Merck KGaA Posted September 12, 2026

RN, Patient Support Specialist (Remote)

Boston, Massachusetts, United States FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!  Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono.

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Your Role:

The RN, Patient Support Specialist is a key member of the Patient Support Hub, providing individualized clinical education, product training, and ongoing support to patients and caregivers throughout the treatment journey for prescribed EMD Serono products. The NSS combines clinical nursing expertise, patient insights, and AI-enabled learnings to deliver personalized, meaningful support tailored to each patient's unique needs, circumstances, and treatment experience to optimize patient outcomes. The NSS works within established clinical protocols, program guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements while collaborating closely with healthcare providers, Hub colleagues, and cross-functional partners. This remote position may involve up to 10% travel. Travel may be for in person attendance at departmental and cross-functional meetings to support program objectives and remain informed of organizational priorities, visits to healthcare provider offices, patient locations, or participation in external client-facing activities or conferences.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Support and Clinical Education:

Serve as a trusted clinical resource, using professional nursing judgment and advanced insights to understand patient needs, identify potential barriers to treatment, and determine the most appropriate educational and support approach.

Facilitate product and disease state education and adherence support for prescribed EMD Serono products with patients, family members, caregivers, nurses, physicians, and pharmacists across multiple therapeutic areas.

Own and support cases, calls, and emails relevant to clinical case work.

Leverage data and AI-enabled tools alongside clinical expertise to move beyond a one-size-fits-all model and deliver more proactive, relevant, and individualized patient engagement designed to build confidence, support adherence and persistence, and positively impact patient outcomes.

Identify barriers that may affect treatment initiation, adherence, persistence, or confidence and tailor interventions accordingly.

Translate insights into meaningful patient interactions and ensure recommendations are clinically appropriate and relevant.

Maintain awareness of relevant disease, treatment, and patient-support considerations necessary to deliver safe and effective education.

Adapt teaching methods and educational approaches based on the patient's learning needs, health literacy, confidence, and demonstrated understanding.

Maintain the human connection and clinical judgment that are essential to effective patient support while utilizing AI as an enabler of nursing expertise, not a replacement for it.

Clinical Quality, Compliance and Documentation:

Identify and appropriately escalate potential adverse events, product complaints, safety concerns, and other reportable information.

Record patient interactions, assessments, education provided, outcomes, escalations, and follow-up actions accurately and promptly in the CRM.

Keep up to date with and follow standard operating procedures, work instructions, required training(s), and certifications.

Compliantly adhere to HIPAA guidelines and regulations.

Recognize the limits of the role and avoid diagnosing, prescribing, or providing treatment recommendations outside the authorized scope.

Respond to patient questions within the nurse’s scope of practice and refer out of scope clinical questions or concerns to the prescriber when additional medical input is required.

Collaboration and Continuous Improvement:

Maintain a collaborative approach with cross functional partners to address patient needs holistically.

Collaborate with healthcare providers and Hub colleagues to create a coordinated and personalized patient experience.

Communicate relevant information, trends, and insights clearly, accurately, and promptly to the appropriate stakeholders.

Contribute nursing expertise to the review and improvement of patient support materials, workflows, and service delivery.

Collaborate across functions to ensure that technology, data, and clinical insights are translated into meaningful patient support.

Share learnings, trends, and deep patient insights to help drive strategy and continuous improvement.

Assist with other projects and business needs as needed.

Who You Are 

Minimum Qualifications:

Active Registered Nurse license in good standing.

5+ years of experience as a Registered Nurse.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience supporting patient support programs, reimbursement support services, or healthcare contact center operations.

Knowledge of adverse event reporting, patient safety processes, and applicable healthcare regulations.

Training or experience in motivational interviewing, health coaching, and patient education.

Familiarity with AI-enabled tools, data-driven patient engagement, or technology-enabled healthcare.

Fluency in Spanish.

Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across functions, share information openly to foster trust, encourage constructive debate, and ensure shared commitment to outcomes.

Demonstrated willingness to take risks and stand up for what is right while prioritizing the needs and experiences of customers and patients in all decisions.

Commitment to setting and reaching ambitious goals and setting high standards while acting in the best interest of the company and taking initiative to drive results.

Ability to streamline processes to focus on what matters and create impact and act quickly to adapt to changes.

Demonstrated ability to embrace new ideas, challenge the status quo, and seek innovative solutions while valuing diverse perspectives and treating others with respect and dignity.

Pay Range for this position: $91,400 - $137,200/year.

The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites. For more information click  here .

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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This roleSubject $91,400/yr – $137,200/yr
Lowest disclosed · Executive Coordinator · Merck KGaA $33/hr – $50/hr (≈ $68,640–$104,000/yr)
Highest disclosed · Sr Medical Director (Heme Oncology) (Boston, US) · Servier $298/hr – $350/hr (≈ $619,840–$728,000/yr)
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