Professional Group Members: Gender Incongruence Services

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health institute in Manchester is seeking specialist development group members for gender incongruence services in children and young people. The role involves attending meetings, reviewing evidence, and contributing to the development of quality standards. Applicants must have experience in health or social care and an active registration with a professional body. This unpaid position covers reasonable expenses for necessary travel and accommodations.

Benefits

Reimbursement for expenses

Honorary title for participation

Qualifications

• Experience as a practicing health or social care professional.
• Ability to gather, analyze, critique and synthesize complex information.

Responsibilities

• Attend in-person Quality Standards Development Group meetings.
• Review and comment on relevant materials.
• Contribute to the development of the quality standard.

Skills

Experience in health or social care

Ability to analyze complex information

Understanding of social and political influences on NICE

Education

Active registration with appropriate professional body

A licence to practice

Job description

Go back NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Professional Group Members: Gender Incongruence Services (CYP)

The closing date is 04 February 2026

We are looking for specialist development group members with an interest in gender incongruence in children and young people to join the quality standards development group for gender incongruence services for children and young people.

We are looking for the following:

• Paediatrician (adolescent) working in Children and Young People’s Gender Services
• Child psychiatrist working in Children and Young People’s Gender Services
• Child psychologist working in Children and Young People’s Gender Services

Please note: The position of specialist development group member is unpaid. NICE will pay reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including train fares and hotel costs, when necessary, for attending in-person development group meetings.

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Main duties of the job

Development group members agree to:

• set aside enough time to attend development group meetings and use their personal and professional knowledge to inform the development of the quality standard
• raise any concerns about process or details in the draft quality standard with the development group and try to resolve these issues within the development group, with support from the NICE team
• contribute positively to the work of the development group and to developing the quality standard
• consider the analysis and interpretation of evidence prepared by the NICE team
• act in a professional manner, show good manners and be courteous to colleagues and staff at all times (development group 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
• read and adhere to NICE's Principles
• act in a way that values equality, diversity, inclusion, dignity and respect.
• read and adhere to NICE's policies on hospitality, declarations of interests and travel and subsistence

About us

Remuneration:

Currently the position of development group specialist members is unpaid. However, NICE will pay reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including train fares and hotel costs, when necessary, for attending development group meetings as set out in NICE's non-staff reimbursement policy.

NICE recognises that in some circumstances individuals will need to arrange for carers or support workers to accompany them to a meeting, or 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. The circumstances in which NICE can provide reimbursement for such costs are outlined in the non-staff reimbursement policy.

Time commitment:

Specialist group members are expected to attend two full day development group meetings during the quality standard development. These development group meetings will be held in-person at a location to be advised, likely to be in central Manchester.

In addition to attending development group meetings a variety of other input is required from specialist group members, for which an honorarium is not currently paid.

Job responsibilities

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Summary

Specialist development group members will work in collaboration with the wider development group and the NICE team to develop a quality standard.

Responsibilities

• Attend two in-person Quality Standards Development Group meetings.
• Attend short virtual meetings (30 minutes) with NICE quality standards team members prior to each development group meeting.
• Read, review and comment on relevant material at key points during the development of the quality standard.
• Prioritise areas of care for which quality statements and measures should be developed.
• Work with the NICE team and the development group chair as required between meetings. Please note that deadlines may be tight, and documents may need to be reviewed with short turnaround times.
• Prepare for the development group meetings by reading the papers and by gathering any additional information on the proposed topics which may be helpful to the discussions.
• Consider consultation comments.
• Follow agreed decision‑making procedures and accept the collective decisions of the development group.
• Be a champion for the quality standard after publication and undertake activities to promote endorsement of the quality standard.

Conditions

Attendance at two in‑person development group meetings over a ten‑month period. Preparation work for development group meetings and comment on the meeting outputs will also be required. The NICE team may also ask for additional input from specialist development group members near the time of publication.

Person Specification

Ability to contribute to the work of the advisory body

• Experience in health or social care (as appropriate), either as a practicing health or social care professional, or working in or in association with the wider aspects of health or social care or the healthcare industries.
• Active registration with the appropriate professional body (for example any committee members or chairs who are appointed because of their up‑to‑date specialist pharmaceutical knowledge are required to be registered with the GPhC).
• A licence to practice.
• An understanding of the social, political, economic and professional influences on NICE.

Ability to understand and interpret multiple complex data sets

• Ability to gather data, analyse, critique and synthesise complex information, as evidenced by relevant experience and/or academic qualifications.

Nature of the motivation underpinning the application

• Clearly and persuasively stated reasoning for making an application.

Equality and diversity

• Commitment to eliminating unlawful discrimination, advancing equality and an understanding or awareness of the issues of inequality in health, public health and social care settings.

Other

• Please state which post you are applying for.
• Are you happy to commit to work within the NICE equality scheme?
• Do you commit to keeping committee discussions confidential as needed?
• Do you have the time to commit to this committee's work? (This includes attending meetings, reading papers, commenting on draft documents, and other work as required)
• Have you worked, or do you work as a healthcare, social care or public health professional? If yes, please give details including profession, specialty and dates.
• Have you received a prison sentence or suspended sentence of 3 months or more in the last 5 years?
• Are you the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or interim order?
• Have you been dismissed (except by redundancy) by any NHS or social care body?
• Have you had an earlier term of appointment with NICE terminated?
• Are you under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986?
• Have you been removed from trusteeship of a charity?
• Are you employed by the Department for Health and Social Care?
• Are you employed by NHS England's national commissioning functions?
• Are you appointed by NHS England as a National Clinical Director, National Specialty Lead, or Clinical Reference Group chair?

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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