Individual Funding Request (IFR) Panel Clinical Member
| Posting date: | 20 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £336.25 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £336.25 a session |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE1 8UG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | M0034-25-0003 |
Summary
The IFR Panel works on behalf of NHS England and makes decisions in respect of funding treatments for individual cases. The IFR Panel will adhere to the published NHS England IFR Policy and each request will be processed by following the NHS England IFR SOP. This will ensure that all requests are considered in a consistent, fair and transparent way, with decisions based on the available clinical evidence presented by the treating clinicians and the NHS England commissioning principles. The IFR Panel has a core membership working on a rotational basis, including clinicians, Patient and Public Voice representatives, commissioners, and appropriate representatives from other prescribed services according to the individual cases being considered. The IFR Panel Clinical Member role will involve: providing a clinical perspective within the IFR Panel meetings understanding the need to ensure value for patients and the public for the resources available to NHS England prescribed services participating in IFR Panel meetings on a rotational basis participating in the mandatory NHS England IFR training sessions. All members of the IFR Panel will contribute a professional and corporate perspective to the deliberations of the Panel. They are expected to: actively participate in discussions so that a full consideration about each case takes place, enabling a balance between the needs of the individual and equity and fairness for the population support consensus decisions that take account of any impact on individuals or other agencies support the decision making process of the IFR Panel so that it is equitable share with the IFR team any learning gained to ensure that organisational learning occurs. The Clinical Member will: receive anonymised and appropriately redacted application forms and copies of any additional correspondence or reports which may be relevant to an individual case prior to each meeting undertake appropriate preparation ahead of IFR Panel meetings by fully reading and critically appraising the documentation supporting each case participate effectively in IFR Panel meetings, as described above, to help ensure the decisions and recommendations of the IFR Panel are reached by consensus or majority voting based on the information, evidence and any requested expert advice provided to it ensure the Chair is aware of any declarations of interest ahead of any case discussion be expected to be available at attend the IFR meetings at least once per quarter.