Technical Analyst

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

The Technical Analyst, Commercial Liaison is responsible for liaising with committee appraisal teams and with NHS England (NHSE). They will provide an assessment of commercial risk at an early stage and develop detailed technical briefings to inform and support NHSE in their commercial engagements with technology developers. The post holder will be required to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal teams, NHSE, and external stakeholder groups, and contribute to the development of high-quality methodological practice across the Commercial and Managed Access Programme and the Appraisals Programme.

The job holder will have skills in health economics, healthcare commissioning, clinical evidence, epidemiology or related areas, will be commercially confident and will be an enthusiastic analyst with a relevant postgraduate qualification (e.g. health economics, public health, clinical pharmacology, health service research).

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave. The cover is anticipated to be from May 2025 until May 2026.

Contract type: Fixed term or secondment

Main duties of the job

The Technical Analyst plays a key role in providing technical expertise on the commercial elements of Health Technology Assessment, working alongside the Technical Adviser on a portfolio of projects. Responsibilities include:

• Developing and supporting the early identification of appraisal topics with high commercial risk
• Preparing and presenting structured briefings of evidence and specialist advice to facilitate effective commercial engagement by NHSE, including selecting the key evidence to be presented
• Working with the Technology Appraisal Stakeholders, Advisory Committees and external Technology Assessment Groups
• Frequent use of standard office management software and manipulation of economic models in specialised software packages.

About us

The Commercial and Managed Access (CMA) team supports NICE guidance producing programmes by facilitating and streamlining interactions with key health system partners and companies to support access to cost-effective technologies and value for money in healthcare. As part of CMA, the Commercial Liaison team provides an interface between NICE guidance production and the NHS England (NHSE) Commercial Directorates to ensure that:

• the value judgements made by NICE committees in the development of guidance are effectively translated and incorporated into those used in related commercial engagements led by NHSE;
• NHSE are supported in understanding the impact of these judgements on the commercial arrangements they are developing with companies;
• commercial arrangements are assessed to ensure they do not introduce unduly complex monitoring, disproportionate additional costs, burden and bureaucracy to the NHS; and
• there is alignment between NHSE and NICE guidance production processes that supports timely access for patients to cost-effective and affordable technologies.

Job responsibilities

We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.

Benefits

• NHS pension scheme which is one of the most generous in the UK.
• We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance including work from home, compressed hours and flexi start/finish times.
• Access to a Blue Light Card which includes a wide range of discounts from major retailers, restaurants and more.
• Holiday entitlement which starts from 27 days plus Bank Holidays
• Access to modern offices with showers, bike storage facilities and refreshments such as tea and coffee.
• Access to Staff Networks including Disability Advocacy and Wellbeing Network, Women In NICE, Race Equality Network, NICE and Proud, Eco-NICE, Change Agent Network. Equality and Diversity is highly valued in the organisation.
• Personal development tailored to your needs.

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.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant postgraduate qualification in a quantitative subject or health-related subject, or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development

Experience

• Experience of working in one of the following fields: Health economics, Healthcare commissioning, Clinical evidence, Public health and health policy, Epidemiology, and how your experience is relevant to the role
• Experience in working with a range of individuals, external stakeholders, and organisations, ideally in a healthcare setting, and how it is relevant to the role

Knowledge

• An understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare, critical appraisal and the interpretation and synthesis of health care research evidence

Skills

• Ability to manipulate, analyse and critique economic models, highlighting the types of models and software used

Other

• Good attention to detail with a thorough and systematic approach to tasks and high standards of accuracy

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.

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

£46,148 to £52,809 a year, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working