Healthcare & Access Partner - Neurology - North Central England

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Healthcare & Access Partner to join us in our UK & Ireland Rare Epilepsy team, field-based covering North Wales and Northern & Central England

About the role

The Healthcare and Access Partner (HCAP) represents UCB in the communities we serve as we strive toward transforming the lives of those living with Rare Epilepsy. Playing an integral role in identifying and building collaborative relationships with all relevant healthcare professional stakeholders, the HCAP embraces and executes commercial strategies built on a solid scientific foundation, enabling access for all rare patients we can serve. The HCAP masters clinical, environmental and stakeholder data to deliver robust account plans and persuasive, high-impact customer experiences tailored to distinct user segments whilst maintaining the highest ethical standards. The HCAP is an expert across an assigned territory with a deep understanding of delivery networks, and regional patient journeys.

Who you’ll work with

You will report into the Ecosystem Lead for Rare & Epilepsy for the UK & Ireland

What you’ll do

• Consistently and pro-actively operates with the highest level of ethics and integrity serving rare disease patients and in line with local requirements.
• Externally focused and creates value for patients based on insights
• Maintains in-depth understanding of assigned territory in terms of stakeholder needs, patient pathways and ecosystem collaborations
• Executes strategic business/accounts plans including the network/regional patient journey and reflects a thorough understanding of the territory stakeholders involved in the patient pathways
• Delivers/communicates balanced information on new therapies in rare disease areas
• Masters targeted disease states, which include a deep understanding of patient journeys, standards of care, treatment drivers, clinical data (efficacy & safety) on UCB products and competitors
• Advocate for Rare Epilepsy patients and serve as the authority on the various tools and resources UCB offers to support physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health care providers

Interested? For this position you’ll need the following education, experience and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree
• High levels of curiosity to understand "the why" and timely execution towards serving rare disease patients
• External impact focused and solution oriented agile team player
• Experience in either pharma/biopharma or healthcare in general.
• Experience/involvement in successful product launches

Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you! 

About us 
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9.000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science. 

Why work with us? 
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential. 

At UCB, we’ve embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless expressly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable laws. 
 
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on [email protected]. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.