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We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.\nWhat you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.\nAbout the Role\nAs Nurse Team Lead within a Patient Support Program, you will provide clinical guidance and peer leadership to nurses supporting patients across Canada. This is an experienced individual-contributor role with no direct reports. You will work independently as a clinical resource, help colleagues navigate complex patient needs, support onboarding, and contribute a nursing perspective to quality and process-improvement initiatives. The role does not carry a dedicated patient portfolio; however, you may provide direct nursing or case-management support when operational coverage is required.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nProvide day-to-day clinical guidance, coaching, and peer support to Nurse Case Managers and other nursing colleagues.\nAssess complex patient situations, identify when additional intervention is needed, and guide appropriate escalation of clinical, safety, quality, compliance, or operational concerns.\nProvide flexible nursing and case-management coverage across Canadian jurisdictions where appropriately licensed, including during increased volumes, absences, vacancies, or other business needs.\nSupport the clinical onboarding and integration of new nursing team members through coaching, shadowing, knowledge transfer, and reinforcement of program processes.\nCollaborate with patients, physicians’ offices, pharmacies, service providers, clients, and internal partners to coordinate services and resolve issues.\nReview patient case documentation for completeness, consistency, and alignment with program requirements, policies, work instructions, and service standards.\nIdentify workflow gaps and recommend practical improvements that strengthen patient experience, service quality, efficiency, and operational continuity.\nContribute to program projects and technology implementations, including nursing input, quality-assurance testing, workflow design, change adoption, and training support.\nSupport audit readiness, quality reviews, continuing education, client initiatives, and program meetings.\nCommunicate responsively during scheduled working hours and proactively raise issues that may affect patient care, workload, or service delivery.\nBasic Requirements:\nCollege diploma or university degree in nursing, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.\n Active registration in good standing as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) with the applicable Ontario regulatory college.\n4+ years of relevant nursing experience.\nDemonstrated experience providing clinical assessment, patient support, case management, or care coordination.\nDemonstrated ability to work independently, apply clinical judgment, manage competing priorities, and adapt to changing workflows, schedules, and technology.\nAbility to work flexible shifts within the program’s operating hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST.\nPreferred Skills/Experience:\nExperience in a Patient Support Program, specialty pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmacy, reimbursement support, or a related healthcare environment.\nExperience mentoring, coaching, onboarding, or training nurses without formal people-management responsibility.\nExperience supporting quality improvement, process improvement, clinical operations, technology implementation, user acceptance testing, or change adoption.\nBilingual communication skills in English and French. Candidates who support patients in Quebec must hold the applicable Quebec nursing registration.\nAbility to obtain and maintain nursing registration in additional Canadian provinces as program needs evolve.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with patients, healthcare professionals, clients, and cross-functional teams.\nTravel, Work Location & Physical Requirements:\nThis is a hybrid/flexible role that is primarily performed from a home office when the employee is not travelling.\nOccasional business travel is required for conferences and client meetings, including meetings in Burlington, Ontario. Required business travel is reimbursed in accordance with company policy.\nCandidates must be able to perform computer-based work and participate in virtual meetings for extended periods. Any additional physical requirements should be confirmed before posting if they are essential to the role.\nWe are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations.In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.\nOur Base Pay Range for this position\n$81,500 - $108,600McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:\nMcKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.\nMcKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.\nMcKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.\nMcKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer\nMcKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.\nMcKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States)  or (Canada) . 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