Health Technology Assessment Adviser – Medicines Evaluation

Join NICE as a Health Technology Assessment Adviser and play a central role in shaping evidence-based recommendations that directly impact patient care across the NHS. We are seeking an experienced HTA professional to ensure the robustness and methodological quality of our technology appraisals. This includes reviewing complex clinical and economic evidence and identifying key issues that support transparent, evidence-based decision-making. You will contribute to the development and improvement of NICE's appraisal methodologies and ensure alignment with international best practice.

You will work closely with academic and clinical experts, industry stakeholders and the Appraisal Committee to communicate complex evidence clearly and effectively. The role also involves managing and developing Health Technology Analysts, supporting their performance and professional growth to maintain high-quality work across the programme.

The Health Technology Assessment Adviser ensures the technical quality, rigour and consistency of NICE's technology appraisal outputs. The role provides senior methodological leadership across the Appraisals Programme, overseeing complex evidence reviews, leading methodological development, managing Health Technology Analysts, and acting as Technical Lead on selected appraisals. The post holder also contributes to appeal processes, provides specialist advice to technology developers, and supports high quality analytical and methodological practice across NICE.

• Review and quality assure complex clinical, economic and epidemiological evidence, assessing completeness, identifying risks, and highlighting key issues for Committee consideration.
• Act as Technical Lead for selected appraisals and contribute to NICE's response during appeal hearings.
• Liaise with academic groups, clinical experts, manufacturers and other stakeholders to support clear communication of complex technical issues.
• Line manage and mentor Health Technology Analysts, supporting their training, performance and professional development.
• Support the development and maintenance of methodological best practice within NICE, including defining and ensuring quality standards and processes.
• Provide leadership on technical and methodological issues across the Appraisals Programme, ensuring NICE methodologies are applied and remain up to date.

The Medicines Evaluation Directorate (MED) is responsible for producing independent and trustworthy guidance on medicines. Our work assesses the clinical and cost-effectiveness of medicines, is informed by our stakeholders, and ensures that decisions are timely, consistent and provide value for the taxpayer.

NICE benefits include: Generous NHS Pension; Flexible Working; Exclusive Discounts; Time to Recharge; Inclusive Staff Networks; Tailored Development.

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.

Education/Qualifications: Doctorate or Master's degree (or equivalent) or equivalent relevant HTA experience. The qualifications and/or experience should be in subject, or subjects related to HTA/evidence-based medicine (health economics, medical statistics, clinical trials, public health and health policy, epidemiology, systematic reviewing).

Experience: Excellent writing and editing skills, including the ability to produce high quality technical documents and to review and refine others' work to ensure clarity, accuracy and appropriateness for Committee use and public consultation. Experience in understanding and critically appraising clinical evidence, health economic evaluations and decision analytic models. Experience of supervising, training or providing support to colleagues. Experience contributing to, or producing, evidence based guidance, recommendations, or policy documents.

Skills/Knowledge: Knowledge of evidence based healthcare, critical appraisal, and the interpretation and synthesis of healthcare research evidence, with specialist expertise in at least one HTA related area (e.g., health economics, medical statistics, clinical trials, public health, epidemiology, systematic reviewing, medical writing/editing). Ability to manage and prioritise a workload spanning multiple topics at different stages of development, delivering high quality outputs to frequent, non negotiable deadlines. Ability to communicate complex clinical and economic issues clearly to diverse audiences and contribute effectively to multi stakeholder decision making environments.

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.

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence £64,455 to £74,896 a year, plus HCAS if applicable. Contract: Fixed term. Duration: 12 months. Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours.