About the job
- As a Health Economist at Costello Medical, you will play a pivotal role in shaping healthcare decisions by developing economic models that assist in the effective allocation of resources within the healthcare sector. You will be tasked with communicating critical insights to a diverse range of stakeholders.
About the Role
In this challenging yet rewarding position, you will create quantitative assessments that evaluate the impact of healthcare treatments, practices, and policies. This will involve conducting cost-effectiveness analyses and separate cost and benefit evaluations using advanced tools such as Microsoft Excel, R, or C++. Your work will frequently include fitting statistical distributions and parametric survival curves to clinical data, thus a strong knowledge of statistics is essential. You can expect to manage multiple projects simultaneously, typically 3 to 4, upon joining our team.
The economic models you develop will have significant real-world implications, aimed at enhancing the efficiency of healthcare systems through robust methodological frameworks. Your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting thorough research and critical appraisal of medical and economic literature
- Collaborating and building relationships with external medical professionals
- Working as part of a team across various healthcare disciplines
- Applying theoretical health economic frameworks to project needs
