Coloplast has announced it is creating at least 150 jobs over the next few years.

In a press statement, the Peterborough-based medical devices firm, specialising in the areas of bladder and bowel, urology and wound care, revealed that recruitment for the first 50 jobs had already started.

Many of the new posts are in Coloplast’s chronic care division, which provides stoma care and continence devices. The roles, most of which will be based in Peterborough, are in sales, marketing, nursing, operations, customer care, distribution, finance and IT.