Job Description

Nurse Educator - Durham, NC - 2452581



Primary Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States Full time R1189418 Date Posted: 02/26/2021

Job description

As the only global provider of commercial solutions, IQVIA understands what it takes to deliver nationally and internationally. Our teams help biopharma get their medicines to the people who need them. We help customers gain insight and access to their markets and ultimately demonstrate their product's value to payers, physicians and patients. A significant part of our business is acting as the biopharma's sales force to physicians or providing nurses to educate patients or prescribers. With the right experience, you can help deliver medical breakthroughs in the real world.

We are excited to announce that at this time we are looking foraNurse Educator to join our team of over 10,000 global field personnel supporting our pharmaceutical and biotech clients.

Nurse Educator

Patients are at the center of our business strategies. The Nurse Educator Program is an educational based program designed as a resource for patients living with auto-immune diseases that have been prescribed specific medications. Nurse Educators provide education about specific disease treatments, and resources to help patients better begin and manage their disease state and resources associated with their prescribed medication. Nurse Educators are responsible for participating in one-on-one communications with patients as well as appropriate medical professionals within the associated treatment process. Since the program is strictly educational based, Nurse Educators do not provide medical advice or work clinically within this role.

The Nurse Educator will:

* Coordinate and facilitate the connection between patients and program approved, patient based resources.
* Provide direct educational training to patients on specific disease states, and assigned medication.
* Provide patient-focused education to promote behavioral change for the empowerment of patients to improve specific treatment compliance
* Foster appropriate dialogue between patient and health care provider

Job Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree Preferred
* BSN and/or RN licensure
* Current nursing license in good standing
* 5 + yrs. clinical experience in healthcare to include hospital, home health, pharmaceutical or biotech
* Nurse educator experience preferred
* Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred
* Valid drivers license required
* Direct interaction with patient and support for persistence and compliance
* Knowledge of clinical data and pharmacology
* Demonstrated time management skills; planning and prioritization skills; ability to multi-task and maintain prioritization of key projects and deadlines
* Demonstrated effective presentation skills; ability to motivate others; excellent interpersonal (written and verbal) skillswith demonstrated effectiveness to work cross-functional and independently
* Demonstrated ability to develop, follow and execute developed plans in an independent environment
* Dedicated home workspace
* Demonstrated ability to effectively build positive relationships both internally & externally
* Demonstrated ability to be adaptable to changing work environments and responsibilities
* Fully competent in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and iPad technology
* Flexibility to work weekends and evenings
* Travel up to 20%

At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 67,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.

IQVIA is an EEO Employer - Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled

IQVIA, Inc. provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to submit an application for employment or otherwise participate in the application process should contact IQVIAs Talent Acquisition team at workday_recruiting@iqvia.com to arrange for such an accommodation.