University Hospital Southampton NHS FT
Lead Test Analyst
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Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Job Title: Lead Test Analyst
Contract Type: Permanent
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and support the testing and implementation of upgrades to the Trust's electronic patient record systems.
This will involve working with internal development teams and external software suppliers on new functionality and bug fixes, planning testing cycles, and overseeing functional and regression testing. This will support the implementation of digital solutions across the Trust.
This role will report to the lead test analyst and will require close collaboration with business analysts, test analysts, developers, and project managers from the digital development and digital projects teams.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 30% lower than London and 17 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
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Responsibilities Will Include
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Leading, planning, and managing the software testing for upgrades to internally developed and externally supplied applications.
- Managing a small team of test analysts to ensure that all testing is completed in line with project timescales.
- Liaising with Trust stakeholders to understand their requirements and to support with user acceptance testing and sign-off.
Experience And Skills Required
- Degree in information and IT-related subject or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience.
- Demonstrable testing skills, training, and use in a corporate/health environment.
- Relevant experience of working with IQSTB processes or IQSTB qualification.
- Extensive experience of managing testing in highly complex technology-based projects.
- Demonstrate a track record of delivering successfully tested projects.
- Working under pressure and tight deadlines.
- Able to read and comprehend clinical business requirements and high-level design deliverables well enough to commission and write detailed test cases.
- Proven ability to organise own work and the work of other testing professionals effectively.
- Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values:
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Core hours for the team are between 8.00 and 18.00 Monday to Friday, but flexibility will be required depending on service needs.
UHS supports agile and remote working; regular attendance at Southampton General Hospital will be required in this role.
Person specification
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Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience
Essential criteria
- Degree in information and IT-related subject or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience.
- Demonstrable testing skills, training, and use in a corporate/health environment.
- Relevant experience of working with IQSTB processes or IQSTB qualification.
- Extensive experience of managing testing in highly complex technology-based projects.
- Experience of implementing a Test Framework.
- Proven experience in the analysis of business requirements and the production of test plans, strategies, test reports, and traceability matrices for complex technical environments.
- Proven record in the field of Application Development and Lifecycle Management.
- Experience in line management, supervising, and leading a Test team.
- Demonstrate a track record of delivering successfully tested projects.
- Prioritising, organising, monitoring, and forecasting workloads/resource capacity.
- Ability to communicate with staff up to a senior level on complex business or clinical processes.
- Able to read and comprehend clinical business requirements and high-level design deliverables well enough to commission and write detailed test cases.
- Travel off site for training and meetings as required.
- Out of hours working as part of system upgrades/downtime procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of Prince2, Agile, or equivalent methodology.
- Intermediate management qualification.
- Experience and responsibility for service delivery.
- Experience of working in an NHS/Healthcare or Public Sector environment.
- Experience of using clinical systems.
- Proven project management ability.
- Evidence of policy and procedure writing.
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