Job summary
- Main area
- Analysis
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 907-712
- Employer
- NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 3rd Floor
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/04/2025
Employer heading
Senior Analyst
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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
The Senior Analyst has a key role in delivering NICE's ambition to be part of a system that constantly learns from data and implementation. The post holder will support a programme of work that will ensure that NICE expands its uses of data to inform guidance to the health and care sectors. The post holder will work closely with the Scientific Adviser, Technical Adviser (Data Scientist) and Associate Director for Data Access and Analytics, and other Data and Analytics Team members.
Main duties of the job
- Leading analytical projects and producing analytical outputs for internal and external stakeholders, particularly relating to the development of NICE guidance products (e.g. guidelines and technology appraisals)
- Developing reproducible analytics, pipelines and tools to support the needs of the organisation
- Working closely with other team members, including quality-assuring outputs
- Advising others on the use of healthcare databases for analytic purposes
- Maintaining close links with relevant programmes, and contribute to activities as needed
- Working with colleagues across the organisation to ensure that the outputs from the team are of a high standard and are consistent with other NICE products and ensure alignment of work with NICE's broader strategic ambitions and process developments
- Engaging with external partners to deliver outputs including from the health and social care sector, patient groups, academia, and life sciences
Working for our organisation
The Data and Analytics team provides leadership in data and real-world evidence to ensure NICE uses a broad range of evidence in its guidance and products. The team works with system partners to ensure that NICE has access to a comprehensive range of health and care data that can inform our guidance and enable us to be part of a system that continually learns from data and implementation.
We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.
We offer a range of benefits including:
- NHS pension scheme which is one of the most generous in the UK.
- Holiday entitlement which starts from 27 days plus Bank Holidays
- We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance including work from home, compressed hours and flexi start/finish times.
- Access to a Blue Light Card which includes a wide range of discounts from major retailers, restaurants and more.
- Access to Staff Networks including Disability Advocacy and Wellbeing Network, Women In NICE, Race Equality Network, NICE and Proud, Change Agent Network. Equality and Diversity is highly valued in the organisation.
- Personal development tailored to your needs.
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
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
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters in a relevant discipline (data science, health economics, medical statistics, epidemiology, health informatics or another quantitative discipline) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with different sources of healthcare data, including electronic health records, administrative databases, patient registries, patient-generated health data, and patient experience data
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience planning and undertaking complex data projects, taking responsibility for delivery, including study design or data analysis
Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to use common statistical programming languages such as Python or R, and query languages such as SQL
Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to analyse, critique and synthesise highly complex information and present it clearly and precisely, both verbally and in written formats
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eleanor Yelland
- Job title
- Scientific Adviser
- Email address
- [email protected]
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