NICE Guidelines - Health Economics Specialist Professional Member
- NHS
- Full Time
- Manchester
- 1.00 - 600.00 a session
Job Description
Job summary
Appointment to the NICE guidelines development programme - Specialist Committee Member - Health Economics
RoleSpecialist committee member: Health economics in guideline development
Number of vacanciesFour roles that can be deployed to key topics across the NICE guideline development programme.
LocationMainly virtual with some in person meetings in Manchester and London
Closing dateMidnight on 24 July 2026
Who are we looking for?NICE is looking to appoint a small number of specialist committee members with expertise in health economics to support guideline development. This is a rare opportunity to help shape national guidance, influence decisions across the health and care system, and work alongside leading experts at the heart of health policy.As a specialist committee member with strong expertise in health economics, you will work in partnership with leading clinicians, academics, people with lived experience, policymakers, and NICE's in-house guideline development teams, including health economists, to shape national guidance with real-world impact.This role offers an excellent opportunity to influence care across the health and care system while collaborating with high-performing, multidisciplinary teams.We welcome interest from health economists currently working in academia, consultancy, industry, local authorities, or the third sector.If you have an access requirement that prevents you from applying online, please contact [email protected].
Main duties of the job
About the roleHealth economics is at the heart of NICE's guideline programme, helping ensure recommendations are not only clinically effective but also make the best use of finite NHS resource. By comparing different treatment options and considering their wider impact on services, economic evidence supports guideline committees to make balanced, practical decisions. This helps ensure guidance is grounded in real world value, supporting high quality care that is both effective and sustainable across the health and care system.
These new roles will complement NICE's in-house expertise by bringing additional independent external insight, particularly on topics requiring more complex economic analysis, while strengthening the contribution of economics in committee discussions.
Key responsibilities will include:o contributing economic expertise at key committee discussionso reviewing economic modelling and evidenceo helping interpret cost-effectiveness issues for committeeso raising the profile of the economic work within the committee
About us
Remuneration: Currently the position of committee member is unpaid. However, NICE will pay reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including train fares and hotel costs, when necessary, for attending committee meetings as set out in NICE'snon-staff reimbursement policy.
NICE recognises that in some circumstances individuals will need to arrange for carers or support workers to accompany them to a meeting, or to take over unpaid caring responsibilities while they are at a meeting - this includes childcare or care of a family member with a disability or other additional needs. The circumstances in which NICE can provide reimbursement for such costs are outlined in thenon-staff reimbursement policy.
Time commitment: Specialist committee members are expected to attend approximately 3-6 day-long committee meetings over a 12 month period. The exact number of meetings will vary by topic. Most committee meetings are held virtually, with a small number taking place in a hybrid or in-person format.
Job responsibilities
Committee members are required to:
- Participate in NICE guideline induction and development training, as required.
- Contribute economic expertise to committee discussions, strengthening the role of health economics in deliberations and decision making.
- Review economic evidence and modelling.
- Support interpretation of cost effectiveness issues.
- Promote and raise the profile of economic considerations within the committee.
- Support quality assurance of guidelines and recommendations prior to internal NICE approval, including advising on and responding to stakeholder comments on draft recommendations before consultation and final publication.
- Potentially participate in topic group work between committee meetings
Person Specification
Ability to contribute to the work of the committee
Essential
- Significant experience and expertise in health economics, including economic evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and economic modelling.
- The ability to strengthen the contribution of economics in committee discussions and decision making.
- The ability to contribute constructively to multidisciplinary discussions, listening to and respecting a range of professional, technical and lived experience perspectives.
- An understanding of the social, political, economic and professional influences on NICE
Ability to understand and interpret multiple complex data sets
Essential
- Ability to gather data, analyse, critique and synthesise complex information, as evidenced by relevant experience and/or academic qualifications.
Nature of the motivation underpinning the application
Essential
- Clearly and persuasively stated reasoning for making an application.
- Interest in contributing specialist health economics expertise to decisions that affect patients, service users, practitioners and the wider health and care system.
Equality and diversity
Essential
- Commitment to eliminating unlawful discrimination, advancing equality and an understanding or awareness of the issues of inequality in health, public health and social care settings.
Other
Essential
- Please state which advertised role on the committee you are applying for.
Eligibility
Essential
- Are you happy to commit to work within the NICE equality scheme?
- Do you commit to keeping committee discussions confidential as needed?
- Do you have the time to commit to this committee's work? (This includes attending meetings, reading papers, commenting on draft documents, and other work as required)
- Have you worked, or do you work as a healthcare, social care or public health professional? If yes, please give details including profession, specialty and dates.
- Have you received a prison sentence or suspended sentence of 3 months or more in the last 5 years?
- Are you the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or interim order?
- Have you been dismissed (except by redundancy) by any NHS or social care body?
- Have you had an earlier term of appointment with NICE terminated?
- Are you under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986?
- Have you been removed from trusteeship of a charity?
- Are you employed by the Department for Health and Social Care?
- Are you employed by NHS England's national commissioning functions?
- you appointed by NHS England as a National Clinical Director, National Specialty Lead, or Clinical Reference Group chair?
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
Employer details
Employer name
NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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