Senior Health Economist

Job Description

About us

Source Health Economics is a growing HEOR consultancy specialising in health economics, value communication, systematic review, statistics, and health technology assessment. Since we were founded in 2016, we have achieved our planned year-on-year growth, allowing many opportunities for personal development.

At Source, we have a technically-excellent, supportive, and friendly team, and pride ourselves on our inclusive and collaborative culture. Our core values are excellence, balance, and growth.

We strive to:

• Deliver excellence for our clients and patients, whilst
• Preserving a good work-life balance and supporting employee well-being, and
• Providing opportunities for growth for our employees.

We recruit some of the brightest minds and invest in your professional development.

Why work with us?

Source is a fun, personable company, where our technical teams work closely with each other, enabling us all to learn from some of the best minds in the business. We value our employees, and all employees are encouraged to voice their ideas and contribute to business initiatives, regardless of seniority. Source prides itself on its commitment to employee welfare, as evidenced by our high employee retention.

We have open-plan offices in Oxford and central London, with hybrid working. Our contractual working hours are 37.5 hours per week, with flexible start and finish times around our core company hours of 10 am to 4 pm. Note that for this position, the employee would be expected to be in either office 2-3 days per week.

Alongside an opportunity to actively contribute to a growing company, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays, discretionary bonus scheme, opt-in employee health insurance, employee life insurance, cycle to work scheme, and above-average employer pension contributions.

Our Health Economics team

The health economics team currently consists of 22 people, six at senior level (Consultant Health Economist level and above). The team works across many different clinical areas including oncology, haematology and a number of genetic conditions. Precise deliverables vary by project, but typically consist of building de novo / adapting existing cost-effectiveness and budget impact models. Often, they are developed as core elements of health technology assessments for submission to agencies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC).

Across the team we offer opportunities for project management and line management (with additional training provided if needed, and particularly when at senior level). There are also opportunities to be involved with non-project work to support business development and internal process needs.

Every person at Source is highly valued, and we recognise that individual efforts have a considerable impact on the business’s success.

Role overview

Senior Health Economists (SHEs) are experienced in the design, development and communication of cost-effectiveness and budget impact models. SHEs act to support the technical lead on major projects, such as NICE submissions. They also instruct, mentor and (potentially) line manage more junior colleagues and act as the project manager/lead on some projects including early cost-effectiveness models. In terms of career level, SHEs are midway between Senior Consultant/Consultant and Health Economist/Associate Health Economist level.

Personal attributes

Health economists need to be highly numerate and possess analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. They should have an eye for detail, and within a consultancy, excellent time-management and communication skills. All staff at Source are expected to be pro-active, self-motivated, and open to feedback.

Responsibilities

SHEs undertake the following deliverable-related activities with support from a more Senior Consultant/Consultant Health Economist.

Role

Research, data collection and referencing (core) - Undertakes the actives as required, but also able to provide direction and quality control (QC)

Development of model specifications (core) - Leads, and capable of providing technical and some strategic direction and QC

Model development (core) - Lead and QC, proposes solutions as challenges arise

Model validation (core) - Validates models

Statistical analysis (core) - Advises, plans, and performs a wide range of statistical analyses, with input from a Statistician

Technical reporting (core) - Lead, and provides direction, QC and technical advice

Client communication & presentation (core) - Leads client communication and presentation with authority

Project management (core) - Management of projects of any complexity; Prepares & raises invoices; Responsible for delivering projects within budget

Blogs & webinars (occasionally) - Preparation of blogs; Delivery of webinars

Line management and recruitment (occasionally) - Potentially one direct report; Contributes to recruitment (short-listing, interviewing and selection)

Business development (occasionally) - Identifies follow on project opportunities; Contributes to and writes proposals; Contributes to and leads some pitch presentations

Necessary skills

• A high-level of numeracy
• Highly advanced Excel skills
• Analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to timelines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Technical expert in cost-effectiveness modelling
• Knowledgeable in UK HTA process, requirements, and preferences
• Ability to communicate with authority and advise clients

Necessary qualifications

• Undergraduate degree ideally in a numerical subject
• MSc Health Economics, Maths, Operational Research or similar

Necessary Experience

• Extensive experience of developing de novo model specifications, economic models, technical reports and the economic sections of HTA Submissions(essential)
• Client communication and presentation (essential)
• Delivery of technical advice to clients (essential)
• Project management experience (essential)
• Mentoring of junior staff on projects (desirable)

Source is part of Sciris. Sciris specialises in bespoke programmes in health economics and outcomes research, healthcare communication, creative and brand strategy, medical compliance, insights, and insights.