University Intern - Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance

Number of opportunities: 1
Salary: £26,000 (Not flexible)
Closing date:
26/10/2026

This is a 12-month paid internship starting September 2027. The role is head office based requiring a minimum of 2 days a week to be worked from our office in Winnersh.

At Boehringer Ingelheim, our Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance (PSPV) team plays a vital role in protecting patients by monitoring the safety of medicines and ensuring potential risks are identified, understood, and managed appropriately. As a PSPV intern, you will gain first‑hand insight into how safety information is used to support the safe use of medicines and inform patient‑centred benefit‑risk decision‑making. Working alongside a team of experienced PSPV professionals, you will explore how medicine safety signals and benefit‑risk profiles are identified, assessed, and managed to help protect patients throughout a medicine's lifecycle.

Few internships offer the opportunity to contribute to work with such a direct impact on patient wellbeing while gaining valuable insight into the science, regulation, and decision‑making that underpin modern healthcare. This is an opportunity to see how patient safety, science, and medicine come together to make a real difference to patients' lives.

• Support the PSPV team in delivering key pharmacovigilance and patient safety activities that help ensure the safe and appropriate use of medicines.
• Contribute to projects that strengthen patient safety processes, inspection readiness, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with experienced patient safety, regulatory affairs, medical, quality, and compliance professionals to gain insight into how cross‑functional teams protect patients.
• Assist with analysing safety information, reviewing pharmacovigilance data, and preparing materials that support safety surveillance and regulatory requirements.
• Learn to use pharmacovigilance systems, databases, and business tools, gaining exposure to real‑world safety processes and governance frameworks.
• Participate in activities that support the collection, evaluation, and communication of safety information to internal stakeholders and health authorities.
• Observe and contribute to inspection readiness and quality management activities, helping maintain a culture of compliance and continuous improvement.
• Develop a foundational understanding of benefit‑risk management and how safety evidence informs decisions that ultimately protect patients.
• Deliver a defined internship project, presenting recommendations and outcomes to the PSPV team at the end of the placement.

• Develop specialist knowledge of Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety, learning how safety data is used to identify potential risks, inform benefit‑risk decisions, and support the safe use of medicines.
• Gain hands‑on experience in a global and local healthcare environment, working alongside experienced professionals and contributing to meaningful activities that support patient safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Build professional skills for your future career, including data analysis and interpretation, scientific appraisal, project ownership, teamwork, stakeholder engagement, cross‑functional collaboration and influencing across diverse stakeholder groups.

• Meaningful work and real responsibilities from the start, with opportunities to contribute to projects that matter.
• Joining with a large cohort of exceptional students, you will receive a clear placement plan setting out key projects, milestones and your learning goals for the year.
• Support from your…