Oncology Nurse Educator - Pacific Northwest

About AbbVie

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. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

This role is field-based and candidates should live within a reasonable distance from the primary city - San Francisco, Seattle or Portland. 

The Oncology Nurse Educator (ONE) will be responsible for proactively engaging with allied healthcare professionals to provide product and disease education, in support of before, during and after patient management on approved therapies. The ONE will focus on providing ongoing education and resources related to patient management, dosing and administration, and side effect management. The ONE will collaborate with other field teams within ways of working guidelines to ensure education support for allied healthcare clinicians.
The Oncology Nurse Educator (ONE) interacts with allied healthcare clinicians in key targeted accounts and provide clinical in-services and education. The ONE identifies educational needs and expands disease state awareness, initiating and managing patients on a therapy, understanding of symptom management and appropriate patient identification through these educational interactions within a defined geographical region.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic education leader across academic and community oncology accounts by way of:
  • Proactive and reactive education with approved resources to the patient care team members.
  • Develops a customized educational plan through the analysis of account dynamics and clinical insights that meet the patient care team’s needs and clinical challenges.
  • Educate on the preparation and administration requirements of TA products; and adverse event mitigation, monitoring, and management.
  • Interpret and communicate relevant clinical education topics to diverse audiences as per materials approved for the role.
  • Educate on disease state awareness, including clinical and operational aspects of appropriate patient diagnosis.
  • Provide education programs through 1:1 presentations/in-services and other methods expressly approved, which may include round-table discussions, and podium presentations.
• Educate patient care teams about the infusion process associated with the product.
• Utilize strategic questioning and active listening to routinely document and share clinical insights.
• Attend and provide clinical information and/or presentations at internal national, regional, and local meetings.
• Provide staff support as appropriate at exhibit booths and displays.
• Provide support to enhance training initiatives clinically and improve the clinical competencies of the internal sales team.
• As deemed appropriate, collaborates across internal functional areas as it relates to the Oncology business (e.g., sales, marketing, clinical operations, medical, clinical value & evidence)
• Potentially provide education to patients in patient advocacy meeting settings using materials and messaging tailored and approved for use with such an audience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (Nursing or NP 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 HCPs in the infusion center setting, including the development/implementation of chemotherapy/biologics infusion procedures and protocols for therapy administration and patient safety monitoring is preferred.
• Excellent communication(s), objective setting, influencing, business acumen, and analytical skills
• Demonstrated experience adapting to change and embracing learning
• Demonstrated experience interpreting clinical and pharmacoeconomic data
• Recognizes evolving shifts in oncology market trends and respective effects on provider and patient
• Success operating within a cross-functional team
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and other relevant applications
• The individual must be able to travel 50% of the time, including the ability to travel overnight and occasionally on weekends
• Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment
• Valid driver’s license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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