Rare Kidney Disease Educator

Rare Kidney Disease Educator

Requirements

• RN, NP/PA, PharmD or similar healthcare credential. Equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered.
• Minimum 7+ years of professional experience in a similar role within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven experience delivering health education or community outreach.
• Deep ties or lived experience with underserved communities (e.g., Black, Latinx, rural, socio-economically or medically disenfranchised populations)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Understanding of cultural humility and health disparities

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient education on rare kidney disease (FSGS and IgAN) and facilitate connections to patient advocacy and support groups
• Provide disease awareness education to nurses, NPs/PAs, pharmacists, dialysis center staff, case managers, and social workers
• Conduct or coordinate speaker-led educational sessions for healthcare teams and community groups
• Help identify undiagnosed or misdiagnosed FSGS cases by increasing disease awareness
• Build bridges between community-based nephrologists, primary care, and rural practices
• Collaborate with Travere Rare Kidney Community Patient Activators (RKCPA) to support and amplify patient voices
• Partner with groups like NephCure, BlackHealthMatters.com, the American Kidney Fund, and the Kidney Health Initiative
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Patient Advocacy, Commercial, Market Access, and Medical Affairs to align on patient and provider needs
• Support field strategy by identifying opportunities to raise disease awareness, surface insights, and enable access to underserved or hard-to-reach accounts
• Provide feedback from the field on barriers to care, educational gaps, and community needs to help inform strategic planning and resource deployment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in nephrology, rare diseases, or community-based care
• Bilingual or multilingual capabilities preferred
• Existing relationships with dialysis centers or nephrology practices
• Well organized with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage shifting responsibilities in a dynamic, cross-functional teamwork environment
• Excellent collaboration skills with strong attention to detail and the ability to multi-task and manage complexity
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills required
• Ability to adapt to modification and changes to project plans, demonstrating flexibility to implement new strategies and tactics to accommodate these changes
• Ability to travel 60% domestically
• Fluency in Mandarin desired