Deputy Test Manager

St Mary's Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

St Mary's Hospital is looking for a Deputy Test Manager to lead the ICT Test Team, ensuring all testing processes are managed effectively. The role demands strong leadership skills, knowledge in software testing methodologies, and the ability to navigate complex clinical application testing. You'll play a vital role in maintaining clinical safety and improving patient care through rigorous testing practices.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and executing testing strategies.
• ISTQB certified tester or equivalent experience required.
• Proven leadership in managing testing teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage testing activities and ensure adherence to strategies.
• Oversee team recruitment, mentoring, and performance management.
• Develop test strategies and reports for various clinical systems.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Team Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

ISTQB Certification in Software Testing

Tools

Cerner EPR Applications

HL7 Messaging

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Test Manager to join an established ICT Test Team to ensure all testing activities are effectively managed and tested according to the defined test strategy and approach prior to release into the live environment.

Working alongside head of testing, you will be involved in recruiting, mentoring and managing a large team of junior and senior testers besides creating test strategies, plans and test reports for various clinical systems. Ability to work independently under high pressure and commitment to continuously deliver to tight deadlines is required.

You will have strong knowledge of various Oracle Cerner EPR applications. You will also have good demonstrable knowledge of software testing methodologies and should be an ISTQB certified tester or have equivalent testing experience. Knowledge of integration is highly desirable.

You should have previous experience of working in a senior test lead role with extensive experience of leading testers and managing multiple test projects or activities. Strong stakeholder and communication skills are essential to succeed in this role.

Though primarily based at Paddington, you will be expected to cover and travel between all the NWL ICS sites depending on the need.

Main duties of the job

The ICT Test Team plays a pivotal role in ensuring that all changes and implementations are rigorously tested to identify and eliminate any software issues thereby reducing the clinical safety risk. This role is critical to ensuring that NWL Oracle Cerner domain is clinically safe and does not adversely impact patient safety. This is a very busy team involved in multiple projects, changes or issue fixes and so you will need to be proactive, enjoy every daily challenges and can tactfully handle stressful situations.

Test department and manage end users of varying skills in delivery of quality assurance of all software applications used by the Trust. The Deputy Test Manager will provide the technical knowledge and maintain the trust-wide software and system testing framework which supports quality assurance of trust applications.

• Contribute to the design of test strategies for new and updated software systems (including the Patient Administration System) within the trust and manage their execution.
• Planning and organisation of a broad range of complex testing activities including hands-on scripting and testing of CR/RFCs as required.
• Implement efficient and economic processes and methods for system testing.
• Manage and develop ICT Test department consisting of a core permanent set of testers supplemented by contract and temporary staff as workload demands.
• Assist the Head of Testing in managing various external supplier contracts and services

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent coupled with post graduate qualification or equivalent experience in the planning, design, execution and reporting testing of complex applications with on-going formal training.
• ISTQB Certification in Software Testing.
• The candidate must demonstrate the constant renewal of knowledge either through structured training or through self-learning to meet the demands of a rapidly changing technology environment.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development in the field of Software Testing.

Experience

• Practical experience of full testing lifecycle management from design to deployment and maintenance including RFC reviews, test evidence reviews and providing approvals for implementation to Production
• Experience of supervision and management of a team of test analysts – including (but not limited to) – recruitment, capability and performance, training, leadership, motivation, sickness absence.
• Experience of developing organisation-wide Test Methodologies, Test Plans, Test Specs, Test Scripts and Reports.
• Experience working within an Agile Methodology development environment; a fast changing technology environment, with demonstrable experience of adapting to change and learning new technologies quickly.
• Knowledge of Cerner Patient Administration System, OCS and any HealthCare I.T. systems

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Strong analytical capability to assimilate and interpret complex requirements from a variety of sources.
• Ability to estimate and plan the full testing and deployment of a new system from initial gathering of requirements through to delivery to end-users, ensuring that time estimates provided are accurate, and that any changes to original scope are factored in to the original delivery estimates.
• Ability to communicate with Trust users and third party suppliers to provide testing assurance for effective IT solutions in line with Trust ICT strategy to support the Trust’s business objectives, ensuring that all Trust IM&T policies are accurately interpreted and put into practice.
• Ability to present and communicate complex information including test Working knowledge of various Cerner applications Working knowledge of HL7 messaging strategies, test scripts, test reports etc in simple, non-technical language to large and small clinical and non-clinical groups.
• Working knowledge of various Cerner applications
• Working knowledge of HL7 messaging

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