Senior Health Economist / Senior Health Economistess

Join a Collaborative Team at the Forefront of Healthcare Decision-Making

Be a part of a high-performing team where your expertise will play a crucial role in determining access to new medicines and medical technologies.

Position: Health Economist / Senior Health Economist

Location: Wellington, New Zealand (Hybrid)

Proclinical is partnering with a leading national healthcare organization responsible for evaluating medicines and medical devices to support evidence-based funding decisions. This is an excellent opportunity for a Health Economist or Senior Health Economist to contribute directly to patient access to healthcare technologies at a national level.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct Health Technology Assessments (HTAs) for medicines and medical devices.
• Develop and critically review Cost-Utility Analyses (CUAs) and Budget Impact Analyses (BIAs).
• Build and adapt health economic models using Excel and TreeAge.
• Evaluate and synthesize clinical, epidemiological, and economic evidence.
• Present technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with clinicians, statisticians, medical writers, and other multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Peer review health economic analyses to ensure methodological quality and consistency.
• Support continuous improvement of health economic assessment processes.
• Contribute to policy discussions relating to healthcare funding and reimbursement.

About You:

We are interested in candidates who have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Health Economics, HEOR, or Health Technology Assessment.
• Building health economic models, particularly Cost-Utility Analyses (CUAs).
• Budget Impact Analysis (BIA).
• Economic evaluation of medicines and/or medical devices.
• Critical appraisal of clinical and economic literature.
• Communicating complex technical information to a range of audiences.
• Working independently while collaborating within multidisciplinary teams.

Candidates typically hold a degree (or higher qualification) in Health Economics, Economics, Biostatistics, or another quantitative discipline.

What's on Offer:

• Visa sponsorship available.
• Relocation support.
• Hybrid working environment.
• Five weeks of annual leave plus additional paid Christmas shutdown.
• Subsidized private health insurance.
• Annual wellbeing allowance.
• Opportunity to work on nationally significant healthcare funding decisions.
• Supportive, collaborative team with excellent staff retention and career development opportunities.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply online using the form below. Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

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