Bladder Cancer (update) Professional Member in Brighton

NICE is seeking to appoint guideline committee members to update its Bladder cancer: diagnosis and management guideline in relation to treating non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, treating muscle-invasive bladder cancer and managing locally advanced or metastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

We are looking for the following:

• Clinical Oncologist x 1
• Urologist x 2
• Medical Oncologist
• Clinical Nurse Specialist x 2

Further details of the specific expertise required for each role can be found in the supporting documentation.

Committee members agree to:

• Set aside enough time to attend committee meetings and use their personal and professional knowledge to inform the development of the guidance.
• Raise any concerns about process or details in the draft guidance with the committee, and try to resolve these issues within the committee, with support from the guidance developer or the NICE guidance project team.
• Contribute positively to the work of the committee and to developing the guidance.
• Take full account of the evidence in developing recommendations.
• Consider the analysis and interpretation of evidence prepared by the evidence review team.
• Act in a professional manner, show good manners and be courteous to colleagues and staff at all times.
• Be impartial and honest in conducting their duties for NICE, using public funds entrusted to them to the best advantage of NICE.
• Ensure strict adherence to NICE’s Principles and equality policy.
• Read and adhere to NICE’s policies on hospitality, declarations of interests and travel and subsistence.

The position of committee member is unpaid. Committee members employed on Agenda for Change terms and conditions will be reimbursed in line with their current substantive salaries, up to a maximum of £300 per day (more than 4 hours) or £150 per half day (up to and including 4 hours).

Other expenses: NICE recognises that in some circumstances individuals will need to arrange for carers or support workers to take over unpaid caring responsibilities while they are at a meeting.

Time commitment: Committee members are expected to attend 10 day-long predominantly virtual committee meetings. Committee members will have to spend time reading substantial committee documents and helping to produce consultation documents.

ROLE DESCRIPTION Summary: To work in collaboration with NICE staff and the guideline Chair over a period of up to 1 year to support the development of an update to the bladder cancer: diagnosis and management guideline.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in NICE guideline induction and development training as required.
• Attend all guideline committee meetings.
• Work with the NICE Development Team to agree the review questions and parameters which will inform the development of the guideline update.
• Prepare for committee meetings by reading, reviewing and commenting on all relevant papers and communicating by email between meetings.
• Participate in Committee discussions, deliberations and decision making using own specialist knowledge whilst respecting input from non-specialists and lay persons.
• Work with the other members and chair of the Committee and NICE Development Team to identify key issues, review evidence tables, and draft evidence statements.
• Assist in quality assuring the guidelines and recommendations before they are approved internally by NICE prior to consultation and final publication.
• Act in accordance with the principles of the NICE Code of Conduct, NICE guideline processes, policies and manuals.
• Work with the other members and chair of the Committee and NICE Development Team to ensure deadlines and timetables are met.
• Be a champion for the guidelines after publication and undertake activities to promote endorsement of the guideline and implementation if needed.