Principal Analyst /Specialist / Senior Specialist, Medical Technology Evaluation

Overview

Team Lead, Medical Technology Implementation and Adoption

Critical Accountabilities

• You'll drive the implementation, adoption and monitoring of subsidised implants and other assigned health technologies, ensuring that MOH subsidy decisions are translated into clear, operationally feasible requirements and adopted appropriately across the public healthcare system.
• Implementation & adoption
• Lead the implementation and maintenance of the MOH Implant Subsidy List, including translating subsidy decisions, clinical criteria, product groupings and listing conditions into clear operational requirements.
• Develop & coordinate implementation plans to support timely and appropriate uptake of subsidised implants and other recommended health technologies.
• Work with relevant MOH divisions, Public Healthcare Institutions (PHI), clinicians, operations teams, companies & internal ACE stakeholders to support implementation of funding recommendations across the public healthcare system.
• Identify & address implementation barriers and operational risks arising from subsidy conditions, company submissions, product grouping, institutional workflows, procurement arrangements & IT system constraints.
• Codevelop practical solutions with stakeholders to facilitate implementation, uptake & adoption across institutions, including organisational readiness assessments where relevant.
• Support adoption levers such as utilisation monitoring, targeted stakeholder engagement, clinical decision support prompts, and clarification of funding & implementation requirements.
• Identify opportunities to redesign workflows, improve processes & use digital or data enabled solutions to support efficient implementation and effective adoption of recommended health technologies.
• Monitoring & continuous improvement
• Use data analytics and, where relevant, data science approaches to identify utilisation trends, adoption gaps, unwarranted variation across institutions, implementation barriers & opportunities for improvement.
• Work with IT, data & operations teams to develop tracking tools, workflow solutions & other digital enablers to improve implementation efficiency, transparency & accountability.
• Translate implementation and monitoring needs into clear business requirements for IT & data teams, including data definitions, workflow requirements, reporting needs & outcome measures.
• Evaluate the impact of implementation & adoption initiatives using relevant process, utilisation, affordability & outcome indicators
• Documentation & governance
• Oversee legal documentation processes with companies and relevant stakeholders to support listing outcomes on the MOH Implant Subsidy List.
• Review & provide well considered responses to queries on legal/contractual terms, listing conditions & implementation requirements.
• Work with relevant MOH divisions and stakeholders to ensure documentation supports compliance, transparency & operational clarity.
• Identify & escalate material legal, policy or implementation risks in a timely manner, with practical recommendations for resolution.
• Stakeholder communication and engagement
• Build & maintain effective working relationships with MOH divisions, PHI, clinicians, operations teams, companies, professional groups & other relevant stakeholders.
• Lead stakeholder engagement on medical technology implementation & adoption matters, ensuring that communications are clear, consistent, facilitative & aligned with policy intent.
• Engage stakeholders to build consensus, address implementation barriers & support the appropriate adoption of cost-effective health technologies.
• Provide timely, well written & technically sound responses to enquiries from internal and external stakeholders, including clinicians, committees, companies and members of the public.
• Translate complex technical, legal, operational & policy issues into clear & practical advice for different audiences.
• Leadership & capability development
• Supervise, guide & develop officers ensuring clarity of roles, priorities & expectations.
• Review & quality-assure team outputs to ensure technical rigours, policy relevance, consistency & appropriate judgement.
• Anticipate workload pressures, implementation risks & stakeholder sensitivities & develop practical mitigation plans
• Foster a collaborative, accountable & improvement oriented team culture
• Identify capability needs & support continuing professional development to ensure team remains responsive to evolving HTA, medical technology, implementation & adoption demands

Job Requirements

• Bachelor degree in biomedical engineering, pharmacy, life sciences, public health, health sciences, healthcare management, data science, health informatics or a related field.
• Postgraduate qualification in public health, health services research, epidemiology, health economics, implementation science, healthcare management, data science, health informatics or a related field is desirable.
• Equivalent knowledge & experience acquired through relevant work experience, research, professional training or continuing development may also be considered.
• Working knowledge of medical technologies, medical devices and/or implants, including how such technologies are used, procured, implemented & monitored in healthcare settings.
• Good understanding of Singapore’s healthcare system, PHI workflows, clinical governance, healthcare financing & the broader policy context within which MOH operates.
• Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas would be advantageous:
• > healthcare operations
• >implementation planning
• >quality improvement
• > health technology assessment (HTA)
• >health economics
• >data analytics / data science or health informatics would be advantageous, particularly where applied to healthcare operations, implementation monitoring, utilisation review or quality improvement.
• >utilisation monitoring
• > post-listing review
• Experience working with IT, data, operations or clinical teams to define business requirements, develop digital tools, and support workflow improvement would be advantageous.
• Min 5–8 years of relevant working experience in healthcare policy, healthcare operations, HTA, implementation, service planning, public health, health services research or related areas.
• Able to translate policy, funding and subsidy decisions into practical, operationally feasible implementation plans across PHIs
• Strong understanding of healthcare operations, institutional workflows, operational constraints & frontline implementation challenges.
• Able to identify implementation barriers and operational risks arising from subsidy conditions, clinical criteria, product groupings, institutional workflows, procurement arrangements & IT system constraints.
• Able to support the design, testing, refinement and evaluation of implementation interventions, including targeted stakeholder engagement, utilisation monitoring & clinical decision support prompts where relevant.
• Able to identify & address unwarranted variation in uptake, utilisation, formulary alignment, hospital inventory or implementation of recommended health technologies across PHIs
• Able to use data to inform implementation strategy, monitor adoption, identify variation, evaluate impact & support continuous improvement.
• Able to work with IT and data teams to translate operational and policy requirements into practical digital solutions, tracking tools or workflow improvements.
• Able to combine implementation science, quality improvement, data analytics and stakeholder engagement to improve efficiency and achieve more effective implementation outcomes.
• Strong programme management capability, including milestone tracking, risk management, performance monitoring, reporting & escalation of issues affecting implementation timelines or adoption outcomes.
• Strong written & verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex or sensitive policy, technical and operational issues clearly to different audiences.
• Good stakeholder management skills, including the ability to work with clinicians,PHIs, operations teams, companies, MOH divisions and internal ACE stakeholders to resolve implementation issues and support appropriate adoption.
• Sound judgement, attention to detail, adaptability and ability to work across policy, technical and operational domains.
• *Only shortlisted candidates will be notified*