Job summary
The Programme Director for medicines evaluation is responsible for the delivery of the medicines guidance produced by the Technology
Appraisal and Highly Specialised Technologies work programmes within the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation. The role involves directing the work of the team that produces guidance for the NHS in England and Wales.
Contract type: Permanent, full-time
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!
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for all aspects of the management and delivery of the medicines guidance in the Technology Appraisal and Highly Specialised Technologies work programmes. The programmes run from both the Manchester and London offices.
The role involves overseeing topic selection activities, monitoring the delivery of appraisals and evaluations across two sites, and will involve a high degree of autonomy and cross-site working. The role also involves a high degree of strategic interaction with our sponsor branch at the Department of Health and with national bodies such as NHS England (NHSE), the National Institute for Health Research Health (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Programme, the Medicines and Health Care Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Given the high degree of public attention paid to the timeliness of the delivery of the Technology Appraisal and Highly Specialised programmes, and the high public profile of guidance published in these programmes, the role involves working in a highly pressured, volatile and hostile environment.
Please make it clear in the supporting statement how you meet the criteria outlined below
About us
The Centre for Health Technology Evaluation develops guidance on the use of new and existing medicines, treatments and procedures within the NHS.
The Technology Appraisals and Highly Specialised Technologies (TA/HST) programme advises the NHS and patients on the clinical and cost effectiveness of the technologies reviewed and their optimal position in clinical practice. We review a significant proportion of the total number of new technologies offered to the NHS and we apply (jointly, with the Department of Health and Social Care), selection criteria to decide which to appraise.
Though TA/HST recommendations are legally covered by a funding requirement, our recommendations are not instructions to practitioners, but they are expected to take them into account and patients' access to what we recommend is guaranteed in the NHS Constitution. Our advice, though occasionally controversial, is valued by the NHS and we have evidence (through our web-based database) of their significant impact.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
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 demonstrateall essential criteriathrough the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
For more information please contact:
For any brief queries to be answered via email, please contact the hiring manager:Helen Knight, Director of Medicines Evaluation: Helen.Knight@nice.org.uk
If you wish to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Helens EA to arrange a suitable time in the diary before the closing date: Pratixa Patel, Executive Assistant: Pratixa.Patel@nice.org.uk
Interviews will take place in Manchester on Thursday, 2 February 2023
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
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 demonstrateall essential criteriathrough the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
For more information please contact:
For any brief queries to be answered via email, please contact the hiring manager:Helen Knight, Director of Medicines Evaluation: Helen.Knight@nice.org.uk
If you wish to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Helens EA to arrange a suitable time in the diary before the closing date: Pratixa Patel, Executive Assistant: Pratixa.Patel@nice.org.uk
Interviews will take place in Manchester on Thursday, 2 February 2023
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Doctorate and further specialist training or equivalent level of knowledge relevant to the role, acquired through experience and further training/development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of a senior management role in a complex environment
- Expertise in one of the disciplines of health technology assessment (e.g. health economics, systematic review, pharmacy, epidemiology, statistics, clinical research, ethics)
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to analyse and problem solve highly complex issues, to think and act strategically and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures and deadlines
- Specialist knowledge over more than one discipline/function relevant to the role, acquired over a significant period
- Calm, persuasive and skilled negotiator and effective influencer in a highly pressured, political and contentious environment
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Doctorate and further specialist training or equivalent level of knowledge relevant to the role, acquired through experience and further training/development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of a senior management role in a complex environment
- Expertise in one of the disciplines of health technology assessment (e.g. health economics, systematic review, pharmacy, epidemiology, statistics, clinical research, ethics)
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to analyse and problem solve highly complex issues, to think and act strategically and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures and deadlines
- Specialist knowledge over more than one discipline/function relevant to the role, acquired over a significant period
- Calm, persuasive and skilled negotiator and effective influencer in a highly pressured, political and contentious environment
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
