Experienced Systematic Reviewer

Are you an experienced Systematic Reviewer looking for an exciting opportunity in a dynamic growing business?

Would you like to take a role that has significant impact on high-profile healthcare decision-making, working as part of a multi-disciplined team that delivers to exceptional standards?

We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Systematic Reviewer to join our talented team at Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd (KSR). In this role, you will play a key part in producing and disseminating high-quality systematic reviews (SRs), meta-analyses, cost effectiveness analyses (CEAs) and health technology assessments (HTAs) that help to shape evidence-based healthcare decision-making. You’ll work on projects with key commissioners to assess the effectiveness of healthcare interventions and contribute to improving health outcomes.

As part of our multi-disciplinary team, your role will involve preparing and delivering high-quality SRs and HTAs to an exemplary standard to support evidence-based healthcare decision-making.

KSR is going through a phase of substantial growth and development and is therefore actively recruiting new talent in multiple roles (click here to view)

The Role & Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include the following:

• Systematic Review Process: Collaboratively contributing to and implementing all stages of the SR process, including proposal and protocol development, screening of relevant studies, data extraction, statistical analyses, and report writing
• Dossiers: Preparing and critiquing dossiers used for HTAs, e.g., for commissioners such as NICE
• Critical Appraisals: Preparing, checking or auditing critical appraisals
• Proposal Development: As part of a team, developing proposals for funding potential projects
• Building Relationships: Where relevant, communication with commissioners, ensuring excellent relationships to identify potential business opportunities
• Dissemination: Involvement in the dissemination activities including preparing journal articles and representing KSR at conferences and meetings
• Stay Current: Attending seminars, training courses and other external events to keep in touch with particular disciplinary interests
• Development: Contributing to the development of best practice and standards such as the development of training resources.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong work ethic and team orientation, with a passion for healthcare research
• Significant experience in the design, conduct and reporting of SRs, and a working knowledge of relevant statistical methods, i.e., meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis
• Background in health services research, i.e., statistics, medicine, public health, clinical epidemiology, economics, biochemistry, or psychology
• Proven experience in the successful delivery of multiple projects, i.e., ability to work under pressure, prioritise tasks, and meet specific time frames
• Highly autonomous as well as a motivated team player
• Ability to critically think, analyse and make balanced decisions with an eye for detail and quality.

Why Join KSR?

• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of systematic reviewers, information specialists, health economists, statisticians and administrators
• Employee Trust: As an Employee Trust, KSR offers a unique connection to the company's success, with employees benefiting from its growth
• Bright Future: Growing business with ambitious plans
• Modern Offices: Work in a vibrant, modern office with excellent transport links, just minutes from the McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, south of York and east of Leeds.

If you’re passionate about research and making a tangible impact on healthcare, we’d love to hear from you!

Simply email your covering letter, CV and publication list and tell us why you are a great fit for the role. Email your document as one PDF and we’ll be in touch. There is no closing date, as applications will be reviewed and progressed as received. Advertising will remain live until the role is filled, so don’t delay.

To read the full job description and person specification please click the attachment at the side of the page.

Here’s a summary of the benefits package for the role:

• Competitive salary and 5% annual salary increment (+ £1.625k on a £32.5k salary)
• Performance-related bonus
• Employer-contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and an additional day off to celebrate your birthday.

Work-Life Balance & Flexible Working: We are keen to support family-friendly, flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance. The role is offered as full or part-time (60% fte). This position is a hybrid, office-based role with an expectation to attend the office a minimum of 3 days per week (100% fte).