Senior Health Economist

2 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Full time

Job summary

Are you passionate about health economics and looking for a challenging role? We have the perfect opportunity for you to join us as a Senior Health Economist here at NICE.

At NICE, we value our employees and offer a supportive and collaborative environment where you can grow and learn. You will have the opportunity to work on impactful projects and contribute to our goals of improving health and social care.

If you are an experienced health economist looking for a role where you can make a difference, apply today

Interviews will be held on 28th and 29th August 2024.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities are divided between 2 streams of work: development (supporting decision-making committees on all economic issues, including developing original, applied economic models and analyses) and validation (testing the validity of economic model outputs produced by other developers to ensure that they reflect economic evidence appropriately).

In both roles, you will ensure that economic issues are given due consideration in reaching recommendations.

You will also contribute to the development of the Institute's methods and processes. This includes undertaking and disseminating original research.

About us

The Methods and Economics Team provides input throughout the development of a guideline, including scoping, conducting evidence reviews, developing economic models and validation. The team also fosters further development of methods in areas identified as priorities such as evidence synthesis, model validation and grading the quality of evidence.

Here at NICE we are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact 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 and staff discountsWe provide a thorough induction programme Personal development is supported through extensive training and development opportunities We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance We value equality and diversity and welcome applicants from all sections of the community We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in line with the NHS Guaranteed Interview Scheme

If you feel this is the type of environment, you will enjoy working in then please feel free to contact us for more information or apply now.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

Contribute to the development of economic plans identifying cost-effectiveness issues and detailing the appropriate selection of priorities for new economic analyses Undertake systematic reviews to identify, appraise and summarise published economic analyses for presentation to guideline committees and inclusion in guideline documentation Undertake original economic modellingSupport the health economics adviser in responding to technical queries that arise during guideline development Support the health economics adviser in reviewing draft scopes and economic plans/protocols with the aim of supporting guideline developers in the identification of cost-effectiveness issues and the appropriate selection of priorities for new economic analyses Support the health economics adviser in reviewing draft guidance to assess whether economic methods are appropriate and whether appraisal and interpretation of economic evidence supports recommendations Contribute to the develop appropriate methods and processes for assessing evidence, research/evaluation and other outputs Provide technical expertise to colleagues within the Directorate and across other Directorates at NICE or to external colleagues

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

Qualifications

Essential

Masters degree or Doctorate in a numerate subject or subjects with relevance to evidence-based decision-making ( economics, public health, mathematics, operational research, data science) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development

Experience

Essential

Experience of conducting economic evaluation in health care, including the development of economic models to inform guideline development

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience of both Excel and TreeAge and at least one software package for the implementation of decision models ( Visual Basic for Applications, R, WinBUGS, Simul8, Arena)

Knowledge

Desirable

Understanding of guideline development, health technology assessment and/or public health research and assessment methods

Skills

Essential

Ability to take primary responsibility for the conceptualisation, parameterisation and implementation of original decision-analytic models

Knowledge

Essential

Working knowledge of all of the following areas and specialist expertise in at least one of them (one area of specialist expertise must be in health economics): Economics, Mathematical modelling, Statistics, Clinical trials, Social care, Epidemiology, Systematic reviewing, Operational research, Data science

Knowledge

Desirable

An understanding of the work of NICE, and the social, political, economic and technical context within which the NHS operates

Other

Essential

Ability to prioritise own workload and produce high-quality work to meet frequent, non-negotiable deadlines

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