Senior Systematic Reviewer

Who are we and what we do

We are a dynamic, friendly and rapidly expanding independent market access and HEOR consultancy with offices in Oxfordshire, London, Manchester, York, Newcastle, and Cambridge. We provide strategy and solutions to help Pharma and Medtech companies bring interventions to market, providing more patient choice and meeting the needs of the healthcare environment.

We strive to be the consultancy of choice for people pursuing careers in market access and HEOR by maintaining a high-performing, happy, motivated community. We are proud of our collaborative, nurturing environment and are known for our exemplary work and for being agile and innovative.

Our core services are health economics, systematic literature review and network meta-analysis, global market access and pricing, UK NHS Insights, HTA support and customer communication.

The role

We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated Senior Systematic Reviewer to join our friendly Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis team at Mtech Access. This is an excellent opportunity to make a difference in a dynamic and rapidly growing company. The ideal candidate would have a high work ethic, be team-oriented and hands-on in a varied role.

This is a permanent position based in our office in York or Bicester. Working alongside the Associate Director(s),role will involve a wide variety of duties as follows:

• Acting as the designated lead systematic reviewer on projects, work autonomously to deliver robust and reproducible systematic reviews of a consistently high standard, across a varied range of therapeutic areas and a breadth of deliverables, including but not limited to:
  • Stand-alone systematic reviews
  • Health technology assessment submissions
  • Global value dossiers/global reimbursement dossiers
  • Manuscripts
  • Abstracts
  • Posters
• Contribution to all stages of the systematic review process including, developing searches, proposal and protocol development, screening for relevant studies, data extraction and report writing, and leading on projects
• Adhering to internal and client quality control measures and taking personal responsibility for the quality of your work
• As a member of a project team, actively contributing to the ongoing organisation and execution of projects, including timely communication with colleagues and clients, participation in meetings, note taking, and execution of relevant actions
• Effectively managing the input of support/junior project team contributors
• As a member of a project team, actively contributing to the intellectual design, planning and ongoing organisation and execution of projects, including timeline development, timely communication with colleagues and clients, leading specific aspects of client meetings, note taking, and execution of relevant actions
• Contributing to technical skill mentorship, including dissemination of skills and knowledge on- and off-project
• Contributing to functional team responsibilities

Requirements

Essential

• A life sciences degree or equivalent qualifications
• At least 2 years’ systematic review experience gained within a consultancy or pharmaceutical/medical device company
• Competent in developing and carrying out all aspects of systematic reviews
• Highly skilled in use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and EndNote (or other bibliographic software) and competent in use of Excel
• Fluent written and spoken English skills
• High level of integrity with a strong understanding and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Strong planning, organisation, and time management skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Capable of working in a changing and fast-paced environment
• Excellent attention to detail and an ability to assimilate information quickly and accurately
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Proactive, positive attitude with an ability to find effective solutions to issues
• A commitment to ongoing learning of systematic review and evidence-based decision making methodology
• A high work ethic with a can do attitude towards management of priorities

Desirable

• PhD
• Experience of mentoring/supervision of other reviewers
• Experience or knowledge of medical statistics/meta-analysis
• Experience of HTA submissions
• Experience of proposal writing
• Experience of writing search strategies and performing searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE and PubMed

What we offer

• A competitive salary and annual bonus scheme
• The opportunity to develop your own skills in a supportive and friendly environment
• A hybrid mix of home and office working
• 25 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with length of service
• An additional 3 days paid leave during our Christmas closure
• Your birthday off
• An employee volunteering day each year
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Life Assurance at 4x gross salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Wellbeing, recognition and employee savings scheme
• Optional private healthcare insurance via salary sacrifice
• Subsidised eyecare
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Enhanced parental leave policies

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This is a permanent position that can based in either our York or Bicester (Oxfordshire) offices.