# Specialist Committee Member (Quality Standards) Anxiety & PTSD > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-committee-member-quality-standards-anxiety-and-ptsd/dd88eb76-18cc-4ed9-8e2f-66165a85abc4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-committee-member-quality-standards-anxiety-and-ptsd/dd88eb76-18cc-4ed9-8e2f-66165a85abc4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - **Location:** Virtual - **Workplace type:** hybrid - **Profession:** Specialist - **Salary:** £1 - £300 See candidate information pack - **Contract type:** Voluntary: Topic specific vacancy - **Employment type:** Flexible working, Home or remote working, 100% committee meetings - **Closing date:** 2026-11-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T14:00:46.161Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Manchester/NICE_National_Institute_Health_Care_Excellence/Psychiatrist_children_young_peoplewith_interest_Anxiety_disorders_PTSD/Psychiatrist_children_young_peoplewith_interest_Anxiety_disorders_PTSD-v8384244 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8384244?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nice.org.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for specialist committee members with an interest in anxiety and/or PTSD to join the Quality Standards Advisory Committee for anxiety and PTSD topics. We are looking for the following: - Psychiatrist – children and young people Please note: The position of specialist committee member is unpaid. NICE will pay reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including train fares and hotel costs, when necessary, for attending in-person committee meetings. Closing date: Midnight on 11 November 2026. If you have an access requirement that prevents you from applying online, please contact qualitystandards@nice.org.uk and we can provide MS word versions of the forms to complete. ### Main duties of the job Committee members agree to: - set aside enough time to attend committee meetings and use their personal and professional knowledge to inform the development of the quality standard (for more guidance on the time required, see the ‘Time commitment’ section below). - raise any concerns about process or details in the draft quality standard with the committee and try to resolve these issues within the committee, with support from the NICE team - contribute positively to the work of the committee and to developing the quality standard - consider the analysis and interpretation of evidence prepared by the NICE team - act in a professional manner, show good manners and be courteous to colleagues and staff at all times (committee members should behave in a polite, efficient and respectful manner and without bias or favour, using the highest standards of conduct expected in public life and service while on NICE duty) - be impartial and honest in conducting their duties for NICE, use public funds entrusted to them to the best advantage of NICE, and avoid deliberately damaging the confidence of the public or stakeholders in NICE - read and adhere to NICE’s Principles - act in a way that values equality, diversity, inclusion, dignity and respect. - read and adhere to NICE’s policies on hospitality, declarations of interests and travel and subsistence. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Specialist committee members will work in collaboration with the wider committee and the NICE team to develop a quality standard. Responsibilities - Attend two all day Quality Standards Advisory Committee meetings. - Attend short virtual meetings (30 minutes) with NICE quality standards team members prior to each committee meeting. - Read, review and comment on relevant material at key points during the development of the quality standard. - Prioritise areas of care for which quality statements and measures should be developed. - Work with the NICE team and the committee chair as required between meetings. Please note that deadlines may be tight, and documents may need to be reviewed with short turnaround times. - Prepare for the committee meetings by reading the papers and by gathering any additional information on the proposed topics which may be helpful to the discussions. - Consider consultation comments. - Follow agreed decision-making procedures and accept the collective decisions of the committee. - Be a champion for the quality standard after publication and undertake activities to promote endorsement of the quality standard. Conditions Attendance at two committee meetings over a ten-month period. Preparation work for committee meetings and comment on the meeting outputs will also be required. The NICE team may also ask for additional input from specialist committee members near the time of publication. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Please state which post you are applying for. ### Equality and diversity **Essential** - Commitment to eliminating unlawful discrimination, advancing equality and an understanding or awareness of the issues of inequality in health, public health and social care settings ### Nature of the motivation underpinning the application **Essential** - Clearly and persuasively stated reasoning for making an application ### Ability to contribute to the work of the advisory body **Essential** - Experience in health or social care (as appropriate), either as a practicing health or social care professional, or working in or in association with the wider aspects of health or social care or the healthcare industries - Active registration with the appropriate professional body \[for example any committee members or chairs who are appointed because of their up-to-date specialist pharmaceutical knowledge, are required to be registered with the GPhC\] - A licence to practise - An understanding of the social, political, economic and professional influences on NICE ### Ability to understand and interpret multiple complex data sets **Essential** - Ability to gather data, analyse, critique and synthesise complex information, as evidenced by relevant experience and/or academic qualifications ## Documents - [person specification (pdf, 40.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10713998) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 264.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10713964) - [faq's - declaration of interests (pdf, 536.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2160) ## 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.