Patient Care Navigator – 6 Month Contract

Job Description:

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for patients, physicians, and patient support programs
  • Coordinate reimbursement, access to therapy, patient education, and ongoing care navigation
  • Collaborate with patient support program coordinators and provide required patient chart and record documentation
  • Provide clinical and disease-state education to patients, caregivers, physicians, and healthcare professionals
  • Support funding and reimbursement approval for prescribed therapies
  • Assist physicians with provincially mandated transitions from originator biologics to biosimilars
  • Complete special authorization forms, enrollment forms, reimbursement documentation, and program-specific requirements
  • Provide therapy guidelines, reimbursement criteria, and payer requirements to physicians
  • Coordinate, document, and track patient services according to established KPIs
  • Coordinate treatment appointments and medication delivery with internal teams and pharmacies
  • Report adverse events according to procedures, regulations, and company policies
  • Evaluate processes and recommend improvements
  • Administer case management protocols, including monitoring, follow-up, adherence support, therapy disruption monitoring, and provider communication
  • Cross-train and collaborate with Navigators across therapeutic areas
  • Serve as a central point of contact for multidisciplinary Immunology patient-care coordination
  • Provide ongoing patient support, education, consultation, therapy assessments, adherence monitoring, treatment-response monitoring, and dose optimization
  • Coordinate pre-biologic screening, laboratory testing, tuberculosis screening, imaging, and immunization assessments
  • Coordinate routine bloodwork, therapeutic drug monitoring, and fecal calprotectin testing
  • Coordinate therapy changes, dose adjustments, treatment transitions, infusion appointments, and follow-up activities
  • Participate in therapy-specific training, meetings, conferences, and educational programs
  • Identify risks and participate in continuous quality improvement initiatives
  • Maintain accurate documentation in the Maple database and other applicable systems
  • Maintain compliance with privacy legislation, corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and standard operating procedures

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Pharmacy, or a related healthcare discipline
  • Experience in Gastroenterology and/or Immunology
  • Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships with patients, physicians, healthcare providers, patient support programs, pharmacies, and internal stakeholders
  • Self-directed and motivated, with the ability to work independently while contributing effectively as part of a team
  • Strong problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Business acumen and the ability to thrive in a corporate healthcare environment
  • Excellent clinical assessment and clinical decision-making skills
  • Experience with biologic therapies and administration
  • Experience with reimbursement navigation, special authorization processes, funding appeals, and patient access support
  • Knowledge of public and private reimbursement systems, funding pathways, and payer requirements
  • Strong analytical skills, including the interpretation of policies, regulations, and reimbursement criteria
  • Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, sales, marketing, or business administration environments is considered an asset
  • Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, and Copilot
  • Experience using patient support program platforms, electronic medical records, and patient management systems
  • Ability to travel as required, including occasional overnight travel
  • Ability to work effectively in a dynamic and rapidly changing healthcare environment
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills
  • Maintain active professional licensure in good standing within the applicable province

Benefits:

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered
  • Ongoing professional development through training, conferences, and industry engagement
  • Exposure to advanced therapies and specialty healthcare
  • Development of expertise in reimbursement, patient access, and navigation services
  • Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary healthcare teams and industry partners
  • Opportunity to support complex patient journeys and improve access to therapy
  • Growth in leadership, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and clinical decision-making skills
  • Experience working in an innovative, patient-centered healthcare environment focused on improving outcomes and access to care
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