Do you have a passion for health and social care services ?
Nice are currently recruiting for 2 new lay members to join the board to bring a perspective of patients, people who use services, and carers to selection and routing of topics.
In summary the role will entail:
Activity description: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produces guidance on the most effective ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and ill health, and provide social care support. Its’s important that NICE prioritises those areas of guidance development that will have greatest impact on the health care system. To help do this NICE prioritisation Board was set up to decide whether to select topics for guidance development. For more information including videos explaining NICE’s approach to prioritising topics, please visit their prioritising our guidance topics webpage
Skills & experience needed: NICE are looking for 2 people to join the board to bring a perspective of patients, people and carers to selection and routing of topics. They wont have personal knowledge or experience of every topic this committee looks at, but they should have a broad understanding of the issues to patients and their families or unpaid carers.
Time commitment: Meetings will take place every 2 weeks and last for 2 hours. You will be expected to read the meeting papers in advance, which takes up to 2 hours.
Key dates: The closing date is 15 June 2025. Interviews will take place on Friday 27 June, and the first meeting will take place 21 July, 10 – 12pm. Location: Meetings will be online via web conferencing software.
Payment: You will receive £150 for each meeting
How to apply: Please visit the NICE recruitment page for all recruitment documents and online application form. The closing date is Sunday 15 June 2025.
For further details contact Mark Rasburn – email: mark.rasburn@nice.org.uk