Job summary
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
The Technical Analyst - Evidence Generation is responsible for advising on complex process and methodological issues associated with technology appraisals and with the work of NICE's Evidence Assessment Groups. This involves providing leadership on technical issues, particularly on all aspects of data collection and analyses for guidance with managed access and evaluative commissioning, establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal teams, NHS England, Evidence Assessment Groups and external stakeholder groups and contributing to the development of high-quality methodological practice across the Commercial and Managed Access Programme and the Appraisals Programme. These roles are in addition to the opportunity to act as Technical Lead on some appraisals and include participating in appeal hearings and providing scientific advice to technology developers.
The job holder is expected to be an expert in the methods of health technology assessment, including health economics, medical statistics, clinical trials, epidemiology or related areas, with particular focus on the use of evidence from non-randomised studies.
About us
Managed access provides an opportunity for patients to access promising new treatments, while further data is collected to address significant clinical uncertainties. As part of the Commerical and Managed Access Programme the Managed Access Team provides essential interfaces between NICE guidance production and our partners at NHS England and other clinical registries to establish the feasibility of further data collection and to oversee the generation of new evidence. The Managed Access Team ensures that recommendations made by NICE committees concerning managed access (e.g. Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) and Innovative Medicines Fund (IMF)) can be translated into data collection agreements and come back for review.
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.
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 demonstrateall essential criteriathrough 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 demonstrateall essential criteriathrough 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/Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience in critically appraising health literature, including real-world evidence, non-randomised and uncontrolled studies
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of the principles of evidence-based health care, critical appraisal and the interpretation of health care research evidence
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex ideas to a range of audiences and to generate trust and confidence in individuals at all levels both within and outside the organisation
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience in critically appraising health literature, including real-world evidence, non-randomised and uncontrolled studies
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of the principles of evidence-based health care, critical appraisal and the interpretation of health care research evidence
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex ideas to a range of audiences and to generate trust and confidence in individuals at all levels both within and outside the organisation
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).
