# Patient Education Nurse

**Company**: IQVIA
**Location**: San Juan, PR
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $75,000 - $80,000 annually
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Patient Education Nurse is a field-based registered nurse who helps eligible patients understand and navigate approved resources related to their prescribed therapy with a global biopharmaceutical company with presence in Puerto Rico.

The role provides product and administration education, promotes health literacy and adherence to the prescribed treatment plan, and offers non-clinical education on health insurance, access pathways, and affordability resources.

Responsibilities:

- Deliver approved products, administration, disease-state, onboarding, adherence, and health-literacy education to patients prescribed designated therapies.

- Educate patients and caregivers on health insurance concepts, coverage processes, access pathways, and available affordability resources.

- Help patients understand and use approved support tools and resources.

- Encourage informed dialogue between patients and their healthcare providers.

- Provide supplemental injection or administration training when appropriately trained and authorized.

- Manage an assigned patient caseload and account geography.

- Contribute practical field insights to the development and continuous improvement of patient programs.

- Manage travel and program expenses within applicable standards.

Compensation and Benefits:

- Competitive annual base salary based on qualifications, experience, and applicable compensation guidelines.

- Car allowance to support field travel throughout Puerto Rico.

- Business-related fuel, toll, and parking expenses incurred during field work is covered.

- Opportunity to participate in a performance-based incentive program.

- Access to health insurance benefits.

- Professional development, learning, and career growth opportunities.

Core Competencies:

- Patient-centered communication

- Access and affordability navigation

- Inclusive relationship building

- Presentation and facilitation

- Planning and execution

- Collaboration and influence

- Judgment and accountability

- Adaptability and continuous improvement

Schedule:

- Location: Field-based; extensive travel across a large Puerto Rico territory is required.

- Time allocation: Approximately 90% field engagement and 10% administrative work.

- Travel: Ability and willingness to travel approximately 75–90%, based on business and patient needs.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN).

- Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license applicable to Puerto Rico.

- Current CPR certification.

- At least two years of professional experience in patient education, community outreach, case management, disease management, patient access, or another patient- or health-related field.

- Competency in injection or product-administration education.

- Professional fluency in English and Spanish.

- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and digital case-management or documentation tools.

- Reliable and well-maintained personal vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience supporting patients across multiple therapeutic areas or complex treatment journeys.

- Working knowledge of healthcare coverage, reimbursement, patient assistance, affordability programs, and common access barriers.

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- digital case-management tools
- English
- Spanish
- patient education
- community outreach
- case management
- disease management
- patient access

### Nice to have
- injection or product-administration education
- healthcare coverage
- reimbursement
- patient assistance
- affordability programs

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