Health Analytics - Health Economist (Associate Consultant)

Location - London or Winchester (minimum 40% in-office with Tuesday's as the team day)

In 2020 LCP launched our Heath Analytics practice, providing analytical and research services for companies and organisations across life sciences and healthcare. Our team brings together clinicians, statisticians, epidemiologists, health economists and health data scientists alongside our established actuarial, analytics and technology teams to deliver new solutions for the fundamental challenges in health. 

Our team’s mission is to help move health systems from importers of illness to exporters of health and to support our clients to deliver value to patients. We have already developed a track record for leading approaches to real world evidence generation, market access strategy, health economic modelling and innovative reimbursement design. 

Our team has grown quickly in response to the demand we are seeing for the innovative service offerings we have developed and are now looking for an Associate Consultant with a strong Health Economics background who can apply their knowledge to provide solutions to our clients’ problems. This is an exciting opportunity for you to lead projects that use cutting edge health data science and health economic approaches to solve some of the most challenging issues in healthcare.

What do we do?

LCP’s Health Analytics team works across the healthcare and life sciences markets, combining health expertise with innovative approaches from our work in other sectors to tackle leading health issues. Joining LCP’s Health Analytics team will provide you with opportunities to work on a range of projects based on your interests and skillset.

Examples of the types of projects we undertake for our clients include:

• Estimating the cost effectiveness of interventions using traditional HTA methods but also more holistically from both patients and health systems perspectives 
• Design and simulation of reimbursement models including outcome-based agreements
• Risk prediction and modelling
• Forecasting disease burden, healthcare demand and cost
• Analysing demand patterns of healthcare providers to improve care delivery
• Innovative approaches to identifying and quantifying unmet need and inequalities
• Real world evidence studies using electronic healthcare records, registries, biobanks and databases

As an Associate Consultant in LCP’s Health Analytics team you will be involved in a diverse range of projects, covering both client and non-client work. Your key responsibilities will be to design solutions to the complex problems our clients in the healthcare and life sciences industry face and present these solutions in an accessible manner.

What skills, qualities and experience are we looking for?

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a Health Economics role, ideally in a consultancy environment
• A 2:1 degree or better in a numerate or science subject, and a health-related Masters degree or PhD (Statistics, Public Health, Epidemiology, Data Science, Health Economics) is desirable
• An excellent strong grounding in Health Economics with demonstrated experience in conceptualising and delivering a range of health economic analyses
• Experience working on HTA submissions is desirable, as is experience undertaking statistical analyses (e.g., survival analysis, utility analysis) to support economic evaluation
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present and explain complex issues to others
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills and be highly competent in the use of Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, programming in R or other software is desirable
• Excellent organisational skills, with support from other team members, to ensure work assigned is completed efficiently and on time
• Experience in business development activities, including proposal writing, is desirable
• Creativity and initiative
• A team player that thrives in a growing and dynamic team
• Commitment to delivering work of the highest standards for clients

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our Glassdoor page to see why our people love being here!  As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you: 

• Hybrid working (varies by role and department)
• professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family: 

• Life assurance, income protection, enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health: 

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth: 

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• Season ticket loans

For others: 

• Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch with us via our dedicated email address - accessibilityaware@lcp.uk.com to discuss how we can support you with your application.

LCP currently holds a sponsorship licence to provide skilled worker visa's, and is able to support applications where the role applied for matches the requirements of skilled worker sponsorship as set out by the UK Government. If you will require a skilled worker visa sponsorship, we encourage you to check the sponsorship criteria for the role you wish to apply for before doing so.