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Systematic Reviewer/Information Specialist

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
Grade 7, £46,934 - £55,299 per annum, inclusive of £3,500 per annum London Allowance.
Closing date
8 Feb 2022

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Academic Discipline
Biological Sciences, Life sciences
Job Type
Professional Services, Administrative
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Job description
KiTEC is looking for a Systematic Reviewer/Information Specialist with a keen interest in evidence-based medicine for the production of high-quality systematic reviews and HTA reports. KiTEC conducts independent evaluations of medical devices, digital and AI health technologies for NICE and the NHS and helps start-ups and SMEs to develop and provide evidentiary support for their value proposition.
  
The post will contribute to KiTEC’s work, ensuring that evidence and information is sourced and synthesised to high quality and according to best practice guidelines. Conducting systematic reviews and literature searches, critically appraising evidence for sources of bias, and applying this evidence to inform the value of a technology for patients and the NHS will be key elements of the role. Excellent written communication skills are paramount. This is an opportunity to have a role in influencing the adoption of healthcare innovation at an international level.  
 
This post will be offered on  a fixed-term contract for 2 years 
This is a full-time post.

Key responsibilities

  • To manage the delivery of HEOR & market access projects and undertake business development and client relationship activities in support of these.  
  • Develop and run search strategies for systematic reviews on innovative medical technologies, digital health and artificial intelligence technologies in a variety of medical databases and other resources using international best practice guidelines. 
  • Perform all other functions of a systematic review, including study selection, database management, data extraction and quality assessment. 
  • Assist in the interpretation and synthesis of the evidence. 
  • Coach and mentor junior team members 
  • Work with project leadership to define project scope and develop approach 
  • Lead project task execution by ensuring progress, organizing project related findings and coordinating allocated project team. 
  • Synthesize findings, develop recommendations and communicate results to clients (for example NICE and NHSx and other researchers at KCL) and the KiTEC team 
  • Provide independent project management and strategic advice to clients in order to provide effective solutions to their market access and HEOR business needs 
  • Contribute to the delivery of multiple projects to a high standard and in line with KiTEC SOPs 
  • Continually strive to extend our relationships and work streams within companies with whom we are working 
  • Contribute significantly to the attainment of yearly revenue/profit targets as defined within KPIs for KiTEC 
  • Independently develop proposals for new business from scratch; Coordinate and contribute to the collation and submission of RFIs (Requests for Information) 
  • Identify business opportunities with new clients and contribute to the overall profitability, success and positive image of KiTEC Services 
  • Lead on and contribute to Thought Leadership initiatives to support the business 
  • Contribute and lead initiatives to support company strategic direction  

 
The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  
 
Skills, knowledge, and experience 


Essential criteria  
 
1.       An undergraduate degree in a science or health related field  
2.       A postgraduate qualification or professional qualification in library and information science, systematic reviewing or similar 
3.       Knowledge of information resources in an academic, health or clinical setting 
4.       Knowledge of using internet-based information technology 
5.       Skills in literature searching relating to public health, social care, evidence-based health care, clinical and cost-effectiveness 
6.       Excellent written communication skills - ability to write coherently, and in good English, about a range of health technology related topics 
7.       Experienced in systematic reviewing with excellent quantitative and qualitative skills 
8.       Experience in developing and conducting complex, multi-level literature searches 
9.       Experience of writing and editing reports and publications 
10.   Ability to work independently 
11.   Demonstrates an ability to foster collaborative team-working between different professionals across institutions 
12.   Flexible and positive attitude to work and supportive of colleagues 
 
Desirable criteria
 
1.       Experienced in using systematic review and literature review software 
2.       Experienced in Meta-analysis statistical methods 
3.       Editing the work of others 
4.       Experienced in GRADE methodology 
 
Further information
 
Interviews are scheduled to be held week commencing 28th February  
King’s College have introduced hybrid working alongside our existing flexible working policies to support our Professional Services staff to work more flexibly wherever we can. This is a Hybrid role where a mix of on-campus/office and remote working is possible. 
This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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