Senior Health Economist

The Senior Health Economist is a key role within the Strategic Value Unit (SVU) of Central East ICB. The postholder will embed health economic analysis and evaluation across the strategic commissioning cycle, ensuring that the ICB maximises value through its payer function. The role will support value based decisions across strategic prioritisation and planning, strategic commissioning and Neighbourhood Health.

The role will work to deliver cost-effectiveness analyses, economic evaluations, and value assessments that inform investment prioritisation, service reconfiguration, and decommissioning decisions in line with the Strategic Commissioning Framework.

The SVU is integral to the ICB achieving its goals through data and evidence driven decision-making, grounding transformation and strategic commissioning in decisions about value. The Unit works closely with the Population Health Unit, providing the Decision Intelligence and Population Health Management functions for the ICB. The postholder will work alongside other health economists as part of a multidisciplinary team including data scientists, statisticians, qualitative specialists and public health experts.

Proposed Interview dates: 19th - 20th November

Main duties of the job

The purpose includes:

To provide health economic expertise within the Strategic Value Unit (SVU), applying economic principles to improve population outcomes, reduce inequalities and support maximum value from ICB resources.

To embed health economic analysis and evaluation across strategic planning, strategic commissioning, Neighbourhood Health and transformation programmes.

To lead and contribute to complex modelling and evaluation projects, integrating cost, activity, outcome, equity, workforce and service-use data.

To support allocative efficiency by helping decision-makers understand where resources can deliver the greatest marginal benefit, and how trade-offs and opportunity costs should be managed.

To translate evidence, modelling and evaluation findings into actionable recommendations, communicating clearly with commissioners, clinicians, finance, digital, population health and senior leadership teams.

To support the other senior leads within the SVU to deliver ICB and system strategies that improve quality, outcomes, and efficiency that may impact beyond own area of work.

To provide visible and supportive leadership, promoting collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement across teams and partners.

To contribute to system integration and service transformation through effective planning, delivery, and partnership working, working beyond own work area and providing expertise where required.

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people's differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.