Patient Support Nurse

About the role

Valeris is a fully integrated life sciences commercialization partner that provides comprehensive solutions that span the entire healthcare value chain. Formed by the merger of PharmaCord and Mercalis, Valeris™ revolutionizes the path from life sciences innovation to real-life impact to build a world in which every patient gets the care they need.

Valeris works on behalf of life sciences companies to improve the patient experience so that patients can access and adhere to critical medications.

Backed by proven industry expertise, a deep commitment to patient care, the latest technology, and exceptionally talented team members, Valeris provides the data and strategic insights, patient support services and healthcare provider engagement tools to help life sciences companies successfully commercialize new products.

Valeris provides commercialization solutions to more than 500 life sciences customers and has provided access and affordability support to millions of patients. The company is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina and Jeffersonville, Indiana.

As a Patient Support Nurse you are responsible for contact with program patients and assessing any barriers that may be present for successful initiation and completion of therapy. The Patient Support Nurse will play an active role with each patient from the first point of patient program enrollment and throughout treatment to facilitate a timely and successful patient experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a consistent resource throughout the continuum of program services, which includes identifying barriers to therapy and helping the patient understand and navigate such barriers.
• Serve as an educator who possesses knowledge and practical experience about clinical treatments and the strong emotions and financial implications associated with a new diagnosis, living with a chronic medical condition or life-threatening condition.
• Enable patients by providing them with information and education about:
• their prescribed therapy and course of treatment, fairly balanced with benefits and known side effects per manufacturer product information
• proper administration and dosing of prescribed therapy
• calling and working with the patient's insurance payer to determine coverage benefits, anticipated out-of-pocket costs associated with their therapy and resources for financial assistance, where applicable based upon needs communicated by the patient
• support to help better manage the stress involved in their diagnosis.
• Empower the patient to participate in their personal care process by triaging the patient to support for other non-program needs such as social or other intervention programs.
• Reporting of Adverse Events/ Product Complaint received in accordance with SOP and good manufacturer practices
• Utilize Valeris' values as the driving force behind the team's success
• On time adherence to training deadlines for all corporate policies and procedures
• Ensure all SOPs are followed with consistency
• Perform additional tasks or projects as assigned

Qualifications

• Must have active RN licensure in current state of practice.
• 2-3 years of nursing experience with relevant disease state experience preferred.
• Nurseline triage, Call Center Utilization Management, Call Center Case Management, a plus.
• Case management or Clinical Trial Nurse experience, a plus.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Remote work eligibility is subject to all work from home criteria met and based on business need.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for long periods of time, use hands to type, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Prefer candidates who can type at least 35 words per minute with 97% accuracy.
• Although very minimal, flexibility to travel as needed is preferred.
• This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, etc.