Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
16 hours ago
Patient Support Program - Summer Internship
Site Name: Mississauga Milverton Drive Posted Date: Feb 22 2025 Are you passionate about making a real impact on patients' lives? Join us at GSK as we work to break down barriers and ensure seamless access to life-changing therapies. In this dynamic role, you'll collaborate with both internal teams and external partners to build and sustain patient-centric support programs. Your efforts will directly help remove obstacles, providing patients with the resources they need to access the therapy they deserve. If you're driven by the opportunity to improve patient outcomes and contribute to a meaningful cause, we want you on our team this summer! *Posting expires on March 4, 2025 at 23:59 EST ** This is a 4-month summer student role from May 5th to August 29th, 2025 *** Only students who are returning to school in September 2025 are eligible for this summer student program.*** PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Support the continuous improvement and performance monitoring of PSPs that will deliver on customer experience standards. With cross-functional collaboration, support the conduct of RFPs to select optimal vendor partners that are aligned to our culture and can best deliver on our desired program experience/outcomes in a cost-effective manner. Embed the voice of the customer throughout the design of the PSP through leading patient focus group discussions and facilitating workshop sessions at HCP advisory boards. Support the PSP Leads to manage preferred specialty pharmacy vendor relationships to ensure key performance metrics (KPIs) are met. Monitor and report KPIs for PSP and Specialty Pharmacy and work collaboratively with vendor partner to expeditiously manage any issues. Provide initial and ongoing training and education to field staff on PSP services and facilitate education of HCPs regarding program offering. Engage field staff in program design and as part of cross-functional team that will ensure program optimization over time. Ability to work directly with field staff and vendor partners to proactively resolve program issues reported from HCPs or other sources. Collaborate with vendor to build data collection platform and analytical reports to provide real-time market insights as well as payer-specific reporting tools. Identify and address training, performance, and competency needs of vendor to ensure achievement of business objectives. Continuously assess performance and program delivery against business needs. Identify external and internal factors impacting performance and develop a plan to address them. Collaborate with Commercial partner(s) to create patient services brand concept and value proposition through market research, as well as service branded education, program tools/forms, website etc. Ensure all patient services and specialty pharmacy services are compliant with all applicable laws, regulations, and guidance’s with policies and procedures. Provide strategic and tactical input to continuous improvement processes and development. In partnership with Market Access leads, troubleshoot payer-specific reimbursement challenges and support appropriate response strategy. Contribute to patient safety by reporting, in a timely manner, all adverse events identified during the interactions with customers in accordance with internal policies and training, including any follow up information received Support Audit requests as required and help support PSP Leads quarterly audits Help develop internal policies and procedures to support PSP functions and support other projects as required BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Previous experience in launching and operationalization projects Outstanding customer relationship, interpersonal, and communication skills with the established ability to effectively work with diverse audiences and influence cross functionally Strong analytical skills with the proven ability to effectively analyze data to determine trends and inform strategy Experience implementing change strategy, helping teams navigate change and achieve sustainable performance Strong executive presence to interact appropriately with all levels of the organization, both locally and above country. Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills with key stakeholders Exceptional interpersonal skills and problem-solving capabilities Passionate about patient care and highly customer-centric Proven negotiation skills. Ability to work effectively across a matrix organization Ability to work independently and prioritize with minimal daily instruction Ability to think strategically in order to improve current processes Ability to influence others, collaborate, execute and accomplish goals within a matrix environment. Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology). Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. GSK is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals to apply to our career opportunities. GSK is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. 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