Advt. No : 56/2024                                                                                                                                                                                          10.04.2024

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TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(TATA MEMORIAL CENTRE)
H.R.D. DEPARTMENT

APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE POST OF

HEALTH ECONOMIST
NATIONAL CANCER GRID PROJECT (A/C-5377)

Job Description

Job Title :                                Health Economist, National Cancer Grid 

Location :                                Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Job purpose

The National Cancer Grid (NCG) was established in 2012. Since its inception, the NCG has now grown to a network of 290+ cancer centres in India. The vision of NCG is to develop and deliver uniform standards of cancer care in India.  Towards this, NCG has developed resource-stratified guidelines for management of cancer. A robust health technology assessment is a critical component to enhance the value of these resource-stratified guidelines. In addition, NCG is helping National Health Authority of India to develop oncology packages for AB-PMJAY which need to be guided by HTA to ensure meaningful universal health coverage. To support these activities, NCG aims to establish a Health Economics Cell with a health technology assessment core group.

The health economist will lead the activities of the HTA core group, working closely with national and international technology partners like HTAin and Centre for Global Development.

The appointment will in the first instance be for one year with the possibility of mutually agreed extensions. The location will be based in Mumbai.

Qualification and Experience

Essential :

• Masters’ degree in Economics from a recognized university
• Experience working in the field of health economics
• First degree from a recognized university in economics, econometrics, economic & social statistics, or an allied statistics discipline.
• Experience working in the field of applied health science, health systems, and health policy
• Broad appreciation of global health economic and policy research
• A proven track record of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-professional work environment

Desirable :

• Knowledge of health technology assessment
• Experience of data collection and analysis for the purpose of informing health policy and decision-making
• A working knowledge of Indian health care systems at national and state levels.
• Leadership experience

Age Limit :

• Applications must be of working age and not exceed the age of retirement (45 years)

Main Duties and Responsibilities :

• Participate in strategic planning of the establishment of HTA in the NCG
• Develop a core team, organizational planning for NCG-HTA team and guide the team in conducting HTA
• Contributing to identifying and communicating with technical partners in the field of HTA in India and Internationally
• Supporting the Guideline Development group, team developing oncology packages, collaborating with clinicians in identifying priority areas for HTA within NCG.
• Lead in drafting key document for the NCG-HTA, including Terms of reference (TORs), Standard operating procedures (SOPs), HTA Methods manual and reference case, process documents
• Leading on the communication of activities of the NCG-HTA including liaising with group members, arranging meetings and communicating with other partners
• Providing progress updates on the work of the NCG-HTA to the convener
• Supporting the NCG-HTA team members in developing and maintaining effective working relationships with relevant partner and stakeholders
• Preparing and producing reports
• Contributing to the writing, editing and publishing of reports and journal aricles
• Lead on advocacy initiatives on behalf of the NCG-HTA to publicise the work including working with the media and other sources of information dissemination, such as circulars and newsletters
• Respecting the confidentiality of the work of the NCG-HTA
• Adhering to NCG-HTA policies and procedures

             GENERAL CONDITIONS:

1.  (a)  Last date for submission of application is  10.05.2024

(b) Candidates must send their resume to ncg@tmc.gov.in only. No hard copy of the application will be accepted. Application received after due date will not be considered.

(c)  Candidates will be screened based on the information provided by them in their resume.

(d) Tata Memorial Centre reserves the right to restrict the number of candidates called for the interview to a reasonable limit, based on qualification and experience of the applicants.   Fulfilling the prescribed qualification may not entitle an applicant to be called for an interview.

2.  Tata Memorial Centre also reserves the right to not call a candidate for an interview without assigning any reason thereof.          

3.   All outstation candidates are required to make a note that accommodation will not be provided.

4.  The applicant must possess a valid email ID. All correspondence with the applicant will be done through email only.  Information regarding the date of interview will be provided through email to the eligible candidates only.  Responsibility of receiving, downloading, and printing of related documents will be of the candidate.  Tata Memorial Centre will not be responsible for any loss of email sent, due to invalid/wrong email ID provided by the candidate or delivery of email to spam/bulk mail folder etc.   

5.    For further enquiry kindly contact on: 022 24177000 Extn: 4666/6889 or email to ncg@tmc.gov.in  

(BENNY GEORGE)

CAO (HRD), TMC