Market Access Specialist (UK&I) - Rapid Diagnostics

Bring your passion, ideas and purpose to life in a company that can truly help you achieve your full potential.

Join Abbott Rapid Diagnostics – Infectious Disease business, a world leader in point-of-care testing.

The Opportunity

As part of our continued investment in team growth, we are recruiting for a brand new position, a Market Access Specialist (UK & Ireland) to join our Rapid Diagnostics – Infectious Disease team.

As a Market Access Specialist, you will report to the Market Access Manager to lead national and local market access initiatives within its Infectious Diseases business unit. A key focus of this role is to expand access to rapid diagnostic testing across primary care, community-based settings, and emergency care pathways. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing strategies that secure reimbursement and adoption of Abbott’s diagnostic solutions across the UK & Ireland healthcare systems.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key external payers and influencers, acting as the primary point of contact.
• Engage with stakeholders across ICBs, place-based partnerships, and neighbourhood teams to understand local priorities and tailor access strategies accordingly.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to develop and submit reimbursement dossiers, present health economic evidence, and support funding applications.
• Define and implement clear pathways to product adoption, working with local payers to ensure evidence supports clinical and economic value.
• Support the creation of localized payer engagement tools and translate clinical and economic evidence into actionable materials for use in key accounts.
• Work closely with marketing, medical affairs, and commercial teams to ensure consistent value communication and alignment across all payer-facing activities.
  
  

This is a regional field-based role with a lot of travelling anticipated (40%) within the UK & Ireland with occasional overnight stays.

Required Qualifications/Profile

• Degree in healthcare/business areas would be a plus
• In-depth knowledge of NHS structures, including ICBs and local commissioning processes.
• Experience in UK market access, with a strong network of payer and NHS stakeholders would be an asset.
• Proven success in securing funding and reimbursement for diagnostic solutions.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project leadership capabilities.
• Ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
  
  

As you’d expect from an innovative global health care company, we offer a competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries, a class-leading defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance and a flexible benefits scheme.

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. Joining us, you can shape your career as you shape the future of healthcare.

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