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.
The Technical Analyst provides technical and methodological input into producing evidence -based guidance, including developing recommendations and quality standards. The Technical Analyst will also contribute to the development of guideline methods within the Centre for Guidelines and work across NICE to support aligned methods and processes across the organisation.
Main duties of the job
You will be based in the Professional team within the Centre for Guidelines and will work on a range of topics collaboratively within small multidisciplinary teams.
We are looking for someone who can:
- Lead the development of evidence reviews
- Undertake evidence synthesis, including:
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- Evaluating the validity and relevance of data which may be highly complex, and from a variety of sources
- Critically appraising relevant clinical research studies
- Collating and summarising qualitative and quantitative evidence
- Synthesising information to give a balanced view of the evidence base
- Assessing the completeness of the evidence base, identifying gaps and highlighting important issues for discussion by relevant staff or Committee members
- Producing evidence reports that include deliberative discussions and conclusions that underpin decision making
- Collate, interpret and present current practice data when supporting the development of Quality Standard statements
- Present highly complex and sometimes conflicting or contentious information with clarity and sensitivity to groups of people including topic experts, non-specialists, including people with the medical condition in question
- Contribute to technical and organisational developments and propose changes to policy and methodology
About us
The Centre for Guidelines Professional Team is responsible for providing methodological and technical expertise in the development of NICE guidance.
We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.
We offer a range of benefits including:
- NHS pension scheme which is one of the most generous in the UK.We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance including work from home, compressed hours and flexi start/finish times.
- Access to a Blue Light Card which includes a wide range of discounts from major retailers, restaurants and more.
- Holiday entitlement which starts from 27 days plus Bank Holidays
- Access to modern offices with showers, bike storage facilities and refreshments such as tea and coffee.
- Access to Staff Networks including Disability Advocacy and Wellbeing Network, Women In NICE, Race Equality Network, NICE and Proud, Change Agent Network. Equality and Diversity is highly valued in the organisation.
- Personal development tailored to your needs.
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
- 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: surveillance; health research and assessment; systematic review methodology; quality improvement methods; implementation; or health technology assessment
Experience
Essential
- Experience or familiarity with research design, methodology, conduct and reporting
Experience
Desirable
- Experience using at least 1 software package for the analysis of statistics (e.g. R, Stata, SPSS)
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Highly Specialist/Advanced expertise in at least one of the following areas: healthcare research methods; systematic methodology and synthesis; quality improvement methods; routinely collected health data; medical statistics; clinical trials; public health and health policy; social care or; epidemiology
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of the principles of evidence-based healthcare, critical appraisal and the interpretation and synthesis of health care research evidence
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- The ability to take primary responsibility for the design and execution of evidence synthesis to support any stage of developing guidance or standards
Skills/Knowledge
Desirable
- Familiarity with methods for synthesising statistical data, such as Bayesian network meta-analysis using WinBUGS
Person Specification
Education/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: surveillance; health research and assessment; systematic review methodology; quality improvement methods; implementation; or health technology assessment
Experience
Essential
- Experience or familiarity with research design, methodology, conduct and reporting
Experience
Desirable
- Experience using at least 1 software package for the analysis of statistics (e.g. R, Stata, SPSS)
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Highly Specialist/Advanced expertise in at least one of the following areas: healthcare research methods; systematic methodology and synthesis; quality improvement methods; routinely collected health data; medical statistics; clinical trials; public health and health policy; social care or; epidemiology
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of the principles of evidence-based healthcare, critical appraisal and the interpretation and synthesis of health care research evidence
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- The ability to take primary responsibility for the design and execution of evidence synthesis to support any stage of developing guidance or standards
Skills/Knowledge
Desirable
- Familiarity with methods for synthesising statistical data, such as Bayesian network meta-analysis using WinBUGS
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).
