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I would like to highlight the following position that is currently avilable for application via the nhs.jobs website. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance and advice on promoting high quality health, public health and social care. Our role is to improve outcomes for people using the NHS and other public health and social care services. We do this by: • Producing evidence-based guidance and advice for health, public health and social care practitioners. • Developing quality standards and performance metrics for those providing and commissioning health, public health and social care services; • Providing a range of information services for commissioners, practitioners and managers across the spectrum of health and social care. Technical Analyst Salary band 7 (£30,764 - £40,558) Permanent Location: Manchester The Centre for Clinical Practice develops guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention of ill health. Its guidance is for those working in the NHS, local authorities and the wider public, private and voluntary sectors. The CCP Technical team has two main functions. The first is providing quality assurance from a technical perspective throughout the development of a clinical guideline, including, scoping, development and validation. The second is to provide guidance on the methods of clinical guideline development through the Guidelines Manual, and to foster further development of methods in areas identified as priorities. The team also provides an analytical service to inform judgements about the need to update guidelines. This post involves reviewing existing guidelines to determine whether they need updating. The process for this encompasses Identifying new evidence from a variety of sources, and working with information specialists to search bibliographic databases, sifting for relevance and appraising the new evidence identified. Then interpreting how the evidence might affect current guideline recommendations. Also to communicate with guidance development groups and clinical specialists to gather intelligence about changes in clinical practice in the topic area, and to ensure that the process and decisions are documented systematically and transparently You will have: • Postgraduate qualification or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development • An understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare, critical appraisal and the interpretation and synthesis of health care research evidence • An understanding of guideline development, health technology assessment and/or public health research and assessment methodology • Effective and persuasive communication and presentation skills oral, written and presentation with a high degree of personal credibility and sensitivity • Ability to gather data, analyse, critique and synthesise complex information and prepare reports and briefing documents For an informal discussion please contact Steven Barnes at [log in to unmask] 020 70452256. Closing date: Friday 28th June at 12 noon - late applications will not be accepted Interview date: 1st August No agencies please.