CEDAR Evaluation Scientist in Cardiff

2 months ago


Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom NHS Wales - Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Full time

We are seeking a degree or masters graduate in a health science related discipline to join our friendly and dynamic team at CEDAR, part of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board with links to Cardiff University.

CEDAR supports decision making in healthcare through its contracts with national policy organisations and programmes including the National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE), Welsh Value in Health Centre (WViHC) and the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC) [formerly WHSSC]. CEDAR also supports original research and service evaluation projects.

About CEDAR:

CEDAR is a Centre for Healthcare Evaluation, Device Assessment and Research – a combined NHS-academic research organisation which sits within both Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Cardiff University. CEDAR focuses on evidence, research and evaluation involving mainly medical devices, diagnostics, and interventional procedures. We also work on service improvement and redesign projects. Our partnerships include the NHS, academic institutions, commercial sector, publicly funded organisations, and charities. CEDAR is staffed by a highly experienced and multi-disciplinary team of both NHS and Cardiff University employees..

Main duties of the job

We have a vacancy for an Evaluation Scientist to help support CEDAR's work with NICE, JCC, WViHC, and potentially CEDAR's wider portfolio of work. As an Evaluation Scientist, you will support this work by producing rapid evidence reviews on specialist treatments and presenting the findings to committees of experts and lay people. An understanding of healthcare is essential, as is the ability to write and communicate clearly on complex healthcare interventions, as you will be working to tight deadlines and ensuring that multiple projects stay on track.

This post offers a unique opportunity to use evidence to help shape healthcare policy and practice. If you have a keen interest in using the best available evidence to inform health policy in a timely manner, then this is the role for you CEDAR is conveniently located at Cardiff Medicentre at UHW with good cycle/changing facilities nearby and a free car park. We are looking for someone who shares our values of trust, respect, personal responsibility, kindness and integrity and we welcome applications equally in Welsh or in English.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.



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