Health Economist (Modeller)

Job Description

An award-winning Heath Economics and Outcomes Research company are looking for a Health Economist with a strong background in modelling to join their successful Health Economics team. This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced Modeller to join a modern thinking,
progressive and incredibly successful health economics consultancy providing a supportive work environment and embrace the work life balance – giving you the opportunity to have it all – a fantastic career and a thriving personal life.

The company
Q -How do you measure the potential impact of a new medical

device?therapeutic?

drug?
A - Through well designed and creative modelling.

This company, a leading Health Economics and Outomes Research Consultancy, are passionate about science and innovation in the life science, med tech and health tech field, more over they are interested in the real world impact of such innovations.

Founded by a modeller this company are renowned for their modelling capabilities and their ability in creating intuitive, scientifically robust and clinically appropriate models. They excel across all
model types, and are recognised experts In creating new models which translate complex problems clearly and transparently.

The company employs passionate consultants who are genuinely excited by what they do and the positive impact their work can have. They thrive in engaging with clients, overcoming market access challenges, and contributing to patient access to innovate medicines. The company know that their success is down to the talented people they have working for them. To support their employees to reach their full potential they provided an excellent working environment, opportunities for career development and put a huge emphasis on a healthy work/life balance

The role
Health Economists are responsible for efficient, high-quality execution on health economics (HE) projects and HE elements of cross-collaborative projects. They are expected to be able to implement economic models, run analyses and prepare relevant dissemination materials independently and contribute to proposals and internal initiatives to improve the way the company works

The main duties and responsibilities of the Health Economist includes:
Understand the model development process, including the technical skills of designing and building a health economic model (CEM, BIM, COM, DTM, early models)
Review, extract and analyse data to be used to inform economic models (e.g. health care costs, quality-adjusted life-years, productivity losses)
Independently develop high-quality and relevant economic models, technical reports and user guides, seeking guidance and support as needed
Demonstrate a proactive approach to solving client challenges and research questions whilst critically evaluating value propositions within the context of the evidence base available within a project
Implement high quality, relevant models in Excel and VBA and/or R based on agreed concept or protocol
Adapt and conduct health economic analysis on global models to inform local HTA dossier development
Develop models that are transparent and user friendly
Actively participate in research dissemination including publication and presentation of research.
Work collaboratively with the HE team and other business units across the business, as well as with clients and external collaborators
Understand project briefs, scopes and budgets and identify ambiguity or risks and escalate as appropriate
Begin to manage small projects, ensuring detailed knowledge of timelines and project plans
Embed HE principles across projects, ensuring deliverables are consistently and clearly communicated
Understand the role the company plays in providing evidence for the process of pricing, reimbursement, and market access
Support proposal development and project pitches as required
Comply with all internal reporting and project management systems, ensuring relevant information is kept up to date, including but not limited to, CMAP and Bob
Contribute to internal team meetings as relevant
Act as mentor or buddy to new team members as appropriate

To be considered for the role of Health Economics Modeller/Health Economist you need the following:
Education
A degree in Science/Healthcare
A post-graduate qualification would be desirable.

Experience
Relevant experience working in market accessor HEOR consultancy.
A proven tract record of developing HR models for the life science industry.
Proficient in Excel/VBA. Experience with other languages(e.g. R) desirable
Growing experience in Project Management
Growing experience in business development.