Job Summary

In accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values, and strategic directions of Provincial Health Services Authority patient safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA, and as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.The Senior Health Economist reports to the Co-Director of the Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC). The Senior Health Economist is responsible for the design, conduct, and completion of health economics and health services research in cancer control. The Senior Health Economist provides leadership and direction to project teams and works with senior scientists, clinicians and divisional leaders to establish and maintain project operations.

Duties/Accountabilities

Consistent with PHSA and BCCA policy and professional standards of practice, conducts quantitative and/or qualitative health economics and health service research studies in collaboration with health care professionals within the BCCA, PHSA and its agencies, the Ministry of Health Services and other external partners. Develops, critiques, and executes decision analytic models for economic evaluation of health care initiatives by collecting, linking and analyzing primary data and/or large administrative datasets. Researches and designs tools, templates and techniques to model outcomes from a clinical, population and budgetary perspective. Designs studies, sources external funding from Canadian and International agencies, recruits, trains and supervises research staff. Accountable for management of and reporting on grant and project funds held as a Principal Investigator. Prepares final health economics and services research reports for dissemination to collaborating parties. Prepares abstracts, posters and oral presentations for submission to scientific conferences. Disseminates findings by preparing manuscripts for scientific publication and executive reports for internal partners.

Qualifications

A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a PhD in Health Economics, Health Services, Health Policy or related discipline and a minimum of 3-years related experience in a healthcare or academic research environment.

Advanced knowledge of health economics theory and demonstrated excellence in the application of health economics methods. Expert knowledge of study design, data collection and analysis. Demonstrated ability to perform advanced data manipulation, analysis and information presentation through the use of database and spreadsheet software. Working knowledge of cancer control and health systems. Ability to adapt to new technology. Excellent communication skills including the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships. Ability to identify, plan and execute independent work in a collaborative environment. Ability to contribute both as a team member and a team lead. Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills including the ability to comprehend complex issues and related data/information and present information in concise and meaningful ways. Demonstrated organization skills to generate work plans to meet project deadlines within timeline, scope and budget. Ability to handle multiple concurrent projects.