Experienced HTA Consultant

Are you an experienced Health Technology Assessments Consultant looking for an exciting new opportunity in a people-first business? Do you want to elevate your career and have an impactful role which delivers on a mission to improve patient outcomes by speeding access to life-changing healthcare innovations?

We are a dynamic, friendly, and rapidly expanding independent market access and HEOR consultancy with offices in Oxfordshire, London, Manchester, and York, along with hubs in Newcastle and Cambridge (our hubs comprise local team members who meet for social events and ad hoc face-to-face working, but do not have permanent physical offices). We provide strategy and solutions to help Pharma and Medtech companies bring interventions to market, providing more patient choice and meeting the needs of the healthcare environment.

We strive to be the consultancy of choice for people pursuing careers in market access and HEOR by maintaining a high-performing, happy, motivated community. We are proud of our collaborative, nurturing environment, and are known for our exemplary work, agility, and innovation.

Our core services are Health Economics, Systematic Literature Review and Network Meta-analysis, Global Market Access and Pricing, UK NHS insights, HTA support, and Customer Communication.

Mtech Access are now part of Petauri™. This marks a significant and exciting milestone in our journey, and aligns with our commitment to partnering with industry to bring life-enhancing technologies to market.

For more details about the role and the skills/experience we are looking for please keep reading, but at Mtech Access we believe talented individuals can come from a range of backgrounds, so even if you don’t tick every box, or have been out of consultancy for some time, perhaps working in industry or taking a career break, we still want to hear from you if you believe you have got what it takes to make a difference.

Please note: to be considered for any role you must have the right to live and work in UK without sponsorship.

The role 

We are currently looking for self-motivated, experienced Consultants to join our friendly Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Team at Mtech Access. This is an excellent opportunity to make a difference in a dynamic and rapidly growing company. The ideal candidate would have a high energy work ethic, and be team oriented and hands-on in a varied role.

As an experienced Consultant within the HTA Team, you will be required to work autonomously and deliver compelling materials consistently to a high standard across a varied range of therapeutic areas and a breadth of deliverables, including but not limited to:

• HTA submissions

  • NICE STA
  • NICE MTA
  • NICE HST
  • NICE MTEP
  • SMC submission
  • SMC ultra-orphan submission
  • AWMSG submission
  • NCPE submission

• Global value dossiers/global reimbursement dossiers/objection handlers (as and when business needs arise)

• Publications (as and when business needs arise)

• Adhering to internal and client quality control measures and taking personal responsibility for the quality of your work and that of more junior colleagues.

• Effectively managing the input of support/junior project team contributors

• Advising on the strategic direction/shaping of speciality deliverables to ensure that these are ‘fit for purpose’ and meet client objectives

• As a member of a project team, leading on appropriate aspects of the project, including the intellectual design, timeline development, and ongoing organisation and execution of projects, including timely communication with colleagues and clients, leading client meetings, note-taking, and execution of relevant actions

• Formal project management of appropriate HTA projects (and other deliverables as business needs arise)

• Within HTA, leading discussions with colleagues and clients, demonstrating authority and confidence in your speciality knowledge and a wider understanding of the market access environment and healthcare systems of relevance to your speciality, to advise and support

• Fostering and maintaining existing client relationships

• Leading business development activities within HTA, such as:

  • Horizon scanning activities
  • Researching and writing proposals
  • Organising introductory calls with clients
  • Leading and presenting at credentials opportunities or pitches

• Contributing to technical and consulting mentorship, including dissemination of skills and knowledge, on and off project, and formal training; actively contributing to functional team responsibilities

Requirements

Essential

• Degree-level educated or equivalent qualifications
• Up-to-date knowledge of HTA processes, including all NICE and SMC programmes
• Experience in leading HTA submissions from inception to completion
• Experience of business development activities, including writing proposals and leading pitches for HTA projects
• High level of integrity, with a strong understanding and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Strong planning, organisation, and time management skills
• Highly autonomous with evidence of critical thinking, sound judgement and excellent communication skills
• Capable of effective working in a changing and fast-paced environment
• Excellent attention to detail and an ability to assimilate information quickly and accurately
• Proactive, positive attitude with an ability to find effective solutions to issues
• A commitment to ongoing self-development and learning
• A high work ethic, with a can-do attitude towards management of priorities
• Fluent written and spoken English skills

Desirable

• Previous experience in non-UK HTA submissions (e.g. CADTH, PBAC, TLV, HAS, AMCP, etc)

• Experience facilitating advisory boards and mock committee meetings

• Previous experience of working in rare diseases

What we offer

• A competitive salary and annual bonus scheme
• The opportunity to develop your own skills in a supportive and friendly environment
• A hybrid mix of home and office working
• 25 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with length of service
• Up to 3 days of additional paid leave during our Christmas closure
• Your birthday off
• An employee volunteering day each year
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Life Assurance at 4x gross salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Well-being, recognition, and employee savings scheme
• Optional private healthcare insurance via salary sacrifice
• Subsidised eyecare
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Enhanced parental leave policies

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Note to recruitment agencies

Mtech Access have an internal Talent Acquisition function. Mtech Access may supplement from time to time with the assistance of staffing agencies, placement services, and professional recruiters ("Agency").

Agencies are hereby specifically directed not to contact Mtech Access employees directly to present candidates. Our internal Talent Acquisition function must present all candidates to hiring managers.

To protect the interests of all parties, Mtech Access will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Mtech Access, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Mtech Access office address, email address, submitted to the Mtech Access website, emailed directly to Mtech Access employees, or submitted to the Mtech Access Applicant Tracking System will be considered Mtech Access property. This also applies to any resumes sent via LinkedIn to any Mtech Access employees.

Mtech Access will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Mtech Access will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.

Agency must obtain advance written approval from Mtech Access to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully executed placement agreement. Mtech Access will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.