Job summary
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.
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.
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:o We offer a range of benefits including the NHS pension scheme and staff discountso We provide a thorough induction programmeo Personal development is supported through extensive training and development opportunitieso We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balanceo We value equality and diversity and welcome applicants from all sections of the communityo We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in line with the NHS Guaranteed Interview SchemeIf 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
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- 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
- Experience of critically appraising health literature and using relevant databases such as Medline, Embase and Cochrane and grey literature
Experience
Essential
- Experience or familiarity with research design, methodology, conduct and reporting and preparing summaries of research findings
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of all the following areas and specialist expertise and training in at least two of the following: oHealth economics oMedical statistics oClinical trials oPublic health and health policy oEpidemiology oSystematic reviewing oMedical writing/editing
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- 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
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with a range of professionals both internally and externally
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- 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
- Experience of critically appraising health literature and using relevant databases such as Medline, Embase and Cochrane and grey literature
Experience
Essential
- Experience or familiarity with research design, methodology, conduct and reporting and preparing summaries of research findings
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of all the following areas and specialist expertise and training in at least two of the following: oHealth economics oMedical statistics oClinical trials oPublic health and health policy oEpidemiology oSystematic reviewing oMedical writing/editing
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- 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
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with a range of professionals both internally and externally
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).
