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FRANCESC GÜELL VIAPLANA

FRANCESC GÜELL VIAPLANA

Barcelona

Summary

Market Access Manager in a InVitro Diagnostics Company (Spain & Portugal). With over 20 years of experience in healthcare from the frontline as a registered nurse to leading key pandemic response programmes at the Catalan Public Health Service. Strongly committed to patient care and continuous improvement of patient outcomes.

Looking for a new challenge that will enable me to leverage my skills and experience

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Market Access Manager, Iberia

Cepheid International
10.2021 - Current
  • Manage the Market Access and Government Affairs related activities in Spain and Portugal and work in a cross-functional team to ensure alignment across the market access strategy
  • Build and foster relationships with politicians, policy makers, payors, key prospect customer groups, influencers and relevant governmental agencies and committees
  • Monitor and report on national health care priorities, market trends and policy changes that impact the product adoption
  • Develop and execute national/local market access and government affais plans supporting value proposition, pricing and funding including healthcare landscape assessment, stakeholder’s engagement, and business case analysis
  • Collaborate with Country Manager / General Manager to build strategic plan(s) for current and new products
  • Takes active part of cross-functional new product development teams to ensure local evidence needs is captured in product development plans and timelines
  • Actively contribute to relevant working group(s) of manufacturer organization to operate in a favorable environment

Project Manager

Catalan Health Service (CatSalut)
10.2016 - 10.2022
  • Planned, designed, and evaluated large projects, coordinating cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
  • Drafted project reports to identify successful outcomes, insights and future recommendations.

Managed projects:

  • Cardiovascular care strategies: STEMI urgent care, TAVI procedures Organization, Post-STEMI Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cardiac Failure care model
  • Respiratory care strategies: development of COPD PREMs, Broncoscopy procedures, Respiratory Rehabilitation strategy, post-ocupational asbestosis program, Homecare Respiratory Therapies public procurement of Catalonia specifications definition (7,7M inh).
  • Design of the Quality Assessment Model of Intermediate and Long Term Care Centers in Catalonia: design of the evaluation framework and the dimensions and indicators for the in-site centers assessment
  • Coordination of the design of the Chronicity Healthcare Strategic Plan among Primary Care centers of Catalonia.
  • Design of the Pay-for-Performance KPIs for the 65 Intermediate Care Facilities in Catalonia.
  • Elaboration of the “Protocol for Health Related Energy Dependence” to protect health conditions vulnerable population in Catalonia

Data Analyst

Amalfi Analytics
01.2020 - 02.2021
  • Functional analytic needs identification (for hospitals and healthcare insurance companyies) and functional advising for new software development for clinical big-data analysis., )
  • Produced monthly reports using advanced Excel spreadsheet functions.
  • Identified, analyzed and interpreted trends or patterns in complex data sets.

Cardiac Nurse

The Harley St. Clinic (HCA Hospitals UK)
03.2016 - 10.2016
  • Administered nursing care to cardiac patients undergoing diagnostic, therapeutic services.
  • Assisted in diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as unstable angina, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease and cardio-thoracic surgeries.

Health Commissioner

Catalan Health Service
05.2005 - 03.2016
  • Government's health Strategies implementing among healthcare providers, with the cross-functional collaboration of city councils, and educative and social services on primary care, hospitals, long-term and mental healthcare areas
  • Elaboration of the Barcelona Region Health Plan (strategic plan with 4-year health priorities) and elaboration of other operative healthcare planning.
  • Healthcare providers advocacy to implement IT strategy: e-consultation, electronic health record, providers' inter-operational e-tools, "My Health" personal on-line record
  • Healthcare services budget allocation proposals
  • Hospitals, Primary Care Centers and Intermediate Care facilities' contracts KPIs definition and agreement and the posterior KPI outcomes trends follow-up.
  • Healthcare centers buildings design proposals according the estimated public health needs (Hospitals, Primary Care, Mental Health and long-term care needs)

