Job summary
Lead Health Economist
Salary - up to £54,619 (including HCLA where appropriate)
Office - Flexible, Based in either our office in Canary Wharf, London (with a minimum requirement of two days per week in the office to be eligible to receive the London HCLA) or agile/home-based from anywhere in the UK
The lead health economist manages the work of the health economics team, including providing health economics analyses on a range of exciting and high-profile projects. They are responsible for evaluating innovation such as digital health solutions and medical technologies. This includes developing models to assess the cost effectiveness of interventions; producing budget impact models; and supporting complex decision making and resource allocation across the health and care system
They are a champion of professionalising and advancing NHS health economics. They will publish their work where appropriate and contribute to scientific conferences whenever possible.
About you
We are looking for someone that is passionate kind and enthusiastic about using health economics to make informed decisions on resource allocation, help transform how healthcare is delivered, and improve the lives of our population. The HEU creates fantastic, useful insights by working in collaboration and partnership, internally and externally, and we need people that will thrive in this environment.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Chief of Health Economics and Outcomes Research you will form part of an expert team and your reposnibilitues will include:
- Developing logic models and evaluation frameworks including mixed method approaches to evaluate innovation such as medical devices and digital solutions
- Generating evidence to inform the adoption of innovations
- Providing advanced health economics and analytical services to clients, supporting the delivery of health economics services to both public and private sectors
- Designing and developing transparent and user-friendly health economic models
- Selecting and applying appropriate analytical techniques and methodologies (e.g. statistics, epidemiology, econometrics etc.)
- Performing systematic literature reviews
- Using RWD to inform evaluations. Analysing, synthesising and presenting data extracted from health and social care databases
- Actively contributing to The HEU's, and your, public profile and presence through posters, abstracts, academic publications and presentations at conferences, events and events
- Developing proposals to meet client project briefs for new business opportunities and services
- Contributing to one strategic function at HEU such as Quality Assurance
- Be an active member of the senior team ( All HEU Leads)
- Line manages senior health economists
About us
The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe. It's a world-renowned institution and an exciting place to work, full of challenges and opportunities.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is one of the biggest and best-performing commissioning support units in the country, with among the highest levels of staff and customer satisfaction. We work together as a team of over 1,600 expert staff based across the Midlands and North West to make a difference - for our customers, patients and communities.
Offering a full range of professional services to hospital trusts, local authorities, integrated care systems (ICSs) and other public bodies\ across the country, our NHS values underpin everything we do.
The HEU is a specialist team hosted by the NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU)
In return, we provide a supportive environment in which to learn and develop, with the opportunity to further your skills and career within an exciting and evolving environment.
Joining our inclusive and innovative team comes with a range of benefits including flexible & agile working arrangements, pension scheme and generous annual leave allowance.
With our training schemes and support networks, you will be empowered to play a leading role in the future of healthcare, whatever your specialism or interest. And as a member of NHS staff you will receive plenty of discounts too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
The post holder will undertake the following duties:
Health economics function - Select an appropriate health economic approach, design and development of transparent and user-friendly economic models such budget impact models, cost-effectiveness models
- Develop logic models and evaluation frameworks including mixed method approaches to evaluate medicines and technologies such as medical devices and digital health solutions
- Support the delivery of health economics services to both public and private sectors
- Perform systematic and targeted literature reviews
- Undertake health economics outcome research studies including the syntheses of evidence e.g., perform meta-analyses
- Analysis, synthesis and presentation of data extracted from health and social care databases (real world data) to inform models (e.g., budget impact, CEA)
- Develop study design, development and implementation across a variety of therapeutic areas
- Teaching
Team leadership and line management - Provide direct line management support to other team members, as well as supporting the supervision and development of other team members as part of a matrix working model
- Provide training and share knowledge on areas of expertise internally
- Appraise and quality assure the analytical outputs from the team.
- Be an active member of the leadership team and management of health economics projects
Communications and networking - Communicate and present our work to a specialist and non-specialist audience, ensuring our key messages are understood and helping build our reputation
- Build networks across the NHS, academia and industry, transferring expertise and knowledge and sharing best practice beyond organisational boundaries
- Collaborate with academic partners to add academic rigour to the work of the team.
- Collaborate with the Strategy Unit and other colleagues in MLCSU such as the business intelligence team, to build the CSUs service offer and avoid duplication
- Be innovative, creative and agile in approach and according to our values, increasing the range and skills of the clients, stakeholders and partners
- Actively contribute to The Health Economics Units, and your, public profile and presence through posters, abstracts, academic publications and presentations at academic conferences, events and in the social media
Project and client management - Lead and support high quality projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and budget, ensuring every client has an outstanding experience of collaborating with us
- Work with clients, project sponsors and other stakeholders to structure problems, taking account of the wider business and policy contexts and the differing perspectives of stakeholders.
