Acadia Pharmaceuticals is hiring a
Patient and Community Educator

Summary

Join a dynamic team at Acadia Pharmaceuticals as a Patient & Community Educator (PACE) and play a critical role in educating patients, caregivers, and families on disease state and product information to empower them in their disease journey.

Responsibilities

• Identify and lead regional education efforts to provide disease-state and treatment education to patients, Caregivers, Care team members, and community groups
• Engage with Patient Advocacy groups to impact education of Acadia product(s) for Rett syndrome
• Act as a commercial liaison on caregiver engagement across departments including Sales, Medical Affairs, Advocacy, and Marketing
• Understands individual needs of patients and Caregivers and provides education accordingly
• Actively collaborates with Field Sales, Patient Services, Medical Affairs, Marketing, Advocacy, and other critical internal teams to increase disease-state awareness and early diagnosis
• Maintains disease-state and product expertise through continuing medical education and attendance at relevant symposia, conferences, and other educational opportunities
• Ensures that all actions, both internally and externally working on Acadia’s behalf are in compliance with all laws regulations, policies, and demonstrates Acadia values
• Translate scientific/medical information into patient-friendly language
• Deliver and present both virtually and in person
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, professional communications, problem-solving, compassion, and the ability to navigate difficult conversations
• Ability to travel by car or airplane independently overnight up to 60% of the time and work after hours if required by travel schedule or business issues