NICE Guidelines – Health Economics Specialist Professional Member

Job summary

Appointment to the NICE guidelines development programme – Specialist Committee Member – Health Economics

RoleSpecialist committee member: Health economics in guideline development

Number of vacanciesFour roles that can be deployed to key topics across the NICE guideline development programme.

LocationMainly virtual with some in person meetings in Manchester and London

Closing dateMidnight on 24 July 2026

Main duties of the job

About the roleHealth economics is at the heart of NICE’s guideline programme, helping ensure recommendations are not only clinically effective but also make the best use of finite NHS resource. By comparing different treatment options and considering their wider impact on services, economic evidence supports guideline committees to make balanced, practical decisions. This helps ensure guidance is grounded in real world value, supporting high quality care that is both effective and sustainable across the health and care system.

These new roles will complement NICE’s in-house expertise by bringing additional independent external insight, particularly on topics requiring more complex economic analysis, while strengthening the contribution of economics in committee discussions.

Key responsibilities will include:o contributing economic expertise at key committee discussionso reviewing economic modelling and evidenceo helping interpret cost-effectiveness issues for committeeso raising the profile of the economic work within the committee

Person Specification

Ability to contribute to the work of the committee

Essential

• Significant experience and expertise in health economics, including economic evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and economic modelling.
• The ability to strengthen the contribution of economics in committee discussions and decision making.
• The ability to contribute constructively to multidisciplinary discussions, listening to and respecting a range of professional, technical and lived experience perspectives.
• An understanding of the social, political, economic and professional influences on NICE

Ability to understand and interpret multiple complex data sets

Essential

• Ability to gather data, analyse, critique and synthesise complex information, as evidenced by relevant experience and/or academic qualifications.

Nature of the motivation underpinning the application

Essential

• Clearly and persuasively stated reasoning for making an application.
• Interest in contributing specialist health economics expertise to decisions that affect patients, service users, practitioners and the wider health and care system.

Equality and diversity

Essential

• Commitment to eliminating unlawful discrimination, advancing equality and an understanding or awareness of the issues of inequality in health, public health and social care settings.

Other

Essential

• Please state which advertised role on the committee you are applying for.

Eligibility

Essential

• Are you happy to commit to work within the NICE equality scheme?
• Do you commit to keeping committee discussions confidential as needed?
• Do you have the time to commit to this committee’s work? (This includes attending meetings, reading papers, commenting on draft documents, and other work as required)
• Have you worked, or do you work as a healthcare, social care or public health professional? If yes, please give details including profession, specialty and dates.
• Have you received a prison sentence or suspended sentence of 3 months or more in the last 5 years?
• Are you the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or interim order?
• Have you been dismissed (except by redundancy) by any NHS or social care body?
• Have you had an earlier term of appointment with NICE terminated?
• Are you under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986?
• Have you been removed from trusteeship of a charity?
• Are you employed by the Department for Health and Social Care?
• Are you employed by NHS England’s national commissioning functions?
• you appointed by NHS England as a National Clinical Director, National Specialty Lead, or Clinical Reference Group chair?

Closing Date: 24 July 2026