Research Health Economist, Research, Innovation

4 weeks ago

Halifax, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID: 144965**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location: Central Zone, Centre for Clinical Research - QEII**
**Department: RSH Methods Unit**
**Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)**
**Status: Management/Non-Union** Position**
**Posting Closing Date: 15-Sep-23**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health’s Research, Innovation and Discovery portfolio is transforming health care delivery and improving the health of all Nova Scotians by leading initiatives that deliver high-impact health care solutions and developing strategic partnerships with clinical champions, industry, healthcare foundations, governments and academic partners. By pairing leading researchers, innovators, and clinicians with entrepreneurs through our newly formed Health Innovation, Research and Discovery Hub, their creative solutions are improving health and health care while also contribute directly to Nova Scotia’s economy.

**About The Position**:
The Research Methods Unit in Halifax Nova Scotia is a core research unit designed to support clinical and health research throughout the Nova Scotia Health Authority, the IWK Health Centre, and Dalhousie University's Faculties of Medicine, Health Professions and Dentistry.

The Research Methods Unit is recruiting a Health Economist. Reporting to the Manager, Research Methods Unit (RMU), and collaborating with other consultants within the RMU and partner clinical and health researchers, the Health Economist provides health economics consulting support related to the design and implementation of economic evaluations of health care interventions across a range of research areas.

**Qualifications**:
We would love to hear from if you have the following:

- Master's degree in Health Economics or a related quantitative area required
- Strong quantitative skills, including training in econometrics or statistics, with a demonstrated understanding of treatment effect analysis, is an asset
- 2 years of demonstrated research activity and proficiency in presentations and/or publications
- Demonstrated experience or training in economic evaluations, including cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses using decision analytic modelling is an asset
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), is an asset
- Knowledge of statistical software such as R, and Stata
- Ability to work in a results-oriented clinical and health research methods service environment with direction, as a team member, and independently
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to work to deadlines and within budget
- Excellent communication skills, including advanced written and spoken English skills
- Ability to effectively communicate economic methods and results to clinical and health researchers who may have limited knowledge of economic methods
- Familiar with commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within the field
- Works under mínimal supervision, exercising independent judgment/creativity and latitude

**Your Application**:

- We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using the following tools: written test, interview and reference checks.
- Successful Applicants are required to provide a criminal record check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) to Human Resources before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment.

**Hours of Work**:
This position has a hybrid work arrangement with opportunity of working from home and onsite. If successful applicant is residing outside of Nova Scotia, periodic travel for onsite meetings may be required.

Permanent, Full-Time position; 75 hours bi-weekly

**Salary Information**:
$40.27 - $50.34 hourly
($78,528.26 - $98,160.47 annual salary)

**Once You've Applied**

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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