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Job requirements
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working in NHS or a healthcare company on healthcare systems.
- Experience
Experience of working with Cerner applications
- Experience
Experience in working in fast changing technology environment, with demonstrable experience of adapting to change and learning new technologies quickly.
- Communications
Strong communications and relationship building skills
- Knowledge & Skills
Good understanding of various test methodologies and processes.
- Knowledge & Skills
Sound understanding of IT project lifecycle.
- Knowledge & Skills
Able to identify and raise issues and risks.
- Personal Qualities
Excellent attention to detail
- Personal Qualities
Effective team player
- Personal Qualities
Willing to work flexible hours especially around the time of upgrades and implementations
- Personal Qualities
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Qualifications & Training
ISTQB Certified Software Testing Qualification
Desirable
9 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience as testing analyst or systems administration or back-office support
- Experience
Experience of defect tracking and managing the tracking/resolution of the defects.
- Experience
Highly developed specialist knowledge in software engineering - experience of testing Cerner Applications, interface solutions or database infrastructure.
- Experience
Experience of extracting and verifying HL7 messages
- Communications
Good presentation techniques
- Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge of Millennium and/or RiO back-office tools
- Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge of the following software systems: • Lab and Rad systems • AutoHotKey (automation software) • HEAT (helpdesk software)
- Qualifications & Training
St Georges Cerner in house training in PAS and Scheduling
- Qualifications & Training
Demonstration of career development
Job overview
The ICT department manages the Trust’s ICT systems, infrastructure and IT support services enabling the electronic filing, printing and sharing of both clinical and non-clinical information. It also provides support to manage the systems and services which includes:
helpdesk; IT training; break-fix; application development, acquisition and support for all the supported Trust IT services. The ICT department is also responsible for Information Governance.
We work to identify opportunities to streamline business processes and to enable data sharing and collaboration internally and externally by use, or replacement, of technology. In addition, ICT should provide tools to enable business units to achieve their goals, resulting in improved quality of care to patients.
Main duties of the job
Act as a point of contact for staff from all parts of the organisation that need testing assistance or advice.
Work closely with change managers, operational managers and end-users to understand the workflow and expected functionality being developed.
Write comprehensive test scripts to fully verify the development system against product specifications and user expectations.
Interpret the often-complex testing output to identify defects and functional omissions.
Document defects so that the issue can be reliably replicated.
Report defects to suppliers/developers so that the issue is understood, and the expected solution is clear.
Ensure issues, especially those impacting patient safety, are escalated within the organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Applicant requirements
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This advert is for Test Analyst with St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Analyst role. The advertised salary is £38,488 - £46,852 per annum incl HCAS (Inner). The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Until September, 2027). The application deadline is 16 Oct 2026.
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