Job summary
The Senior Analyst has a key role in delivering NICE's ambition to be part of a system that constantly learns from data and implementation. The post holder will support a programme of work that will ensure that NICE expands its uses of data to inform guidance to the health and care sectors. The post holder will work closely with the Technical Adviser (Data Scientist), Associate Director for Data Access and Analytics, and other Data and Analytics Team members.
Contract type: Permanent
Here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) we are passionate about the work we do and proud of the impact we make. We strive for excellence and have an academic culture committed to producing high quality work, which we take collective responsibility for. Not only that, we also put your individual health and wellbeing at the forefront, offering you a great place to work, good benefits, and flexible arrangements, all within a supportive, friendly and inclusive environment.
Main duties of the job
- Leading analytical projects and producing analytical outputs for internal and external stakeholders, particularly relating to the measurement of adherence to NICE guidelines and projects involving guidance computability
- Developing reproducible analytics, pipelines and tools to support the needs of the organisation
- Working closely with other team members, including quality-assuring outputs
- Advising others on the use of healthcare databases for analytic purposes
- Maintaining close links with relevant programmes, and contribute to activities as needed
- Working with colleagues across the organisation to ensure that the outputs from the team are of a high standard and are consistent with other NICE products and ensure alignment of work with NICE's broader strategic ambitions and process developments
- Engaging with external partners to deliver outputs including from the health and social care sector, patient groups, academia, and life sciences
About us
The Data and Analytics team provides leadership in data and real-world evidence to ensure NICE uses a broad range of evidence in its guidance and products. The team works with system partners to ensure that NICE has access to a comprehensive range of health and care data that can inform our guidance and enable us to be part of a system that continually learns from data and implementation.
Here at NICE we are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make.
We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.
Benefits:
- We offer a range of benefits including the NHS pension scheme and staff discounts
- We 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
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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
Education
Essential
- Masters in a relevant discipline (data science, health economics, medical statistics, epidemiology, health informatics or another quantitative discipline) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with different sources of healthcare data, including electronic health records, administrative databases, patient registries, patient-generated health data, and patient experience data
- Expertise in data science, health economics, statistics, or epidemiology
- Knowledge of NHS structures and sources of data
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to use common statistical programming languages such as Python or R, and query languages such as SQL
- An understanding of how clinical coding standards such as ICD, OPCS, and SNOMED-CT are used
Desirable
- Experience in working with cloud-based environments, such as AWS or Azure
- Advanced knowledge of research methods (e.g., study design, causal estimation, predictive modelling, machine learning) using health data.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Masters in a relevant discipline (data science, health economics, medical statistics, epidemiology, health informatics or another quantitative discipline) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with different sources of healthcare data, including electronic health records, administrative databases, patient registries, patient-generated health data, and patient experience data
- Expertise in data science, health economics, statistics, or epidemiology
- Knowledge of NHS structures and sources of data
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to use common statistical programming languages such as Python or R, and query languages such as SQL
- An understanding of how clinical coding standards such as ICD, OPCS, and SNOMED-CT are used
Desirable
- Experience in working with cloud-based environments, such as AWS or Azure
- Advanced knowledge of research methods (e.g., study design, causal estimation, predictive modelling, machine learning) using health data.
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).
