Job summary
- Main area
- Health Economist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 907-617
- Employer
- NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London or Manchester
- Town
- London or Manchester
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum (plus HCAS if applicable)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 28/08/2024
Employer heading
Health Economist
NHS AfC: Band 7
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance and advice on promoting high quality health, public health and social care.
As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to creating a inclusive environment and welcome everyone from all backgrounds to apply so we can continue to create a workforce which is representative of the communities we serve.
If you are suitably qualified and have an interest in remote, hybrid, full time or part time working we encourage you to get in touch as we are happy to discuss potential flexible working opportunities.
We have modern offices in Manchester city centre and Stratford, London. Please take into consideration that you may be required to commute to one of our offices for business purposes if necessary.
Job overview
Are you passionate about health economics and looking for an opportunity to make a real-world impact? We have an exciting vacancy for a Health Economist role in our dynamic team.
We’re seeking a dedicated professional with a strong background in health economics and a passion for improving health and social care. You should be comfortable working in a team environment and have excellent communication skills to present complex economic analyses in a clear and understandable manner.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will be working collaboratively within a small multidisciplinary team. Your primary responsibilities will include:
- Developing original economic models and analyses to address key health and social care questions.
- Systematically reviewing published economic evidence.
Presenting your work to decision-making committees to help them develop guidance. - Responding to feedback received from public consultation.
Working for our organisation
The Methods and Economics Team provides input throughout the development of a guideline, including scoping, conducting evidence reviews, developing economic models and validation. The team also foster further development of methods in areas identified as priorities such as evidence synthesis, model validation and grading the quality of evidence.
Here at NICE we are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make.
We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.
Benefits:
- We offer a range of benefits including the NHS pension scheme and staff discounts
- We provide a thorough induction programme
- Personal development is supported through extensive training and development opportunities
- We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance
- We value equality and diversity and welcome applicants from all sections of the community
- We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in line with the NHS Guaranteed Interview Scheme
If you feel this is the type of environment, you will enjoy working in then please feel free to contact us for more information or apply now.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities include:
- Producing economic plans identifying cost-effectiveness issues and detailing the appropriate selection of priorities for new economic analyses
- Undertaking systematic reviews to identify, appraise and summarise published economic analyses for presentation to guideline committees and inclusion in guideline documentation
- Undertaking original economic modelling
Presenting complex and sometimes conflicting or contentious information with clarity and sensitivity to guideline committees - Preparing technical responses to comments received in the course of consultation on draft guidelines.
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters degree or Doctorate in a numerate subject or subjects with relevance to evidence-based decision-making (e.g. economics, public health, mathematics, operational research, data science) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience of at least one software package for the implementation of decision models (e.g. Excel [including Visual Basic for Applications], TreeAge, R, WinBUGS, Simul8, Arena)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of conducting economic evaluation in health care, including the development of economic models to inform guideline development
Skills
Essential criteria
- The ability to take primary responsibility for the conceptualisation, parameterisation and implementation of original decision-analytic models
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist expertise in at least one of the following areas: Economics, Mathematical modelling, Statistics, Operational research, Data science
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate information accurately and persuasively using a variety of presentation techniques, in accessible language to an audience of varied technical backgrounds, and sensitively to patients who have the medical condition under discussion
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise own workload and produce high-quality work to meet frequent, non-negotiable deadlines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- David Wonderling
- Job title
- Senior Health Economics Adviser
- Email address
- [email protected]
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