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Oncology Nurse Educator - Pacific Northwest

BioSpace · San Francisco, CA · 2 wk ago
HealthcareFull-time

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience—and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

About the role

This field-based role requires candidates to live within a reasonable distance from San Francisco, Seattle, or Portland. The Oncology Nurse Educator (ONE) will proactively engage with allied healthcare professionals to provide product and disease education, supporting patient management before, during, and after treatment with approved therapies.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic education leader across academic and community oncology accounts by providing proactive and reactive education with approved resources to patient care team members.
  • Develop customized educational plans through analysis of account dynamics and clinical insights to address patient care teams' needs and clinical challenges.
  • Educate on the preparation, administration, adverse event mitigation, monitoring, and management of therapeutic area (TA) products.
  • Interpret and communicate relevant clinical education topics to diverse audiences using materials approved for the role.
  • Provide education on disease state awareness, including clinical and operational aspects of appropriate patient diagnosis.
  • Deliver education programs through 1:1 presentations, in-services, round-table discussions, and podium presentations (as expressly approved).
  • Educate patient care teams about the infusion process associated with the product.
  • Utilize strategic questioning and active listening to document and share clinical insights routinely.
  • Attend and provide clinical information or presentations at internal national, regional, and local meetings.
  • Provide staff support at exhibit booths and displays as appropriate.
  • Support training initiatives to enhance clinical competencies of the internal sales team.
  • Collaborate across internal functional areas (e.g., sales, marketing, clinical operations, medical, clinical value & evidence) related to the Oncology business.
  • Potentially provide education to patients in advocacy meeting settings using tailored and approved materials.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required (Nursing or Nurse Practitioner preferred).
  • Master’s level education preferred.
  • Three or more years of combined clinical experience and/or pharmaceutical sales, clinical educator, or medical affairs experience (Oncology preferred).
  • Experience working in or supporting patients and healthcare professionals in the infusion center setting, including development/implementation of chemotherapy/biologics infusion procedures and protocols for therapy administration and patient safety monitoring, is preferred.
  • Excellent communication, objective-setting, influencing, business acumen, and analytical skills.
  • Demonstrated experience adapting to change and embracing learning.
  • Demonstrated experience interpreting clinical and pharmacoeconomic data.
  • Ability to recognize evolving shifts in oncology market trends and their effects on providers and patients.
  • Success operating within a cross-functional team.
  • Proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and other relevant applications.
  • Must be able to travel 50% of the time, including overnight and occasional weekends.
  • Valid driver’s license; ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive package including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick).
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan for eligible employees.
  • Eligibility to participate in long-term incentive programs.

Pay

The compensation range for this role is based on the job grade and may vary depending on geographic location. Individual compensation will be determined by factors such as experience and qualifications.

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