 2008, they recruit for temporary, contract and permanent positions for jobs such as Fermentation Scientist, Product Development Chemist and Regulatory Associate.
Suite 4 Second Floor The Curve Newburn Riverside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, NE15 8NZ
The Dove Partnership delivers personnel to the Accounts, Property, HR, IT, Logistics, and Marketing Industries. The company is based in Hertfordshire, was established in 2003, and has also been recruiting candidates for the Commercial and Industrial sectors. Some roles they recruit for include Facilities Support Operative, Junior Construction Admin, and Accounts Admin Assistant.
Millars Three, Southmill Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3DH
Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS) exclusively operates within the Life Science sector. Founded by Ricky Martin in partnership with Lord Alan Sugar, HRS covers recruitment solutions in the Science, Engineering, Technical and Commercial sectors, working with a range of establishments such as pharmaceutical companies and FMCG business. With offices in Essex, Scotland and Manchester, they assist candidates and employers globally.
92-98 Fountainbridge, 1 Lochrin Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 9QA
First Engineering Services LTD provides Engineering employment services to a variety of industries. The agency has a wide range of expertise from working in markets such as BioTech, Aircraft Engineering, Energy & Utilities, and Environment. They operate globally in strategic locations across America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Their clients range from medium businesses to major multinational companies.
206 Turners Hill, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 9DE
ABA Executive performs multi-sector executive search in the UK and overseas, in addition to conducting succession planning and research projects. Since they opened their doors in 2003, led by their director who has 26 years of experience, they have completed over 1,000 recruitment projects across over 40 countries in Europe, Asia and North America. They have worked with over 330 companies, such as Associated British Foods, Capgemini, Twinings and Vivergo Fuels.
19 Gloucester Road, Ross-on-wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5LQ
Rise Technical is a specialist in engineering, construction, energy and technology sectors. Our mission statement is to positively change lives through unrivalled organisation of highly motivated resources. We aim to add value to your organisation by providing a brilliant service and positively changing the lives of the candidates and clients we represent.
33 Colston, Bristol, Avon, BS1 4UA
Biotech Rec provides specialist contract and perm Life Science Recruitment Services, globally. Our experience and partnerships with blue chip pharmaceutical and biopharma companies, has gained us a reputation for delivering reliable services. We take time to understand your unique company needs and what an individual is looking for in their job search. Using our established methods, we can meet the requirements for both client and candidate
The Workstation, Suite 1, Three Gables, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 9HN
Your specialist partner for fast, efficient, and cost-effective permanent recruitment solutions. Our mission is to accelerate your success while saving you time and money. With our expertise in headhunting and recruitment, we are dedicated to finding top-quality staff who not only meet but exceed your business needs.
Church Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH14 0NQ