Nurse Educator, Night shift

The promise of genetic medicine has arrived, and Sarepta is at the forefront. We hold a leadership position in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) and are building a robust portfolio of programs across muscle, central nervous system, and cardiac diseases. In 2023, we launched our fourth therapy and the first ever gene therapy to treat Duchenne.
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The Duchenne Nurse Educator (DNE) works in a highly visible, dedicated team environment. The DNE will support health care providers (HCPs), patients, and caregivers through education on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), the infusion process of our approved therapies, and Sarepta patient support programs. This role develops relationships with HCP's, patients, and caregivers to support both the HCP's and the families through their journey on therapy. The DNE also collaborates closely with their cross functional partners to ensure ongoing compliance with therapy. The DNE is assigned to special projects as required, such as providing nurse triage support during 24-hour on-call shift coverage. Triage support utilizes the nursing process to liaise with patient care teams to evaluate patient safety needs over the telephone. On this special project, the DNE serves as a connection between patient care teams and an experienced physician with deep Duchenne and precision medicine expertise and provides in the moment guidance to patient care teams, if needed, while adhering to organizational policies, procedures, and guidelines. The DNE will educate providers, infusion nurses, patients, and
caregivers on Sarepta's approved therapies for DMD and the infusion process.
Serve as recognized expert on DMD education (Genotype, deletions, disease process, etc.)
Assist in improving infusion experience for DMD patients by providing ongoing support to the infusion nurses and sharing best practices.
Work with SareptAssist team and specialty pharmacy to ensure smooth transition from infusion center to home infusion for PMO therapies.
Support to patients and families as requested by case manager or health care provider.
Travel to training meetings, medical offices, and home health agencies, as necessary.
Special projects including triage nursing support:
Triage telephone calls from patient care teams requiring medical guidance post gene therapy treatment during rotating 24-hour on-call shifts.
Intake and interpret different nuances of medical information to triage calls appropriately.
Communicates and acts as a liaison between patient's care teams and an experienced physician in a confidential manner.
Documents calls according to established guidelines (PV reporting).
Directs the patient care team to the proper Customer Service Center (e.g., Medical information, SareptAssist) based on the topic of the call. Requires on call coverage to provide day, night, and weekend coverage.
Registered Nurse with a bachelor's degree (BSN/BS/BA) from an accredited school.
Infusion, Neuromuscular, Pediatric Neurology, or other specialty experience preferred.
Prefer 2 or more years' experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
Highly interested in educating on the disease state of Duchenne and working with health care professionals to support patients and families.
Comfortable speaking with patients/families and providing education and support to them.
Ability to travel, including ground and air transportation, up to 60% within assigned territory is required. Must be able to travel to meetings, training, and other programs, as necessary.
Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

LI-Hybrid #LI-ES1 This position is hybrid, you will be expected to work on site at one of Sarepta's facilities in the United States and/or attend Company-sponsored in-person events from time to time. The salary offer is commensurate with Sarepta's compensation philosophy and considers factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, external market conditions, criticality of role, and internal equity.