Oncology Nurse Educator - San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Job Description

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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

Our talented, highly, clinically experienced oncology nurse educators keep patients at the center by supporting allied health care professionals with education and resources important for patient management. 

It is an exciting time to join AbbVie’s growing oncology team as we pursue our mission to have a remarkable impact on the lives of people affected by cancer. Come join an inclusive AbbVie oncology culture that fosters trust in each other, growth in ourselves and our organization, and joy in what we do! AbbVie Oncology offers you immense opportunities to explore your interests and help you achieve your goals. Hear directly from our AbbVie Oncology colleagues to learn more about our culture, growth opportunities, and what makes AbbVie Oncology a great place to work!  

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.

This role is field-based, and candidates should live within a reasonable distance from the primary state. The states included in the territory are: San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, surrounding areas of CA, and Reno NV

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic education leader across academic and community oncology accounts by way of:
  • Proactive and reactive education with approved resources to allied health care professionals and 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 allied health care clinicians on appropriate patient identification and role of approved therapies for treatment of hematologic and solid tumor malignancies.   
  • Educate on the preparation and administration requirements of approved products; and adverse event mitigation, monitoring, and management.
  • Educate patient care teams about initiation and managing patients per protocols associated with the product.
  • 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 and management.
  • Provide education programs through 1:1 presentations/in-services and other methods expressly approved, which may include round-table discussions, and podium presentations.
• 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.
• Document customer interactions and educational activities and manage allocated resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, NP, PA or PharmD required
  • Master’s degree preferred
• Current active HCP license
• 7+ years clinical oncology/hematology experience. Recent clinical Hematology experience required; recent multiple myeloma preferred
• Experience in academic and/or community oncology practice working with Hematology/Oncology patients.
• Passion for patients is essential
• Excellent communication(s), objective setting, influencing, business acumen, analytical and strong presentation 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
• Strong organizational skills, ability to work autonomously with efficient time management
• 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
• Must have a valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record.
• Must have needed authorization and ability to drive a Company leased vehicle or rental.

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.​

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