Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please see below our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.

Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please use the above link to see our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.

Formulations Chemist

Formulations Chemists develop and refine pharmaceutical formulations to optimize drug performance, delivery, and patient compliance. They work closely with analytical chemists and process engineers to translate R&D concepts into viable drug products.

Primary responsibilities:

  • Developing dosage forms – Including tablets, liquids, suspensions, and controlled-release formulations.

  • Performing compatibility studies – Evaluating excipients and APIs to ensure physical and chemical stability.

  • Supporting tech transfer and scale-up – Collaborating with manufacturing to ensure formulation reproducibility under GMP.

  • Maintaining regulatory-compliant documentation – Preparing development reports and contributing to CTD submissions.

  • Conducting process optimization studies – Using DoE and QbD principles to refine formulation parameters.

Candidates typically hold degrees in pharmaceutical sciences or chemistry and have hands-on experience with formulation tools and GMP practices.​

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a county in the East of England region to the north of London and within commuting distance.  Major towns and cities in Bedfordshire include Luton, Bedford and Leighton Buzzard.

In earlier centuries Bedfordshire’s economy was based around agriculture, wool and lacemaking.   However, current day Bedfordshire is home to a number of UK and international companies in the aerospace, automotive, logistics, service and high tech industries.  EasyJet, Monarch Airlines and Thomson Airways which are and all based in Luton, close to the airport.

Bedfordshire is steeped in history; it was the birthplace of the Church of England (at The Priory Church of St Peter Dunstable) and during the second World War it provided a safe haven for exiled royalty from Europe as well as airfields from which spy planes departed for sorties behind enemy lines.  Popular tourist attractions in Bedfordshire include Whipsnade Zoo and Woburn Safari Park.

Famous people from Bedfordshire:  Ronnie Barker – comedian and Carola Vorderman – TV presenter