Field Access Specialist- Central California

UCB Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB Inc. is seeking a Field Access Specialist to support patient access to prescribed UCB medicines in Central California, including Bakersfield and Fresno. The role partners with offices, HUBs and SP teams to ensure timely authorizations, reimbursements and patient care.

The position emphasizes collaboration with regional teams, payer policies, and market access strategies in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 8+ years in biopharmaceutical or Market Access-related roles.
• 4 years in Coverage/Access or related environments.
• Valid US driver's license with no more than 3 moving violations in 2 years.
• Must reside within assigned territory.

Responsibilities

• Support dermatology accounts with education to improve patient access.
• Monitor payer data dashboards and escalate issues affecting access.
• Collaborate with HUB case managers to ensure authorizations and shipments align with deadlines.
• Partner with SP teams to address payer-related field needs and patient care.
• Engage with Regional/Sistrict leads and Clinical Account Specialists to support offices.
• Lead field initiatives when payer changes impact access.

Skills

Market Access knowledge

Payer policies

Stakeholder engagement

Healthcare system navigation

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Field Access Specialist to join us in our Market Access, Access and Reimbursement team, based in the territory of Central California including Bakersfield and Fresno.

About the role

The priority of the Field Access Specialist (FAS) is to support timely and successful patient access to prescribed UCB medications by engaging with Healthcare providers to provide appropriate education to navigate payer barriers. This role is critical in bridging the gap between the prescriber's clinical decision and actual patient treatment initiation. For a UCB Field Access Specialist (FAS), no two days are ever the same.

Who you'll work with

The FAS provides support to all sites of care on local, regional and national payer coverage, pharmacy benefits and Payer policies for UCB Immunology medicines. FAS's will interact with all engaged sites of care, which include private practices, group practices, Academic Medical Centers, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) with Dermatology departments and associated Specialty Pharmacies, Integrated Health Systems with Dermatology departments and associated Specialty Pharmacies, Private Equity and Venture Capital Backed Dermatology Groups and any other sites of care within their assigned geography. The UCB FAS is a non-promotional functional role reporting into the UCB Market Access, Access and Reimbursement Department.

What you'll do

• FAS supports all Dermatology accounts who prescribe UCB medicines with an enhanced focus on New Account experiences towards positive account and patient experiences. FAS educates and partners with office staff to embed functional processes inside the office and seeks continual operational improvements towards patient care.
• FAS monitors data dashboards and maintains close communication with internal and external partners to intervene in escalated cases where an individual patient's access to medicine is at risk. Cases are escalated via office staff, Field Alerts, CAS partners, or SP partners.
• FAS works closely and communicates with the HUB case managers to ensure that accounts and patients are fully supported. Ensure patients are on track to receive their medicine. The FAS monitors HUB cases to ensure that authorizations, appeals, and shipments are in line with expectations and requirements and milestone deadlines are met. Identify operational issues needing attention. Partner for smooth bridge to commercial SP transition.
• FAS partners internally with the SP NAE team to elevate situations and cases requiring intervention at the SP, while also taking swift action on SP requests for field support on patient cases. The FAS will also interact with the external SP account manager towards supporting patient care when requested by an office. FAS can educate and support IDN/Academic SPs to ensure internal processes lead to patients receiving their UCB medicine.
• FAS communicates and collaborates with multiple internal stakeholders, including Regional Sales Leads (RSL), District Sales Leads (DSL) and several Clinical Account Specialists (CAS) daily to ensure that offices are supported. FAS also collaborates with peers on the Field Access team to solve problems or elevate payer-related issues.
• FAS leads field-based initiatives when payer changes affect a local, regional, or national market. These changes could include positive changes that enhance patient access, or negative changes that adversely affect patients. The FAS educates accounts on the changes and what steps can be taken to ensure patients are cared for.

Interested? For this role we're looking for the following

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 8+ years of experience in biopharmaceutical or related fields of: Market Access-related positions Sales, Sales Leadership, Learning and Development/Training, Medical Affairs (MSL), Thought Leader Liaison (TLL), Marketing, Patient Services, Account Management or reimbursement and/or patient access experience within a Specialty Pharmacy, Academic Medical Centers/IDNs, Hub Service Vendors, or healthcare provider settings
• 4 years of experience in Coverage/Access, Reimbursement, or Account Management or equivalent experience in related healthcare, pharmaceutical, or payer environments
• Must have a valid US Driver's License and with no more than 3 moving violations in the past 2 years
• Must reside within assigned territory.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Dermatology, Rare Diseases, Oncology, Immunology, or other therapeutic areas requiring advanced medical knowledge and complex medical treatment support.
• Familiarity with HUB services for patient referrals, benefit verification, coverage, and affordability for specialty and biologic medications
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex healthcare systems, manage stakeholder relationships, and drive access solutions.
• Strong understanding of U.S. and State regulatory environments, including evolving payer coverage, access, and reimbursement practices.
• Project Management experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of the US payer and reimbursement systems, including commercial insurers, Pharmacy Benefits Managers, Specialty Pharmacies, Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policies, especially Medicare Parts B and D, Medicaid (fee for service and managed).

This position reasonably anticipated base salary range is $122,600-176,400k. The actual salary offered will take into account related knowledge, skills, experience and location among other factors and may fall outside the expected range.

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 explicitly 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 federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.

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