Health Economist

NHS AfC: Band 7

**Main area**
- Clinical Engineering
- **Grade**
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- **Contract**
- Fixed term: 24 months (anticipated extension / making permanent thereafter if investment plan successful)
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working hours can be accommodated)
- **Job ref**
- 164-4844681**Site**
- QMC
- **Town**
- Nottingham
- **Salary**
- £41,659 - £47,672 per annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- 09/03/2023 23:59Job overview

Modern healthcare is increasingly dependent on technology. CHEATA is based in Clinical Engineering at a large acute NHS Trust and supports medical technology innovators and manufacturers to gather the evidence needed for NHS adoption. CHEATA is a unique service that sits within the NHS and provides the MedTech industry with NHS insight and perspective on how to drive NHS adoption. A key part of the evidence base for medical technologies is the case for cost effectiveness as part of an overall device Value Proposition and this is a key service offering to CHEATA’s clients.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the CHEATA team as a health economist and to help us support the MedTech Industry with NHS adoption and evidence. This is a fixed term contract for two years, in the first instance

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

The key aspect of the role is to provide health economic modelling for CHEATA’s medtech clients, including budget impact, cost utility and other cost effectiveness modelling, as well as contributing to the creation of the overall device value proposition. In addition, the role also encompasses attendance at client meetings, support for grant submissions with academic and industrial partners, leading HTA submissions to organisations such as NICE and NHS Drug Tariff.

The role will also encompass support for projects within NUH (to support evidence-based procurement activities) and the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network.

Working for our organisation

CHEATA has been supporting the medtech industry for eight years with a wide range of clients including industrial manufacturers as well as academic and clinical innovators and entrepreneurs. As expected from this client base, the project portfolio is diverse and varied. CHEATA is also an active partner in a network of local support services for the medtech industry including Medilink Midlands, East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN), University of Nottingham, Centre for Healthcare Technologies, Nottingham Trent University and the Medical Technologies Innovation Facility (MTIF).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

The post holder would also be expected to contribute to generating project costings and quotes, contribute to grant funding bids e.g. NIHR i4i, represent CHEATA at client meetings as part of overall CHEATA business development support as well as presentation/attendance at workshops, conferences etc.

Person specification

V&B

Essential criteria
- Demonstrates behaviours consistent with Trust and Department values

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria
- First degree or equivalent in relevant discipline
- Evidence of continuing education, particularly in health economics and/or HTA
- Evidence of specialist health economic training and qualifications

Desirable criteria
- Higher degree or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
- Evidence of having undertaken health economic modelling such as formal decision-analytic models
- Evidence of having undertaken HTA activities

Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having undertaken medical device specific health economics
- Experience of involvement in NICE submissions
- Experience of involvement in Drug Tariff submission
- Experience of client engagement and management in a commercial setting

Communications

Essential criteria
- Excellent communications skills, written and oral
- Ability to present complex data

Desirable criteria
- Evidence of report generation
- Ability to manage client expectations and time lines

Analytical skills

Essential criteria
- Critically analyse complex data sets
- Sensitive to clinical and political demands

Planning skills

Essential criteria
- Excellent organisation skills

Other

Essential criteria
- A good understanding of the wider medical technology agenda in the NHS
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

**Salary**: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

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