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AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health, and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

We are presently recruiting for a Clinical Specialist, Oncology, to join our AbbVie Institute of health education team. This is a field position reporting to the Manager, Clinical Specialists.

The primary responsibility of the Clinical Specialist, Oncology is to reactively support healthcare professionals (HCPs) learning needs across Canada, to improve their knowledge and skills through the implementation and execution of a clinical training program. This program focuses on sharing of best practices around patient management and safety as it relates to product administration techniques and protocols, in full alignment with the product monograph.  The clinical specialist training curriculum is tailored to individual HCPs training needs and includes virtual learning activities, one-on-one coaching sessions, and exposure to subject matter experts.

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for developing and executing training programs that are aligned with HCPs learning needs and the brand strategic imperatives. Focused on healthcare professionals specializing in Oncology, specifically Hematology and Ovarian Cancer, who work in centers across Canada
• Perform baseline and ongoing assessments for HCPs that request training, identify their training needs, and develop tailored training curricula and plans to address them.
• Coach and support the healthcare professional to ensure progression through their learning journey and make mutually agreed determinations as to when the healthcare professional has met their learning objectives.
• Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with the health education manager (HEM) and cross-functional team members to provide the best learning experience to the trained HCP.
• Share knowledge on product administration protocols, and safety monitoring to ensure safe and effective use of AbbVie products for the patient.
• Offer as part of the training curriculum, learning programs focused on scientific and/or clinical issues for oncology (i.e., product administration protocols, monitoring and management of patient treatment)
• Establish and maintain strong business relationships with key experts, and act as the key point of contact for external stakeholders regarding administration protocol training requirements.
• Support the Oncology therapeutic areas, in alignment with Innovation Medicines Canada’s (IMC) guidelines and AbbVie’s compliance requirements.