Health Economist and Methodologist

Job responsibilities

Main Functional Responsibilities include: To support the development of economic models to inform decisions on the efficient allocation of resources available to healthcare providers and communicating these insights to a variety of stakeholders.

Plan and undertake economic modelling to structure the evidence from the literature and other sources on clinical and economic outcomes to provide results that inform decisions about clinical practices and health-care resource allocations.

To assess evaluation scenarios and identify and apply appropriate analytical techniques and methodologies to deliver the desired outcome for the relevant audience.

To develop protocols that support specific projects across a variety of clinical, patient and care pathways.

Creation and maintenance of the project initiation documents and associated plans with meetings to monitor progress and resources.

Monitoring project progress and provision monthly reports against implementation plans.

Engage with full range of stakeholder organisations and individuals involved in delivery of care in the Oxford and Thames Valley region.

To understand stakeholder perception as part of building the evidence base for specific health technologies, products and services.

To ensure the validity and reliability of the studies, and to ensure that analyses are fully evidenced.

To be able to work according to the Trust's Information Governance Framework and provide leadership in assessing different data types and putting in place the right data protocols to ensure safety, security and confidentiality of such different data types.

To develop written outputs as required of the projects on a case-by-case basis.

To support presentation at conferences and workshops on the outputs and results of specific studies and projects.

Be responsible for a high standard of work supporting the delivery of projects on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner.

Provide high quality reports as requested by the line manager.

To promote the reputation of Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley

To undertake any other duties as may be deemed reasonable by line-management.

Stakeholder Engagement as part of the wider Strategic and Industry Partnerships and Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley team:

Work with industry and representative organisations, including for example, BIVDA, ABHI and ABPI, to ensure the widest possible engagement, providing new opportunities for individual stakeholders and partners to work together and initiate proposals and projects.

Building and supporting relationships within NHS organisations, the Networks nine universities and life sciences and industry partners to support the objectives of the Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley.

Key Working Relationships

The post holder will be required to support the building and maintenance of constructive working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. Key internal working relationships will include: Director of SIP Strategic and Industry Partnerships Leads and Managers Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley Programme Leads, Clinical Network Leads and Project Managers Clinical Innovation Adoption Team Communications Team Community Involvement and Workforce Innovation team Patient Safety Collaborative Team

Key external working relationships will include programme/project leads from: Life Sciences industries and industry organisations University academics and researchers Knowledge and Technology Transfer Offices NHS providers and commissioners Grant awarding bodies such as Innovate UK, NIHR

This job description may be reviewed and changed in discussion with the post holder.

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Educated to MSc level or equivalent in Economics, Health Economics or a closely related discipline, or equivalent research, industrial or commercial experience.
• Ability to develop budget impact models in MS Excel from scratch and understanding of economic evaluation methods.
• Computer literate with a good knowledge of different computer programmes with experience in data presentation and analyses.

Desirable

• Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative research, including interviewing, and knowledge of appropriate research techniques.
• Ability to navigate the NHS to reach the relevant network of health professionals.and procurement bodies and functions.
• Experience of using statistical packages such as STATA.
• Understanding of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence.

Communication Skills

Essential

• Able to handle complex information and elicit key points for discussion and presentation.
• Ability to build effective partnerships, common purpose and shared understanding across a range of diverse and competing views.
• Ability to communicate effectively with industry, service providers, commissioners, clinical, academic and all levels of staff.

Desirable

• Actively contribute to health economics team, and presence through posters, abstracts.
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills.

Analytical

Essential

• Ability to carry out economic evaluations - modelling.
• Ability to provide and receive highly complex information and to overcome barriers to understanding.
• Ability to conduct a detailed review of literature.
• Strategic thinking - ability to think creatively and to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of the application of alternative decision frameworks
• Use of real-world data and outcomes research Proven mixed methods evaluations (qualitative and quantitative methods) research skills.
• Willingness to develop methodologies to evaluate medical devices and technologies.

Values & Behaviours

Essential

• Provides consistent and effective support to the Lead Health economist & Methodologist. to enable the delivery of a highly effective programme.
• Flexible attitude towards work.
• Uses evidence to make improvements, seeks out innovation.
• Discipline and regard for confidentiality and security at all times.

Desirable

• Demonstrable commitment to and focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
• History of working well in teams. Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.

Planning & Organisational Skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise and organise own work in response to deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Plans and implements new ways of working, facilitating collaborative working across the health economic team.
• Ability to find creative solutions to problems.

Physical Skills

Essential

• Proficient in the use of other Microsoft products and also specialist software packages relevant to the role.
• Able to drive across the Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley region.
• Willingness to travel within the United Kingdom to conduct research and attend conferences.

Desirable

• Good computer skills including building a decision tree, Markov model and perform sensitivity analysis in Microsoft excel.

Responsibility for Financial & Physical Resources

Essential

• Manages resources effectively and creatively.

Autonomy

Essential

• Demonstrated capability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to set timescales.

Equality & Diversity

Essential

• The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).