Very early on in my career, I was exposed to nurses working in different non-traditional areas of healthcare. This gave me a head start on understanding which biotech companies hire nurses and many other types of companies that hire nurses for non-bedside roles. I started working in nursing informatics in my second year of nursing during the EHR surge of the early 2000s.
I lucked out by taking a travel nursing contract at a hospital that was an EHR beta testing site. When I returned to my staff nursing job after that contract, I was encouraged to work on the EHR design teams and quickly discovered my love for technology in nursing.
As I continued to grow in this new nursing specialty, I began interacting with more nurses working in alternative nursing roles in medical devices, pharmaceutical companies, research, information technology, project management, and EHR vendors. However, this isn’t the case for many nurses so early in their careers and finding biotech nursing jobs can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. This is where this blog post comes in…I’m shedding some light on what biotech nursing is and naming some biotech companies that hire nurses.
Nurses are natural caretakers and liaisons; even in non-patient-facing roles, patient safety and advocacy are at the core of what we do. As biotech companies continue to grow, it’s essential that nurses be involved in any aspect of healthcare that affects patient care to ensure a smooth transition and to help bridge the gap for any workflow and patient safety issues.
To read more about the different types of roles for biotech nursing jobs, check out this blog post.
10 Biotech Companies That Hire Nurses
Biofourmis
A global healthcare technology company that develops AI-driven software-based therapeutics, partnering with pharmaceutical companies and hospitals for clinical research trials for various medical specialties in oncology, cardiology (heart failure and ACS), COPD, and chronic pain.
- Nurse Liaison
- Telehealth Nurse
- Health Navigator
- Digital Health Executive (Sales)
ICON
A global company that provides consulting and development services to pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and government and public health companies, focusing on innovative clinical research.
- Clinical Research Coordinator Nurse
- Clinical Trail Coordinator
- Clinical Study Specialist
- Clinical Research Associate
- Clinical Quality Management Associate
- Global Clinical Project Manager-US or Canada
- Global Trial Lead – Oncology
IQVIA Biotech
IQVIA is a large global life sciences company involved in different healthcare technology aspects in addition to its biotech expansion. Nurses are hired in a variety of clinical roles at this company, including:
- Nurse or clinical educators (virtual and in-person)
- Clinical Data Manager
- Clinical Trail Educator
- Clinical Research Nurse
- Care managers for patient support services
- Home Based Nurse Navigators (triage/education roles)
Merck
Biopharmaceutical company that researches and develops vaccines and medications, focusing on oncology, infectious diseases, cardio-metabolic disorders, immunology, and neuroscience. Merck has jobs for nurses in roles such as:
- Oncology Sales Specialist
- Oncology Learning Consultant
- Medical Team Member (triage)
- Clinical Nurse Educator
- Health Literacy Specialist – Regulatory Affairs
- Business Scientist
Natera
A global company that develops genetic testing and diagnostics with a focus on oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Nurses are hired in a variety of clinical roles at this company, including:
- Oncology Support RN
- Eligibility and Prior Authorization Specialist
- Patient Coordinator
- Clinical Patient Matching Outreach
- Clinica Data Abstractor
- Clinical Oncology Specialist
- Revenue Cycle Medical Records Case Manager
Regeneron
A biopharmaceutical company that develops and manufactures medicines for patients. Regeneron has jobs for nurses in roles such as:
- Nurse Educator
- Sales Specialist
- Medical Specialist
- Hematology Nurse Educator
- Medical Science Liaison
- Medical Specialist
Syneos Health
A global biopharmaceutical solutions company that offers services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies to help develop and bring new drugs to the market.
- Corporate Research Nurse
- EP Project Manager
- Clinical Research Associate
- Research Nursing
- RN Project Coordinator
- Research Pediatric Nurse
- Remote Product Specialist
United Biosource (UBC)
Provides outsourced pharmaceutical and patient support services for biopharma companies, focusing on pre- and post- approval safety, adherence, and reimbursement services.
- Telephonic Nurse Clinician (RN or LPN)
- Registered Nurse Call Center
- Program Registry Clinician
- Sr. Nurse Clinician RN
Worldwide Clinical Trials
A global full-service Clinical Research Organization that offers services in clinical trial design and management for new medications to their clients at biotech and pharmaceutical companies.
- Clinical Trail Manager, Oncology
- Clinical Research Associate
- Medical Writer
- Clinical Recruitment Specialist
- Clinical Trails Associate
- Project Manager EP
- Clinical Supply Coordinator
- Quality Assurance
What is Biotech Nursing?
The lines between biotech, biopharma, medical device, and health tech companies can also get fuzzy when thinking about these non-traditional nursing roles because they are closely related, and some companies might overlap multiple areas. I think using the term life sciences helps to drastically broaden the scope of companies for nurses to search for these alternative career paths, but even then, it can be challenging!
Let’s talk about some quick differences between biotech, biopharma, and healthtech/medtech.
Biotechnology involves the process of using living organisms to develop products (to be used in healthcare or other areas like agriculture), and biopharma companies use the new discoveries and biotechnology processes to develop medications (like Keytruda or Humira); they kinda bridge the gap between lab and patient.
Since health tech, med tech, and biotech technologies can all be used in healthcare, there is more overlap in some of these areas. Medtech and Healthtech companies develop medical devices and software that can be used in and out of the hospital setting to monitor, diagnose, or treat patients. Many of the same types of biotech nursing roles can also be found in these types of companies.
Biotech nurses could wear many different hats in different work environments, so it can be difficult to search for these biotech nursing jobs because they may not be specific to only nurses.
Some of the types of non-traditional nursing roles available at these companies include (could be remote, hybrid, onsite, or home-based with travel required):
- Educator
- Triage/Call Center
- Clinical Consultant or Liaison
- Occupational Health Nurse
- Sales or sales support
- Informatics and Project Management
- Data Science & Data Analytics
- Navigator/Coordinator
- Clinical Research
- Quality Assurance
- Regulatory Policy
- Writer
Understanding some key differences will not only help you decide which companies you’d like to focus your job search on but knowing the different kinds of roles nurses are hired for in these blurred specialties will also help you narrow in on your unique transferable job skills to pick the right kind of role and company you’ll be happy working at!
To make this process easier for nurses, the free job board at Remote Nurse Connection has filters for these biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device nursing jobs so you can quickly find exactly what you are looking for.
The Remote Company Directory, available to Premium Members, includes an easy-to-search and filter directory with all of the closed job postings listed at the companies so you can easily see what kind of remote, hybrid, or travel jobs these companies hire nurses for.
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