Job summary
- Main area
- Health Technology Analysis
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 907-607
- Employer
- NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Level 1A
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/08/2024
Employer heading
Health Technology Assessment Analyst
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
Here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) we are passionate about the work we do and proud of the impact we make. We strive for excellence and have an academic culture committed to producing high quality work, which we take collective responsibility for. Not only that, we also put your individual health and wellbeing at the forefront, offering you a great place to work, good benefits, and flexible arrangements, all within a supportive, friendly and inclusive environment.
Reporting to the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Adviser, the HTA Analyst – Health Technologies will play a key role in the evaluation of health technologies and are the technical lead on assigned guidance topics involving clinical and cost effectiveness assessments.
Main duties of the job
Our Analysts play a key role in the evaluation of health technologies and are the technical lead on assigned guidance topics involving clinical and cost effectiveness assessments.
Working with other members of the teams, the analyst is responsible for scoping topics, liaising with industry, academic bodies and other stakeholder groups to gather and communicate information relevant to the topic. They are responsible for identifying key technical issues and presenting the relevant evidence and information to our advisory committees, as well as developing the guidance to the NHS and supporting further evidence generation, where required.
Analysts may also contribute to wider programme development projects such as: methodological developments to evaluate new scenarios in innovation; new approaches to evaluation to ensure guidance production is timely, robust and relevant; new ways of presenting information to communicate with stakeholder and to ensure the guidance output is both useful and useable to the NHS.
Working for our organisation
The Centre for Health Technology Evaluation develops guidance on the use of new and existing medicines, medical technologies, treatments and procedures within the NHS.
Under the leadership of the Director for HealthTech, the HealthTech programme assesses non-medicine products: medical devices, digital health, diagnostic technologies, and new procedures, and develops guidance and advice on the safety, efficacy, clinical and cost-effective use of these products for the NHS and its social care partners.
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
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
- Doctorate or Masters degree (or equivalent) or equivalent relevant HTA experience. The qualifications and/or experience should be in subject or subjects related to HTA/evidence-based medicine (health economics, medical statistics, clinical trials, public health and health policy, relevant scientific discipline, epidemiology, systematic reviewing). Candidates who can demonstrate that they are at an advanced stage of study for a suitable qualification – and are likely to be successful in completing it – will be considered.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of critically appraising health literature and using relevant databases such as Medline, Embase and Cochrane and grey literature
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience or familiarity with research design, methodology, conduct and reporting and preparing summaries of research findings
Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of all the following areas and specialist expertise and training in at least two of the following: o Health economics o Medical statistics o Clinical trials o Public health and health policy o Epidemiology o Systematic reviewing o Medical writing/editing
Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent writing skills, including the appropriate use of technical language: this is required because it is essential for the post holder to be able to prepare technical documents which are considered by the Committee and put out for public consultation
Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with a range of professionals both internally and externally
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kimberley Carter
- Job title
- HTA Adviser, HealthTech
- Email address
- [email protected]
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