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Technical Analyst
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
907-858
Employer
NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Employer type
NHS
Site
3rd Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place
Town
Manchester
Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/04/2026 23:59

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NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence logo

Senior Technical Analyst – Evidence Generation

NHS AfC: Band 8a

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance and advice on promoting high quality health, public health and social care.

As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to creating a inclusive environment and welcome everyone from all backgrounds to apply so we can continue to create a workforce which is representative of the communities we serve.

If you are suitably qualified and have an interest in remote, hybrid, full time or part time working we encourage you to get in touch as we are happy to discuss potential flexible working opportunities.

We have modern offices in Manchester city centre and Stratford, London.  Please take into consideration that you may be required to commute to one of our offices for business purposes if necessary.

Job overview

Do you want to do meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to society? Our main purpose here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is to improve health and wellbeing by putting science and evidence at the heart of health and care decision making.  As an organisation we all collaborate to achieve this same goal through empowering our workforce to do great things!

Working in the managed access team you’ll help to bring promising health technologies to patients and the NHS sooner by supporting the delivery of the evidence that NICE needs. You’ll work on a wide variety of topics alongside partners from across the healthcare system with plenty of opportunities to learn and develop.

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.


We reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications so please don’t delay your submission.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Technical Analyst – Evidence Generation, you will play a pivotal role in bringing promising new health technologies to patients in the NHS. By managing diverse stakeholder relationships and critically appraising highly complex data, you will facilitate conditional use arrangements that bring innovative treatments to patients while delivering the evidence needed to comprehensively understand their clinical and cost effectiveness.
 The successful candidate is expected to:


•       Critically Appraise Complex Data: Evaluate and validate highly complex clinical research, epidemiological data, and real-world data sources


•       Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of partners, including NICE committee teams, Evidence Assessment Groups (EAGs), and senior system partners


•       Communicate with confidence: Prepare and deliver structured briefings and presentations on highly complex information to a range of internal and external stakeholders


•       Lead Document Synthesis: Author and edit high-quality public guidance documents, ensuring all outputs meet rigorous quality standards


•       Manage Projects: Work across multiple workstreams with shifting timelines, evaluating risks and priorities

Working for our organisation

The Commercial and Managed Access Programme (CMAP) supports the work of NICE guidance producing programmes by facilitating and streamlining interactions with key health system partners and companies to support access to cost- effective technologies and value for money in healthcare. 

Managed access (medicines) / Early Use Assessment (healthtech) provide an opportunity for patients to benefit from promising new treatments, while further data is collected to address uncertainties. The Managed Access Team aims to resolve the uncertainties by considering the feasibility data collection, working with NICE committees, translating evidence generation recommendations into data collection agreements (DCAs) / evidence generation plans, overseeing the generation of new evidence and ensuring that it’s ready for review after the period of evidence generation.

Nice benefits include:
Generous NHS Pension – Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK.
Flexible Working – Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times.
Exclusive Discounts – Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light Card.
Time to Recharge – Start with 27 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
Inclusive Staff Networks – Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and Nice and Proud

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Postgraduate qualification or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/ development

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in working with a range of individuals, external stakeholders, and organisations ideally in a healthcare setting

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Experience with evidential uncertainty in at least one of the following: financial and demographic modelling, economics, risk management, pricing uncertainty

Skills/Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Working knowledge of all of the following areas and specialist expertise in at least one of the following: o Health economics o Medical statistics o Clinical trials o Public health and health policy o Epidemiology o Medical writing/editing

Skills/Knowledge

Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of routinely collected health and health care data

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Thomas Lawrence
Job title
Technical Advisor
Email address
[email protected]
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