Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Specialist, Gastroenterology

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Job Function:

Pharmaceutical Sales

Job Sub Function:

Sales – Immunology (Commission)

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Coppell, Texas, United States of America, Dallas, Texas, United States

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for an Advanced Practice Provider Specialist, Gastroenterology in the North Texas territory.

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

About Immunology

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Our Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses. You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

About the Role

Advanced Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioners /Physician Assistants) are a growing and critical segment of healthcare providers (HCPs) delivering patient care. The APP Specialist, Gastroenterology is responsible for proactively & compliantly engaging with HCPs at a local level to identify marketplace needs, provide disease state and product education, and to support HCPs in appropriate utilization of JJIM access and fulfilment resources. The APP-Specialist will compliantly collaborate with other field team members in delivering all role responsibilities.

Primary Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Utilize company approved materials to deliver disease state education covering topics such as pathophysiology, diagnostic modalities, treatment options and patient care

• Deliver on-label product education to support appropriate utilization of company approved products

• As needed, deliver unbranded or branded speaker programs in small or large group settings

• Educate and champion utilization of JJIM Access and Fulfillment resources to drive optimal patient experience and care

• Engage with target customers, including APP societies and advocacy organizations, in or outside of office setting, including conferences to uncover marketplace needs

• Continuously and compliantly collaborate with field teams and home office marketing team to shape local execution, and APP-specific strategies and materials

• Completion of all required field standards, including timely and accurate documentation of customer engagements, expense reporting, and required trainings

Qualifications:

Required:

• Advanced degree as either Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) is required

• 3+ years as a NP or PA actively engaged in Gastroenterology/Inflammatory Bowel Disease patient care is required. 

• Track record of building productive, collaborative relationships with individuals of varied educational background and performing different roles within an ecosystem is required

• Self-starter with proven ability to set, pursue, and achieve goals/results is required

• Superior communication skills (written and verbal) and excellent follow through is required

• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time, including some weekend conferences. (This role is field-based with expectation to complete in-person engagements) is required

Preferred:

• NP or PA experience working in both institutional/academic setting and community office

• Strong knowledge as it relates to payer approval process, and solid business acumen

• Ability to translate customer feedback into potential solutions

• Strong organizational, problem solving and project management skills

• Success exhibiting peer leadership, mentorship and coaching

• Genuine interest and demonstrated competence in learning and adopting new technologies

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Business Development, Customer Centricity, Customer Intelligence, Immunology, Industry Analysis, Market Knowledge, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmaceutical Sales Marketing, Process Improvements, Resource Allocation, Revenue Management, Sales, Sales Trend Analysis, Strategic Sales Planning, Technical Credibility