Pre-Clinical Scientist

Are you an expert in defining cleaning strategies for medical devices?

We are looking for an expert to be responsible for the cleaning strategy of reusable medical devices during the development of innovative solutions for people living with intimately healthcare needs.

Would you like to explore how our medical devices interact with our end-users? And do you want to step into an international company as one of our experts in the field of microbiology, where you get to make a difference for people with intimate health care needs?

Then join our Pre-clinical department and be part of development projects with your microbiological knowledge and implement new test methods as part of the development of new products within our different business areas.

Join a cross-functional team with amazing team spirit.

In our R&D organization at HQ in Humlebæk, you will be part of the Pre-clinical team covering a broad spectrum of competences from biological, biochemical, polymer, mechanical and the chemical area, around 22 scientist that together are responsible for the knowledge within the biomedical interface, evaluating the performance at the biomedical interface of our current and coming products. The Pre-clinical department is an integral part of the Test & Characterization organization within R&D.

We support product and technology development projects with analytical tests and general microbiological support within wound-, continence-, bowel- and ostomy care products, working closely with our specialized laboratory technicians, and the rest of the scientists across R&D.

Become our cleaning expert within our reusable devices

As one of our Pre-clinical scientists, you will become our experts in cleaning within our reusable devices, supporting projects with your microbiological competences defining the test strategy, testing according to standards and develop and validate cleaning procedures for our reusable devices. You will work on a diverse range of products in our development projects across our different business areas. Doing so, you will bring your important microbiological knowledge to various cross-functional projects, just as you will rethink and help solve unexpected challenges.

You can look forward to spending a great deal of your time in the laboratory together with the technicians, test according to BS EN ISO 17664, implement new methods and collaborating closely with adhesive-, material- and mechanical specialists, our end-users and of course, your colleagues within the team.

Knowledge about cleaning of reusable medical devices and eagerness to explore further

We do not expect you to know everything there is to know about the tasks at hand, nor for you to have hands-on experience with cleaning of reusable medical devices – though this would of course be an advantage. The important thing is your willingness to be part of exploring new possibilities and pursue an understanding of why some things work while others do not.

To excel at this, we imagine that you:

• Have a Master of Science within biochemistry or similar

• Competence within the microbiological field.

• Experience working with BS EN ISO 17664

• Knowledge within medical devices, preferably in relation to defining cleaning strategies

• Speaks and write English fluently

Interested?

If you would like to know more about the position, please contact Senior Scientist Henrik Fallesen at dkhenef@coloplast.com or Head of Pre-Clinical Lotte Stoklund at dklst@coloplast.com

We will start taking candidates into the recruitment process continuously so don’t hesitate to apply. This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

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