Principal Technical Adviser

Job summary

Do you want to do meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to society? Our main purpose here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is to improve health and wellbeing by putting science and evidence at the heart of health and care decision making.

As an organisation we all collaborate to achieve this same goal through empowering our workforce to do great things!

As part of our commitment to supporting colleagues who are at risk of redundancy, we operate a redeployment process. Candidates who are registered as "at risk" redeployees will be given priority consideration for this vacancy in line with organisational policy.All applications from redeployees will be reviewed before any external applications are progressed.

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Please refer to the Direct Gov website for further information regarding eligibility.Please note this vacancy may be closed early if sufficient suitable applications are received so we encourage an early application.

Main duties of the job

The Principal Technical Adviser will support the Associate Directors in the HealthTech Programme in all aspects of the management and delivery of the guidance delivery team. Within the HealthTech Evaluation programme, topic delivery technical teams are assigned to a topic for evaluation and topic delivery teams are responsible for producing timely and high-quality guidance for the NHS in England.

The post holder will work closely with the Associate Directors on delivery of a portfolio of evaluation topics and will lead on all aspects of some evaluation topics they are responsible for.

The Principal Technical Adviser will lead the technical team and will be responsible for the end-to-end process of developing guidance, from scoping of topics through publishing final guidance, managing all aspects throughout. The post holder will be responsible for day-to-day technical support on individual topics and where appropriate, will deputise for the Associate Director HealthTech Evaluation for some evaluation topics. The Principal Technical Adviser will also be responsible for overseeing and signing off all scopes that they are allocated to.

About us

We are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make. NICE offer:

• Generous NHS Pension - Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK
• Flexible working - Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times
• Exclusive discounts - Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light CardTime to recharge - Start with 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Inclusive staff networks - Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and NICE and Proud - we celebrate diversity
• Tailored development - Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities

If you feel this is the type of environment you will enjoy working in, apply today!

Details

• Date posted: 30 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8c
• Salary: £79,504 to £91,609 a year per annum, pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 907-895
• Job locations: 3rd Floor, Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BN, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

The HealthTech Evaluation Programme is responsible for publishing timely and high-quality guidance on HealthTech products and interventional procedures for the NHS. At NICE, HealthTech covers non-medicine technologies such as diagnostics, medical devices and digital tools, including artificial intelligence, used to diagnose, monitor, predict, treat and manage health conditions. Interventional procedures involve making an incision, a puncture or entry into a body cavity, or using ionising, electromagnetic or acoustic energy.Our Topic Delivery teams work with HealthTech committees to develop recommendations for the NHS. For HealthTech products, recommendations are informed by clinical and cost effectiveness; for interventional procedures, they are based on efficacy and safety. The programme also delivers guidance for the National HealthTech Access Programme, a partnership between NICE, DHSC, NHS England, MHRA and the Office for Life Sciences. This approach will expand NICEs Technology Appraisals programme to incorporate health technologies. This means that like medicines, a small selection of high-impact technologies will be reimbursed and made available across the entire health service. Our independent committees are standing advisory committees who meet once a month to develop its recommendations.

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.