Registered Nurse

Medical Emergencies System, Coordination Centre
01.2004 - 01.2016
  • Patient's calls assistance and setting of emergency priorities
  • Patients healthcare phone call advice
  • Emergency hospital-to-hospital transfers coordination (location/hospital and priority setting according to availability and level of hospital resolution)

Lecturer and Research Collaborations

Autonomous University of Barcelona
01.2007 - 01.2015
  • Lecturer in Public Health on Nursing School (2007-14), Public Health and Research Methodology on Physiotherapy School (2007-08), and Health System Financing Models on Postgraduate diploma on Elderly Care (2008-09), and Nursing final degree project follow-up (2014-15).
  • Health and Social Research collaboration (Research Department). Projects of “Manresa City Health Status Analysis” (2010), and “Cardona Village Social Needs Detection” (2008)

Registered Nurse

Althaia Xarxa Assistencial de Manresa
01.2002 - 01.2006
  • Primary Healthcare Registered Nurse (at Manresa Primary Healthcare Area)
  • Acute and emergency care nurse (at Manresa’s Sant Joan de Déu Hospital)

Education

Market Access Program - Pharmaceutical Marketing And Management

EADA Business School
06.2023

MBA - Health Administration

ESADE Business School
Barcelona
06.2012

Master of Science - Public Health

Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)
Barcelona
06.2008

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Autonomous University of Barcelona
Manresa (Barcelona)
06.2002

Skills

  • Project Planning & Project Management
  • Patient-centered strategies
  • Market Access strategies
  • Public Affairs strategies
  • Cross-functional team work
  • Budget Administration
  • Negotiation Skills
  • Conflict Management
  • Training Junior Team Members
  • IT skills: Windows and Mackintosh OS (Word, Excel, Acces, PowerPoint and Outlook) and SPSS
  • Driving License B

Accomplishments

  • Business Analytics: Decision-Making Using Data course at University of Cambridge - Judge Business School (2020)
  • Lean Start-Up Innovation course at Nodos Consulting in collaboration with the Catalan Health Service (2017)
  • Project Management course at GESEM training in collaboration with the Catalan Health Service (2016)
  • Public Health Courses at Johns Hopkins University: ‘Media Advocacy’ (2008), ‘Problem Solving in Public Health’ (2008), ‘Innovation in Health Care for Aging Populations’ (2007), ‘Mental Health in Later Life’ (2007) and ‘Program Effectiveness in Health Education and Health Promotion’ (2006)
  • Health-Care Services Assessment course at Catalan Agency for Health Information, Assessment and Quality (Barcelona, 2009)
  • Use of Virtual Libraries in Cost Analysis and Economic Evaluation Analysis at Carlos III Health Institute (Madrid, 2009) “Welfare State in Catalonia” Seminar at Menéndez Pelayo University (Barcelona, 2005)

Languages

Catalan
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)
French
Elementary (A2)
Portuguese
Beginner (A1)

Timeline

Market Access Manager, Iberia

Cepheid International
10.2021 - Current

Data Analyst

Amalfi Analytics
01.2020 - 02.2021

Project Manager

Catalan Health Service (CatSalut)
10.2016 - 10.2022

Cardiac Nurse

The Harley St. Clinic (HCA Hospitals UK)
03.2016 - 10.2016

Lecturer and Research Collaborations

Autonomous University of Barcelona
01.2007 - 01.2015

Health Commissioner

Catalan Health Service
05.2005 - 03.2016

Registered Nurse

Medical Emergencies System, Coordination Centre
01.2004 - 01.2016

Registered Nurse

Althaia Xarxa Assistencial de Manresa
01.2002 - 01.2006

Market Access Program - Pharmaceutical Marketing And Management

EADA Business School

MBA - Health Administration

ESADE Business School

Master of Science - Public Health

Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Autonomous University of Barcelona
FRANCESC GÜELL VIAPLANA