Professional Members – Barrett’s oesophagus guideline update: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

We are seeking the following committee members to join our Barrett’s Oesophagus and stage 1 oesophageal and adenocarcinoma guideline update committee. This update will focus on the surveillance for people with Barrett’s oesophagus:

• Clinical nurse specialist (upper GI)
• Consultant gastroenterologist x 3
• General practitioner
• Nurse endoscopist
• Upper GI histopathologist
• Upper GI surgeon x 2

This guideline update will be developed in collaboration with the British Society of Gastroenterology.

Please note: NICE will reimburse locum backfill for committee members that are working in NHS general practice and a locum is needed to allow their attendance on NICE business. We will also reimburse members on Agenda for Change or equivalent contracts. Details can be found in the non-staff reimbursement policy attached.

Closing date: Midnight on Thursday 29th October 2026.

Main duties of the job

Committee members agree to:

• Set aside enough time to attend committee meetings and use their personal and professional knowledge to inform the development of the guidance
• Raise any concerns about process or details in the draft guidance with the committee, and try to resolve these issues within the committee, with support from the guidance developer or the NICE guidance project team
• Contribute positively to the work of the committee and to developing the guidance
• Take full account of the evidence in developing recommendations
• Consider the analysis and interpretation of evidence prepared by the evidence review team
• Act in a professional manner, show good manners and be courteous to colleagues and staff at all times (committee members should behave in a polite, efficient and respectful manner and without bias or favour, using the highest standards of conduct expected in public life and service while on NICE duty)
• Be impartial and honest in conducting their duties for NICE, use public funds entrusted to them to the best advantage of NICE, and avoid deliberately damaging the confidence of the public or stakeholders in NICE
• Ensure strict adherence to NICE’s Principles and equality policy.
• Read and adhere to NICE’s policies on hospitality, declarations of interests and travel and subsistence.

Person Specification

Ability to contribute to the work of the committee

Essential

• Experience in health or social care (as appropriate) either as a practising health or social care professional, or working in or in association with the wider aspects of health or social care or the healthcare industries.
• An understanding of the social, political, economic and professional influences on NICE.
• Active registration with the appropriate professional body.
• A license to practice.

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.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Essential

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

Other

Essential

• Please specify which of the advertised roles 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?
• Are you appointed by NHS England as a National Clinical Director, National Specialty Lead, or Clinical Reference Group chair?

Closing Date: 29 October 2026