NICE is recruiting new members to independent advisory committees on the use of health technologies

Members of all 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:

• Consultant Physician
• Clinical Pharmacologist
• Health Economist
• NHS Management
• Consultant Surgeon
• Psychiatrist
• Professions Allied to Medicine
• Nurse

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.

To access the information and application pack click here.

For further queries please contact Kim Turner, Project Manager at kim.turner@nice.org.uk or 020 7045 2238.

Completed applications should be returned by Wednesday 8 October 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