- Understand, analyse and resolve complex client problems or disputes in a professional manner
- Provide horizon-scanning and pre-empt issues before they occur
- Create and monitor the budget for projects and work-areas where accountable and contribute towards this for other projects. Ensure that resources are used efficiently and any deviation to the budget is communicated internally and to clients
- Develop proposals to meet client project briefs including resource requirements, cost estimates and timescales and contribute to the development of new business opportunities.
Unit development - Support the organisation to deliver its values, vision and mission, both for the health economics team and across the service
- Operate in line with MLCSUs information governance policies and other relevant legislation, and design policy in accordance with this
- Demonstrate our values in everything we do, improving the health of the communities we work with.
- Identify opportunities to work and collaborate with clients and partners
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
The post holder will undertake the following duties:
Health economics function - Select an appropriate health economic approach, design and development of transparent and user-friendly economic models such budget impact models, cost-effectiveness models
- Develop logic models and evaluation frameworks including mixed method approaches to evaluate medicines and technologies such as medical devices and digital health solutions
- Support the delivery of health economics services to both public and private sectors
- Perform systematic and targeted literature reviews
- Undertake health economics outcome research studies including the syntheses of evidence e.g., perform meta-analyses
- Analysis, synthesis and presentation of data extracted from health and social care databases (real world data) to inform models (e.g., budget impact, CEA)
- Develop study design, development and implementation across a variety of therapeutic areas
- Teaching
Team leadership and line management - Provide direct line management support to other team members, as well as supporting the supervision and development of other team members as part of a matrix working model
- Provide training and share knowledge on areas of expertise internally
- Appraise and quality assure the analytical outputs from the team.
- Be an active member of the leadership team and management of health economics projects
Communications and networking - Communicate and present our work to a specialist and non-specialist audience, ensuring our key messages are understood and helping build our reputation
- Build networks across the NHS, academia and industry, transferring expertise and knowledge and sharing best practice beyond organisational boundaries
- Collaborate with academic partners to add academic rigour to the work of the team.
- Collaborate with the Strategy Unit and other colleagues in MLCSU such as the business intelligence team, to build the CSUs service offer and avoid duplication
- Be innovative, creative and agile in approach and according to our values, increasing the range and skills of the clients, stakeholders and partners
- Actively contribute to The Health Economics Units, and your, public profile and presence through posters, abstracts, academic publications and presentations at academic conferences, events and in the social media
Project and client management - Lead and support high quality projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and budget, ensuring every client has an outstanding experience of collaborating with us
- Work with clients, project sponsors and other stakeholders to structure problems, taking account of the wider business and policy contexts and the differing perspectives of stakeholders.
- Understand, analyse and resolve complex client problems or disputes in a professional manner
- Provide horizon-scanning and pre-empt issues before they occur
- Create and monitor the budget for projects and work-areas where accountable and contribute towards this for other projects. Ensure that resources are used efficiently and any deviation to the budget is communicated internally and to clients
- Develop proposals to meet client project briefs including resource requirements, cost estimates and timescales and contribute to the development of new business opportunities.
Unit development - Support the organisation to deliver its values, vision and mission, both for the health economics team and across the service
- Operate in line with MLCSUs information governance policies and other relevant legislation, and design policy in accordance with this
- Demonstrate our values in everything we do, improving the health of the communities we work with.
- Identify opportunities to work and collaborate with clients and partners
Person Specification
Team working
Essential
- Managing projects
- Working/leading within team
- Managing people, line mamangement
Evaluations of innovation such as digital technology and medical devices
Essential
- Managing large evalaution projects
- Experience of evaluation digital technologies
- Understanding of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence
Business development and client management
Essential
- Proposal writing
- Bid writing
- Managing difficult clients
- Resource mamanagment
Technical skills health economics/ economic evaluations
Essential
- Economic evaluations - modelling
- Mixed methods evaluations (qualittaive and quantitative methods)
- Use of real world data and outcomes research
- Knowledge and experience of the application of alternative decison frameworks for complex decsion making
Person Specification
Team working
Essential
- Managing projects
- Working/leading within team
- Managing people, line mamangement
Evaluations of innovation such as digital technology and medical devices
Essential
- Managing large evalaution projects
- Experience of evaluation digital technologies
- Understanding of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence
Business development and client management
Essential
- Proposal writing
- Bid writing
- Managing difficult clients
- Resource mamanagment
Technical skills health economics/ economic evaluations
Essential
- Economic evaluations - modelling
- Mixed methods evaluations (qualittaive and quantitative methods)
- Use of real world data and outcomes research
- Knowledge and experience of the application of alternative decison frameworks for complex decsion making
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).
