# Lay member on the Highly Specialised Technologies Committee > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lay-member-on-the-highly-specialised-technologies-committee/1cbbc0d7-3927-487e-ac78-cafd983359e0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lay-member-on-the-highly-specialised-technologies-committee/1cbbc0d7-3927-487e-ac78-cafd983359e0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Salary:** £150 - £300 Honorarium £300 full day, £150 half day - **Contract type:** Tenure - Committee tenure is usually for a period of 3 years. This has the potential to be extended following review, and the maximum tenure is 10 years. - **Employment type:** To attend 80% of all committee meetings - **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-03T07:01:36.025Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Virtual/NICE_National_Institute_Health_Care_Excellence/Highly_Specialised_Technologies_Committee_lay_member/Highly_Specialised_Technologies_Committee_lay_member-v8125221 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8125221?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nice.org.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for people with lived experience who are interested in how medicines and technologies are approved for use in the NHS, if this is you, please read on for more information on how to join our Highly Specialised Technologies Committee. Below you will find all the information you need as well as in the attached role description and person specification Time commitment: 3 Years How to apply  Please read the role description thoroughly and use the apply now link to complete an application. If you have an access requirement that prevents you from applying online, please contact PaCT@nice.org.uk and we can provide MS word versions of the forms to complete. ### Main duties of the job What does the role involve? - attending committee meetings and taking part in discussions to shape the guidance - reading committee paper - commenting on documents between meetings - keeping the committee’s work confidential What am I expected to do? - Make sure the views, experiences and interests of patients or people who use health and social care services are considered by the committee. - Identify areas of concern to people using NHS, public health or social care services. - Review topic information and the draft guidance from a patient, service user, carer or community perspective. For instance, does the information address issues important to people affected by the guidance? Does the guidance take their views into account? - Make sure the guidance considers people from different backgrounds. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Who we're looking for We’re looking for people with a range of lived experience from across the health sector. You will also have an interest in how medicines are assessed and made available for use in the NHS and how this might affect patient populations and their carers and families - through personal experience you have of treatment and care provided for you by the NHS - as a relative or unpaid carer of someone who has used relevant health services - as an advocate, volunteer, or officer of a relevant voluntary organisation or support group. We would also be interested to hear what experience you have of either how medicines are approved in the NHS or how the NHS go about implementing NICEs recommendations. This may be though any work you have been involved in around service design or monitoring in either hospitals, GP surgeries or via local groups such as HealthWatch. – please note this experience is not essential. You will also have: - good communication and team-working skills - the ability to listen and take part in constructive debate, while being respectful of other people’s views - knowledge of the experiences of people who face disadvantage and discrimination which gives you the ability to champion a range of different perspectives ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Please tell us about any other personal experience you would like to share (in relation to the work of this committee) that you have not been able to address elsewhere in this application. ### Values **Essential** - Which of NICE values listed in the 2025/26 business plan is most important to you as a leader and why? ### Equality, diversity and inclusion **Essential** - NICE aims to promote equality, prevent discrimination and reduce avoidable differences in health between different groups of people. What do you think the committee may need to be mindful of, and what experience can you apply to this role? ### Ability to contribute to the work of the committee **Essential** - Please tell us how your personal experience relates to this role. In your response, please provide brief details of any experience you have of treatment and/or services which you consider relevant to the role. This could be in one or more of the following: personal experience, relative or carer, voluntary organisation or support group. - What do you think are the most important issues for patients, carers and service users in relation to the work of this committee? Please give us your top 3. - We will need you to ensure that a broad range of perspectives of patients, people who use services, and their carers is considered. What experience, skills, networks or knowledge do you have to be able to do this on behalf of others? ## Documents - [lay member role descriptor (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10421899) - [non-staff reimbursement policy (docx, 166.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10421898) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.