This is a specialist committee member post on NICE's Quality Standards Advisory Committee, covering anxiety and PTSD topics. The work helps develop a quality standard, including prioritising areas of care for statements and measures, reviewing evidence and consultation comments, and preparing for two all-day meetings. NICE is seeking a psychiatrist specialising in children and young people among its members, with meetings mainly virtual and occasional in-person or hybrid sessions over ten months. Applicants need active professional registration and a licence to practise.
What the job involves
- Attend two all-day Quality Standards Advisory Committee meetings
- Use personal and professional knowledge to inform development of the quality standard
- Prioritise areas of care for which quality statements and measures should be developed
- Read, review and comment on material at key points in the quality standard's development
- Consider NICE team analysis and interpretation of evidence and consultation comments
- Prepare for meetings by reading papers and gathering relevant information
- Attend short 30-minute virtual meetings with the NICE team before each committee meeting
- Raise concerns about process or draft content and seek to resolve them within the committee
- Work with the NICE team and committee chair between meetings, often to tight deadlines
- Follow agreed decision-making procedures and accept collective committee decisions
- Act impartially and professionally, following NICE's Principles and its policies on hospitality, declarations of interests and travel
- Champion the quality standard after publication and promote its endorsement
Qualifications
- Psychiatrist specialising in children and young people
Registration & licences
- Active registration with the appropriate professional body
- Licence to practise
Experience
- Experience in health or social care, as a practising professional or working in or alongside the health or social care sector
- Interest in anxiety and/or PTSD
Skills & knowledge
- Ability to gather, analyse, critique and synthesise complex data and information, evidenced by experience or academic qualifications
- Understanding of the social, political, economic and professional influences on NICE
- Commitment to eliminating unlawful discrimination and advancing equality, and awareness of inequality in health and care settings
Other
- Clearly and persuasively stated reasons for applying
- Stating the post applied for
What’s offered
- Reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including train fares and hotel costs, for in-person committee meetings
- Reimbursement of certain carer or childcare costs for meeting attendance, under NICE's non-staff reimbursement policy
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
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