Job summary
The post holder will provide technical leadership and advice to the team. You will lead on and develop Surveillance methods , this will include engaging with key stakeholders to ensure methods are up to date and leading small multidisciplinary teams. You will provide advice and resolution on highly complex issues and where appropriate support the response to feedback received from public consultation on methodological and technical aspects of our draft outputs.You will lead on the quality assurance (QA) of outputs and training and development for the technical analysts within the team.
Main duties of the job
The Surveillance Team is responsible for the ongoing surveillance programme for published guidelines. This includes reviewing new evidence on a regular basis, for producing published Surveillance reports, and for recommending whether guidance should be updated. The team also supports the Clinical Directorate in topic prioritisation
- Provide critical comments on work carried out by other staff in NICE or external organisations, as required
- Undertake highly complex QA across guidance products.
- Provide advice/guidance which contributes to the care of patients/clients/service users.
- Advise and support technical teams develope guidance to define the parameters of the required work and how to manage the methodological and technical aspects of their work.
- Liaise and influence guidance teams to prioritise/reprioritise their own workload and balancing the workload of the technical team at different stages of surveillance and topic prioritisation, and maintaining cross-team management systems.
- Contribute to strategy and policy planning for the Surveillance team's work programme, and leading on the delivery of at least one theme of work
- Contribute to the production of highly complex and technical scientific guideline products for specialist area of work, including analysis and synthesis of research evidence
- Contribute to NICE's Research and Development programme and participating in international research collaborations.
About us
The purpose of the clinical directorate is to strengthen clinical, public health and social care leadership throughout NICE and ensure end-to-end clinical oversight of, and support to, all areas of NICE activity. It also enhances the external credibility of NICE and promotes more effective stakeholder engagement. A key aspect of the directorate's work is around topic prioritisation, running NICE prioritisation board, and creating a cross-organisational prioritisation process that is driven by systematic intelligence gathering.
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
- 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.
Job description
Job 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.
Job description
Job 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
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification or equivalent level of knowledge in subjects with relevance to evidence-based decision-making (e.g. economics, public health, health psychology, mathematics, operational research, data science) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in and contributing to at least one area of guidance or policy development: oSurveillance oHealth research and assessment oSystematic review methodology oQuality improvement methods oImplementation oHealth technology assessment
- Experience in using technical evaluation in policy formulation and decision making
- Experience of working in, or familiarity with, the National Health Service, local government or social care
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of policy, research and evidence-related issues in health and social care
Skills
Essential
- Expert in critical appraisal and the interpretation and synthesis of health care research evidence
Other
Essential
- Ability to motivate and develop the competences of technical staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification or equivalent level of knowledge in subjects with relevance to evidence-based decision-making (e.g. economics, public health, health psychology, mathematics, operational research, data science) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in and contributing to at least one area of guidance or policy development: oSurveillance oHealth research and assessment oSystematic review methodology oQuality improvement methods oImplementation oHealth technology assessment
- Experience in using technical evaluation in policy formulation and decision making
- Experience of working in, or familiarity with, the National Health Service, local government or social care
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of policy, research and evidence-related issues in health and social care
Skills
Essential
- Expert in critical appraisal and the interpretation and synthesis of health care research evidence
Other
Essential
- Ability to motivate and develop the competences of technical staff
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).
