Health Technology Assessment Analyst

Job summary

Do you want to do meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to society? Our main purpose here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is to improve health and wellbeing by putting science and evidence at the heart of health and care decision making. As an organisation we all collaborate to achieve this same goal through empowering our workforce to do great things!

The Role

Reporting to the Health Technology Assessment Adviser, the Health Technology Assessment Analyst will be responsible for the development, publication and quality assurance of guidance. You will provide technical oversight and guidance to the assessment of the clinical and cost effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostic technologies, contribute to the training and development of new and existing members of staff, and the development of high-quality methods and technical practice across the guidance programme.

Please note this advert is for application to band 7.

Successful candidates in a band 7 role are further supervised in their work and are expected to have lesser experience and familiarity of HTA and health technology evaluation than those in a higher band 8a role. Those in a band 7 do not currently line manage, however those in a band 8a role may be required to supervise or line manage one band 6 analyst.

If you think your levels of skills/experience are more suited to band 8a, please apply here: https://beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/G9907-22-5519

Main duties of the job

To be considered for this role, we are looking for:

• A doctorate or Master's 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, epidemiology, systematic reviewing)
• Experience or familiarity of health economic evaluation

The post holder should be able to demonstrate the following:

• Knowledge across HTA including principles of evidence-based healthcare, critical appraisal and the interpretation and synthesis of health care and public health research evidence
• 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 overviews of evidence which are considered by the Committee and put out for public consultation
• Working knowledge of all the following areas and specialist expertise in at least one of the following:
  • Health economics
  • Medical statistics
  • Clinical trials
  • Public health and health policy
  • Epidemiology
  • Systematic reviewing
  • Medical writing/editing
• the ability to prioritise own workload and produce high-quality work to meet frequent, non-negotiable deadlines
• the ability to establish effective working relationships with a range of professionals both internally and externally.

About us

The Centre for Health Technology Evaluation develops guidance on the use of new and existing medicines, medical technologies, treatments and procedures within the NHS.

The Technology Appraisals team at NICE advises the NHS and patients on the clinical and cost effectiveness of the technologies reviewed and their optimal position in clinical practice.

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.