Health Economist in Cambridge

Banding: £34,157-£44,621 (pro rata where applicable)

Hours: Full time or minimum 0.8wte. Flexible working hours/options compatible with the role can be discussed.

Base: Magog Court, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AD. Hybrid working options available.

Team: Delivery Team. Accountable to: Senior Advisor / Senior Health Economist.

Terms: 12 months, fixed-term.

About Health Innovation East: Our purpose at Health Innovation East is to turn great ideas into positive health impact. We were established by the NHS to convene all partners in the health sector, to develop and deliver innovative solutions in health and care. Our focus is the East of England, but we are also part of a national network which enables us to deliver at scale. Our consulting offer also extends beyond the East of England, and we are increasingly undertaking national commissions. Citizens, academia, health services and industry will achieve more working together than they will in isolation. Our job is to make this happen. We do this by helping innovators to navigate complex systems, generate value propositions and connect stakeholders to overcome challenges together.

What are we looking for? We are looking for colleagues who share not only our values but also our enthusiasm and commitment to making a difference for our communities. We are united by being dynamic, curious, creative and adaptable. We appreciate the value of evidence and also enjoy trying new and different approaches to solving problems. We are comfortable with ambiguity, changing plans and unanticipated challenges.

Role Purpose: One of Health Innovation East’s key objectives is to evaluate the impact of new innovations in the real-world to support their spread and adoption. We carry out a wide range of mixed methods evaluations covering a breadth of innovations and health and social care areas. The Health Economist will ensure that Health Innovation East designs and develops transparent and user-friendly economic models such as budget impact models and cost-effectiveness models tailored to the real world. The post holder will have in-depth specialist knowledge of modelling applied to experience of health and care settings or in commercial settings. It is essential that the post holder has a good understanding of the challenges faced in healthcare and the role of real-world evaluation in healthcare. The post holder will be expected to contribute to expanding Health Innovation East’s commissioned real-world evaluation work for the health and social care system, innovators, and on external grant development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the design, delivery and management of high-quality return on investment and business impact evaluations.
• Produce high quality reports.
• Support the writing of bids through providing health economic analysis that clearly articulates the value underpinning our offer.
• Develop measurement plans, impact measures and productivity analyses that can be applied consistently for new evaluation programmes.
• Analyse economic growth data from innovator support activities.
• Communicate and disseminate evaluation report findings, including through the development of communications materials such as blogs and impact stories, to inform future implementation efforts.
• Provide expert advice to colleagues in Health Innovation East and to organisations in the wider healthcare landscape in the East of England on the methodology of evaluating the economic impact of health innovations.
• Develop and deliver specialist training sessions, resources and tools on evaluation to build the capacity and capability of colleagues to undertake evaluations.
• Support the successful delivery of relevant programmes from start through to completion, taking accountability for defined elements of those programmes.
• Ensure evaluation projects and reports are delivered in line with agreed milestones.
• Build and nurture relationships with relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor progress across the evaluation programmes and produce regular project reports and updates for national, regional and local governance mechanisms.

Corporate And Personal Responsibilities (including But Not Limited To): Promote and observe Health Innovation East’s equity, diversity and inclusion pledges. Support the organisation in creating an environment that values risk management. Comply with legislation including current data protection laws. Ensure that we only operate within our remit of not offering clinical advice.

Qualifications: Postgraduate qualification (MSc) in health economics, or with equivalent professional experience in healthcare evaluation.

Required Knowledge And Skills:

• Awareness of strategic challenges facing the NHS (with a working knowledge of Eastern region preferred).
• Knowledge of information governance, security, GDPR legislation and guidance.
• Knowledge of health economics and methodologies for the analysis of patient-reported and other health outcomes.
• Knowledge of advanced statistical analyses.
• Strong analytical skills to analyse and interpret complex and varied data for qualitative and quantitative evaluations.
• Using software tools (e.g. SAS, R) to manipulate data and perform analyses.

Experience: Experience in generating and analysing data, conducting complex analysis on bid data particularly in health and social care. Confident presenter, able to communicate complex economic concepts to lay persons.

Right to Work: Applicants must be able to provide evidence of their right to work in the UK at the point any job offer is made.

Desirable Skills And Experience: Relevant PhD. Membership of a professional body such as HESG. Experience of working within a project management environment. Ability to create compelling offers for paid work.

Benefits Of Working At Health Innovation East: As part of the benefits package, Health Innovation East’s employees are entitled to 27 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for less than wholetime equivalent) and are offered a company pension (employer contribution up to 10% of annual salary) as well as a cycle to work scheme. In addition, all employees are covered by our group life insurance (after passing probation) and have unlimited access to the company’s well-being programme which is fully confidential. Team members on secondments will remain on their employer’s terms and conditions.

Equal Opportunity Statement: Health Innovation East is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process where needed.

Use of AI: We recognise that candidates may use AI tools to help prepare applications. However, all application materials and assessment responses should accurately reflect your own skills, experience and knowledge. Any misrepresentation of authorship, experience or qualifications may result in an application being withdrawn from consideration. Submission of an application constitutes your consent to reasonable media and public online presence checks during the hiring process.