Band 6 Senior IT Systems Officer (Testing Lead) - Bath

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Testing Lead to join a dynamic Systems Development and Testing Team to ensure all testing activities are effectively managed and conducted, according to the defined approach, prior to release into a live environment.

In this role, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that all Clinical Systems changes and implementations are rigorously tested to identify and eliminate any software issues, thereby reducing the clinical safety risk. This is a very busy team involved in multiple projects, changes or issue fixes and so you will need to be proactive, enjoy challenges and handle pressure well.

You should have previous experience of working within a testing role and managing multiple healthcare testing activities. You will coordinate all testing activities including, but not limited to, system, integration, user acceptance, deployment and cutover testing, ensuring alignment with project milestones and clinical requirements.

Strong stakeholder and communication skills are essential to succeed in this role, as is a passion for delivering excellent services to healthcare staff and service users.

Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

As a Testing Lead, you will coordinate all the testing activities within the EPR Programme. Your role will involve managing test environments and ensuring all testing phases are completed to a high standard.    You will support the implementation of changes into our main Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system, ensuring they are clinically and operationally fit for purpose. Your responsibilities will include managing testing timelines, collaborating with suppliers, and ensuring defects are logged, re-tested and resolved efficiently.    Additionally, you will define go-live testing criteria, prepare test data and scripts, oversee formal test execution and re-testing, and manage regression testing and the maintenance of regression test plans. You will supervise clinical staff in their execution of User Acceptance Testing, and ensure testing meets all set deadlines in collaboration with the Programme Manager and Project Managers.

Your duties will also involve maintaining clear communication with stakeholders, producing accurate documentation, and supporting post-Go-Live activities. You will work autonomously to plan and organise your workload, participate in meetings to discuss workflows and concerns, and contribute to a positive and collaborative team culture.

Predominantly hybrid, the post holder will be expected to work across all AWP sites, regularly attending bases to support with Go Lives and User Acceptance Testing.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To gather test requirements from complex and highly technical project documentation and produce test specifications, test scripts, and test plans.

To understand the key business workflows in the Trust and plan testing to ensure that these workflows are not affected by the various upgrades, releases, and patches applied to the systems.

To review RFCs for completeness and coordinate with the system developers.

To ensure all test scripts are created, reviewed, updated, and stored in a timely manner.

To ensure that the test environments are maintained and populated as directed by the IT Clinical Systems Manager.

To manage the test execution phase of changes or projects, including UAT.

To ensure the test plan is updated regularly and accurately reflects the status of test execution.

To manage the resolution of any identified defects by reviewing, updating, and retesting when fixed, and to ensure all identified defects are logged on a defect log.

To provide realistic estimates for testing activities (test plans, test specifications, test scripts, creation of test data, test execution, test reporting, defect management, regression testing, UAT testing, etc.).

To produce final test exit reports once all tests have been run and results agreed with the project.

To research and provide advice on the feasibility of new technologies to expedite the testing process, including automated testing.

Please see attached Job Description file for a full list of duties and responsibilities.