Technical Analyst

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technical Analyst to join NICE. You will be based in the Surveillance team and will work on a broad range of topics. You will be responsible for assessing the impact of evidence and knowledge from a broad range of sources on guidance products. You will define suitable approaches to monitoring and synthesising evidence to support surveillance and prioritisation board decisions. You will engage with internal and external partners in formulating surveillance and prioritisation decisions.

Main duties of the job

  • Work with Information Specialists to identify new evidence from a variety of sources
  • Undertake evidence synthesis and give a balanced view to assess the impact of new evidence and intelligence on published guidance.
  • Developing proposals for the Prioritisation Board on areas for development of NICE guidance
  • Collaborate with internal and external experts to obtain specialist advice to inform decisions within area of work
  • Contribute to technical and organisational developments and proposing changes to policy and methodology
  • Represent the Centre at internal and external events and conferences.

About us

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.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.

Date posted

12 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

907-610

Job locations

Level 1a City Tower

Piccadilly Plaza

Manchester

M1 4BT


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 preparing summaries of research findings
  • Experience of working in and contributing to at least one area of guidance or policy development: Surveillance ,Health research and assessment, Systematic review methodology , Quality improvement methods, Implementation, Health technology assessment

Skills

Essential

  • Highly Specialist/Advanced expertise in at least one of the following areas: Healthcare research methods, Systematic review methodology and synthesis, Quality improvement methods, Routinely collected health data, Medical statistics, Clinical trials, Public health and health policy, Social care, Epidemiology
  • Ability to communicate highly complex information accurately and persuasively using a variety of presentation techniques, in accessible language to an audience of varied technical backgrounds, and sensitively to patients who have the medical condition under discussion

Other

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise own workload and produce high-quality work to meet frequent, non-negotiable deadlines
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 preparing summaries of research findings
  • Experience of working in and contributing to at least one area of guidance or policy development: Surveillance ,Health research and assessment, Systematic review methodology , Quality improvement methods, Implementation, Health technology assessment

Skills

Essential

  • Highly Specialist/Advanced expertise in at least one of the following areas: Healthcare research methods, Systematic review methodology and synthesis, Quality improvement methods, Routinely collected health data, Medical statistics, Clinical trials, Public health and health policy, Social care, Epidemiology
  • Ability to communicate highly complex information accurately and persuasively using a variety of presentation techniques, in accessible language to an audience of varied technical backgrounds, and sensitively to patients who have the medical condition under discussion

Other

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise own workload and produce high-quality work to meet frequent, non-negotiable deadlines

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).

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.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Address

Level 1a City Tower

Piccadilly Plaza

Manchester

M1 4BT


Employer's website

https://www.nice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Address

Level 1a City Tower

Piccadilly Plaza

Manchester

M1 4BT


Employer's website

https://www.nice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate Director

Kay Nolan

kay.nolan@nice.org.uk

Date posted

12 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

907-610

Job locations

Level 1a City Tower

Piccadilly Plaza

Manchester

M1 4BT


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