Health Economist
Job overview
Join our team, where you will play a key role in using robust literature and real-world data for health economic analysis and population health management. Your work will help generate evidence, support the adoption of innovation, assess value, enhance health outcomes, and foster economic growth across Greater Manchester.
- A strong background in health economics with excellent analytical and communication skills.
- Ability to build relationships quickly, adapt to changing environments, and work autonomously to deliver results.
- Exceptional time management and prioritisation skills, with the ability to meet objectives within set deadlines.
- A flexible, proactive approach and a keen interest in the challenges of healthcare innovation and transformation.
We welcome applicants with diverse experiences, whether clinical, NHS management, or industry backgrounds.
An appreciation of the challenges involved with innovation and transformation across health and care is an advantage to succeed in this role.
Main duties of the job
Delivery of benefits management strategies for HInM projects, including creation and maintenance of benefits profiles and plans, linking to wider local and national strategies and best practices methodologies as per the HInM PMO.
Production of Benefits and Business Change reports/graphics and regularly co-developing, creating and maintaining such information for senior managers as well as local and national governance and reporting requirements.
Scoping and researching best practice –appraising published research, grey literature, healthcare policies, organisational activity and financial plans - to inform the ongoing drive for evidence-based, benefits-led change.
Contributing to logic models and metrics for programmes and supporting project teams to determine the theory of change of their initiatives and articulate key benefit measures.
Analyse diverse data to deliver its strategic vision. Manage the collection, analysis, modelling and presentations of data to support projects and programmes.
The role-holder will be responsible for undertaking Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) and/or Budget Impact Analysis (BIA) required to support the implementation and scale-up of a range of projects. This will include modelling at scale innovations in delivery, providing a robust evidence base for change in delivery practices, and demonstrating the value created.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Educated to Bachelor’s degree level of relevant healthcare setting or equivalent level in experience and further training. Experience of working within and/or with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Health Economics
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Healthcare Innovation & Transformation
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Detailed knowledge of and experience with the national NHS benefits approach including HM Treasury’s Green Book, the five-case model and the “Better Business Cases” framework
- Able to take personal responsibility for operational objectives and learn and develop from success and failure.
Training and Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of evidencing benefits realisation of health and care initiatives and undertaking health economic modelling, specifically costbenefit analysis.
- Experience of working on understanding and documenting healthcare pathways including analysis of impact. Experience of systems that harness new technology and innovations.
- Experience of supporting the production of Business Cases with recommendations and costings.
- Experience of applying techniques from specialist analytical disciplines in healthcare settings such as cost-benefit analysis (CBA), return on investment (ROI) and evaluation.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria- Some experience of using data and conducting analysis and an ability to apply this to healthcare settings, including experience of using analytical software and managing the communication of the results of complex analysis.
- Ability to identify, assimilate and interpret national strategies and policies to influence local practice. Evidence of advance analytic and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage a complex workload under pressure to deliver outcomes to fixed deadlines.
- Advance keyboard skills and requirement for accuracy is very high. Inaccuracy in complex projects such as these will lead to poor use of resources and impact.
- The post holder must be an excellent listener and a clear and consistent communicator. Energetic and determined with a positive ‘can do’ sense of confidence and high degree of personal integrity and emotional selfawareness. Independent, flexible and entrepreneurial thinker, capable of working with ambiguity, results focused and resilient in the face of resistance.
- Works on own initiative, work is managed rather than supervision, within clearly defined policies/procedures. Complies with the Trust Information Governance requirements.