Some of you may be interested in this. Nice has two vacancies for lay members on its advisory appraisal committees.
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NICE seeks new members for its independent advisory committees on the use of health technologies
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is recruiting new members to join its three independent advisory Appraisal Committees. The Appraisal Committees consider and interpret evidence on the clinical and cost effectiveness of health technologies and formulates recommendations on their use.
Members of both Committees are drawn from the NHS, healthcare professionals, patients and carers, and the academic world. Committee members are not appointed to act as representatives of a particular organisation. They will be expected to apply the experience and judgement from their individual backgrounds to the topics considered by the Committee and in doing so actively contribute to improving the quality and consistency of care provided by the NHS. They will be helping the Institute take some of the most difficult decisions in public life.
We currently have vacancies for:
Public Health Physician
Consultant Surgeon
ABPI representative
ABHI representative
NHS Management
We additionally have two lay member vacancies.
Time commitment and conditions: Committee members attend eleven day-long committee meetings per year as well as an annual Away day. Appraisal Committee meetings are held at the NICE offices either in central London or Manchester, and dates are fixed and made available to Committee members up to a year in advance. Committee membership is unpaid although expenses, including overnight accommodation, are reimbursed. The period of Committee membership is for three years in the first instance.
Read the information and application pack.
For further queries please contact Kim Turner, Technology Appraisal Project Manager 0207 045 2238.
Completed applications should be returned by 31 March 2008 to kim.turner@nice.org.uk or by post to:
Kim Turner
Project Manager
Centre for Health Technology Evaluation
NICE
Mid-City Place
71 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6NA
