Advisor (Health Economist)

Health Innovation East has an exciting opportunity for an Advisor (Health Economist) to join our evaluation service within our Delivery team.

Salary: £38,320 – £49,645

Hours of work: Full time. Flexible working hours/options compatible with the role can be discussed.

Deadline: 09:00, 11 April, 2025

Date of interview: week commencing 21 April, 2025

Role purpose

We are seeking a Junior Health Economist to join our team and play a key role in informing health policy and service decisions, particularly in the context of the NHS. This role involves:

assisting in the design and implementation of economic evaluations under the guidance of senior economists
supporting the application of robust modelling techniques to analyse health data
helping to interpret complex evidence to inform resource allocation and policy-making decisions.

Key responsibilities

As a Junior Health Economist, the post holder will

Health Economic Modelling: Assist in developing and maintaining health economic models (e.g., decision trees, Markov models) to support cost-effectiveness and budget impact analyses.
Statistical Analysis: Utilise statistical models (e.g., General Linear Models, Differences-in-Differences, Interrupted Time Series) to analyse healthcare data and inform economic evaluations, under supervision.
Economic Evaluation: Help conduct cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, and other relevant analyses, ensuring alignment with NHS guidelines and best practices.
Parameter Estimation: Identify and extract relevant parameters from published literature and incorporate findings into models, with guidance from senior health economists.
Reporting and Communication: Prepare technical reports and presentations that communicate methodologies, assumptions, and findings to both technical and non-technical audiences, with support.
Collaboration: Work closely with clinical, academic, and operational teams to integrate economic findings into broader project strategies and outcomes, contributing to team efforts.

Key relationships and working with others

This role will be required to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with internal and other external stakeholders as required.

Corporate duties

Support the organisation in creating an environment that values risk management and promotes the highest standards of health and safety for Health Innovation East’s employees, supported by policies and procedures as appropriate
Comply with current data protection laws and company data protection policy and procedures
Support the organisation in developing a collaborative working environment and a culture of innovation and positive leadership, participating in the appraisal process, as required
Promote Equal Opportunities and affirm that staff, colleagues, patients and others who encounter Health Innovation East are afforded equality of treatment and opportunities.
Observe Health Innovation East’s Equality and Diversity policy in every aspect of your work, avoiding any behaviour which discriminates against colleagues, potential employees, patients or clients on any grounds
Work with others appropriately to achieve organisational goals
Comply with the Health Innovation East values and behaviours

How to apply

To apply please submit your CV and a covering letter by 9am 11 April 2025 to recruitment@healthinnovationeast.co.uk specifying your motivation for applying and how you meet our person specification. For an informal discussion, please contact deliveryoperations@healthinnovationeast.co.uk.

Interviews will be conducted during the week commencing 21^st April 2025.

Download the job description and person specification now

We are committed to the employment and career development of people living with a disability. As part of this commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants living with a disability who in the collective opinion of the selection panel meet the essential criteria for the role for which they have applied. If you wish to be considered for this scheme, please advise recruitment@healthinnovationeast.co.uk by no later than the closing date above.

We really encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates, particularly from diverse backgrounds, so that we truly represent the rich diversity of our region. Please consider filling in an equality and diversity monitoring form. The completion of this form is entirely optional and there are no consequences for your application if you choose not to provide such information. It will not be seen by anyone involved in shortlisting applicants for interview, or anyone involved in the interview itself. The information provided will be kept confidential and will be used for monitoring purposes only.

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