Job summary
This exciting opportunity has arisen to join NHS England's Medicines Access Policy Team, which is part of the Medicines Value & Access Directorate - Chief Financial Officer Group.
The Medicines Access Policy Team works with cross-system partners (MHRA, NICE, DHSC, OLS, industry, including trade associations, and patient groups) to join up the access pathway, and develop access policy that ensures clinically, and cost-effective medicines reach patients as quickly as possible; whilst ensuring efficient use of the NHS medicines budget to deliver maximum value.
The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate relevant experience working with stakeholders in the medicines access ecosystem including NHS England, DHSC, NICE, MHRA, or pharmaceutical companies, and understanding of the medicines access landscape in England, including knowledge of how MHRA, NICE and NHS England interact to deliver medicines to NHS patients.
Main duties of the job
As a Project Policy Officer you'll work as part of cross directorate project teams of policy makers, supply experts, commercial negotiators, and health economists to build policy frameworks that facilitate access to clinically and cost-effective medicines.
Key aspects of the role will be to:
- Ability to rapidly develop briefings, FoI and PQ responses on medicines access issues within tight timelines.
- Developing and organising roundtables and workshops with industry stakeholders
- Supporting the access policy leads with the development of consultations, and analysis of consultation responses.
- Working with cross-directorate colleagues to shape NHSE positions on the application of commercial flexibilities contained within the commercial framework for new medicines.
- Supporting the directorate to proactively resolve medicines supply issues and strengthen medicines resilience.
- Work directly with the deputy director for medicines access policy to support day-to-day programme management.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details and person specification to ensure you meet the criteria before applying for the role.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details and person specification to ensure you meet the criteria before applying for the role.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Post-graduate degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Skills Capabilities and Aptitudes
Essential
- Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Post-graduate degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Skills Capabilities and Aptitudes
Essential
- Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
