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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-CR-2010
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trust Wide
Town
London
Salary
£58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/08/2026 23:59

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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Senior Health Economist

Band 7

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.  

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.  

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

 

 

 

Job overview

Are you passionate about using economics, data and evidence to improve health and care? The Health Economics Unit is seeking a talented Senior Health Economist to join our growing team and contribute to impactful projects across the NHS, academia and industry.

In this role, you will undertake hands-on economic modelling, real-world evidence analyses and evaluations to support healthcare decision-making, innovation and service improvement. You will work on a diverse range of projects including digital health, population health, health inequalities, service transformation and healthcare innovation, applying advanced analytical methods to address complex healthcare challenges.

You will have the opportunity to work with unique datasets, develop economic and statistical models, contribute to nationally recognised projects, and collaborate with leading experts from across the NHS, academia and industry.

 

Most importantly, you will join a passionate, supportive and collaborative team that is committed to delivering outstanding work, sharing knowledge and helping colleagues develop and succeed. We foster an environment where people are encouraged to learn, innovate and grow, while making a meaningful contribution to improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities.

If you are intellectually curious, motivated by real-world impact and excited by solving complex problems, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

  • You will play a key role in delivering health economics, outcomes research and evaluation projects that support healthcare decision-making, innovation and service improvement across the NHS, academia and industry. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will undertake hands-on economic modelling, real-world evidence analyses and evaluations, applying health economics, statistical and econometric methods to address complex healthcare challenges.
  • You will develop economic evaluations, budget impact analyses, return on investment models and other analytical approaches using healthcare datasets and published evidence. You will contribute specialist expertise in economic modelling, outcomes research and quasi-experimental evaluation methods, helping generate robust evidence to inform policy, commissioning and service redesign decisions.
  • You will work closely with clients, clinicians, commissioners and other stakeholders, communicating complex findings clearly and contributing to reports, publications and presentations. The role requires strong quantitative and problem-solving skills, excellent communication skills, and a passion for improving health and care through evidence-based decision-making.
  • You will join a supportive, collaborative and ambitious team that values innovation, continuous learning and making a meaningful impact on health outcomes and inequalities.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. 

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. 

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

 

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Master's degree in Health Economics, Economics, Econometrics, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Operational Research, Mathematics, Data Science or a related quantitative discipline; or a Master's degree containing substantial health economics, economic evaluation or outcomes research content
  • Alternatively, equivalent knowledge and experience gained through working in health economics, outcomes research, healthcare analytics or a related field.
Desirable criteria
  • Formal training in health economics, economic evaluation, outcomes research, epidemiology or advanced analytical methods
  • Evidence of continuing professional development in health economics, modelling, healthcare analytics or related disciplines

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience applying health economics, outcomes research and evaluation methods within healthcare, public sector, academic or consultancy settings
  • Experience undertaking economic evaluations including cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), cost-utility analysis (CUA), cost-consequence analysis (CCA), budget impact analysis (BIA), return on investment (ROI) or related approaches.
  • Experience developing and applying health economic models and analytical frameworks
  • Experience analysing healthcare, public health or administrative datasets using appropriate analytical techniques
  • Experience using specialist analytical and modelling software such as Excel, R, Stata, Python or equivalent tools
  • Experience applying econometric, statistical or quasi-experimental methods such as regression analysis, propensity score matching, difference-in-differences or interrupted time series analysis
  • Experience supporting the supervision or development of junior analysts, researchers or students

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria
  • Good knowledge of health economics, outcomes research and economic evaluation methodologies.
  • Knowledge of healthcare evaluation methods, epidemiology, statistics and applied analytical techniques.
  • Experience developing and applying economic models, including budget impact models, decision trees, Markov models or related approaches
  • Good understanding of NHS structures, healthcare policy and the context in which analytical evidence informs decision-making.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience applying advanced modelling approaches such as partitioned survival models, discrete event simulation or patient-level simulation.
  • Experience using VBA, SQL, GitHub, reproducible analytical pipelines or advanced programming techniques.
  • Knowledge of qualitative research methods or mixed-method evaluations.
  • Use of Python and Power BI

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Wayne Smith
Job title
Chief of Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Email address
[email protected]
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