At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead strategic evaluation and health economics to drive impactful healthcare decisions.
- Company: Join the Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board, shaping the future of healthcare.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a high-performing team dedicated to improving health outcomes for diverse communities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in community health while developing innovative evaluation approaches.
- Qualifications: Master's degree or equivalent experience in health economics and evaluation methodologies.
The predicted salary is between 66582 - 77368 £ per year.
As Senior Lead for Evaluation and Health Economics, you will provide strategic leadership for the development and application of evaluation, evidence and health economic expertise across the organisation. You will lead specialist teams, oversee complex evaluations and economic analyses, and provide senior advice to executive leaders, commissioners and system partners. Working at the heart of strategic commissioning and transformation, you will ensure that major investment decisions are underpinned by robust evidence, clear benefits realisation and sound economic thinking.
This role offers the opportunity to influence system-wide change, develop innovative approaches to evaluation and value assessment, and build capability across a complex health and care system. You will join the Norfolk and Suffolk Intelligence Function - a high performing analytical unit that aims to empower the Integrated Care System to make evidence-informed decisions to improve the health and wellbeing of communities.
If you are an analytical expert with strong leadership skills, a strategic mindset, and a passion for using data, evidence, and economics to drive improvement, we would love to hear from you. Join the team and play a key role in delivering better outcomes for our population while helping shape the future of healthcare.
Main duties of the job
- Provide strategic leadership for evaluation, evidence generation and health economics.
- Manage and develop the Evaluation and Health Economics teams.
- Oversee the design, assurance and delivery of evaluation and economic analysis.
- Advise executive leaders, commissioners and partners on evidence-based decision-making.
- Translate complex findings into actionable recommendations.
- Embed evaluation and economic assessment within commissioning and transformation processes.
- Promote best practice methodologies, standards and continuous improvement.
- Build system-wide capability through leadership, guidance and partnership working.
- Ensure evidence and value considerations inform service transformation and resource allocation.
We manage an annual budget of £4.9 billion to commission safe, high-quality and accessible health services for 1.7 million people living in Norfolk and Suffolk. We work with hospitals, GP practices, dentists, pharmacies, community, mental health and ambulance services, alongside local councils and voluntary organisations, to improve care. We involve local communities in shaping decisions and use their insights to improve services. As a statutory NHS organisation, we are accountable to NHS England and the UK Government.
Our role is to ensure services meet current and future needs by setting local NHS strategy, allocating funding, maintaining quality and safety standards, improving access, reducing health inequalities and enabling joined-up care. Norfolk and Suffolk include rural, coastal and deprived communities, with an older-than-average population. Around half of residents live in rural or coastal areas, where access can be harder, and about 219,000 people live in the most deprived areas, where early deaths are significantly higher. These factors shape our planning and focus on reducing inequalities.
Our vision is for people to live longer, healthier lives with access to safe, joined-up, patient-centred care. We prioritise improving healthy life expectancy, reducing inequalities and ensuring consistent access to high-quality services. We work across five local Places and partner with NHS providers, councils, the VCFSE sector and communities to deliver locally responsive care.
Person Specification
- A thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity.
- Master's degree or equivalent senior-level experience.
- Advanced knowledge of health economics and evaluation methodologies.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Ability to communicate highly complex or sensitive analytical information.
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and presenting to large audiences.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and quality standards.
- Experience developing analytical capability through training and mentoring.
- Strong understanding of qualitative and quantitative analytical methods.
- Experience with analytical and informatics tools, such as SQL, R or Python as well as relevant data platforms.
- Ability to work independently and provide specialist advice.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills in complex environments.
NS 18.33 Senior Lead for Evaluation and Health Economics in Norfolk employer: National health service
The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that prioritises patient safety and service improvement. With a strong commitment to employee development, including leadership training and apprenticeship programmes, staff are empowered to grow their skills while contributing to the health of London. The Trust's inclusive culture and focus on quality management ensure that employees feel valued and supported in their vital roles.
