Bladder Cancer; update Professional Member

Bladder Cancer (update) Professional Member

Employer:

NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Location:

Virtual, M1 3BN

Pay:

£1 - £600 See supporting information & details of reimbursement policy

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

14/06/2026

A Vacancy at NICE

• The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

NICE is seeking to appoint guideline committee members to update its Bladder cancer: diagnosis and management guideline in relation to treating non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, treating muscle-invasive bladder cancer and managing locally advanced or metastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

We are looking for the following:

• Clinical Oncologist x 1
• Urologist x 2
• Medical Oncologist
• Clinical Nurse Specialist x 2 Further details of the specific expertise required for each role can be found in the supporting documentation.

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 guidance.

Raise any concerns about process or details in the draft guidance with the committee, and try to resolve these issues within the committee, with support from the guidance developer or the NICE guidance project team.

Contribute positively to the work of the committee and to developing the guidance.

Take full account of the evidence in developing recommendations.

Consider the analysis and interpretation of evidence prepared by the evidence review 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.

Ensure strict adherence to NICE’s Principles and equality policy.

Read and adhere to NICE’s policies on hospitality, declarations of interests and travel and subsistence.

Members:
The position of committee member is unpaid.

Committee members employed on Agenda for Change terms and conditions will be reimbursed in line with their current substantive salaries, up to a maximum of £300 per day (more than 4 hours) or £150 per half day (up to and including 4 hours). NICE will reimburse the individual’s employer for any salary payments made upon receipt of an invoice.

These rates also apply to committee members engaged outside of Agenda for Change but in an equivalent role.

Other expenses: NICE recognises that in some circumstances individuals will need to arrange for carers or support workers to take over unpaid caring responsibilities while they are at a meeting

• this includes childcare or care of a family member with a disability or other additional needs.

Time commitment:
Committee members are expected to attend 10 day-long predominantly virtual committee meetings.

Committee members will have to spend time reading substantial committee documents and helping to produce consultation documents.

ROLE DESCRIPTION Summary To work in collaboration with NICE staff and the guideline Chair over a period of up to 1 year to support the development of an update to the bladder cancer: diagnosis and management guideline looking at treating non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, treating muscle-invasive bladder cancer and managing locally advanced or metastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer on behalf of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

To provide expert knowledge and act as a source of clinical care advice to the guideline Chair and NICE staff in the identification and review of evidence and to revise some recommendations further down the pathway to update language, reflect current policy or practice, and to ensure consistency.

Members will be supported by NICE staff who will be responsible for overall project management, organising Committee meetings, carrying out evidence reviews and economic…