Test Analyst

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; West Virginia; Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS pension scheme

27 days annual leave + 8 holidays

Job summary

PSD Scotland is seeking a skilled Test Analyst to join the Technology Service team. You will ensure digital services are robust, secure and deliver value from day one, collaborating with product managers, engineers and stakeholders across Scotland’s health and care sector.

You will drive functional, integration and regression testing, explore risks, and support automation and continuous improvement within a fast-paced agile environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience of functional, integration and regression testing in a multi-disciplinary agile team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and stakeholders to embed testing throughout the product lifecycle.
• Identify quality risks and ensure testing aligns with acceptance criteria.
• Design test plans, scenarios and cases from user stories.
• Produce clear test reports on progress, quality and risk.
• Contribute to automation and best practices within the team.
• Communicate risks clearly to technical and non-technical colleagues.

Skills

Functional testing

Integration testing

Regression testing

API testing

Postman

Exploratory testing

Test planning

Data validation

CI/CD pipelines

Security testing

Accessibility testing

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Postman

SQL

Job description

On 1 April 2026, NSS and NES became one national organisation, focused on continuity today and a stronger, more connected service for tomorrow.

As part of this transformation, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long‑term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.

Flexible Location:

PSD Scotland is a remote‑friendly employer with staff based throughout Scotland. We support office‑based and hybrid working arrangements. We welcome conversations about alternative working patterns—please get in touch during the application process to discuss.

Work Pattern:

Fixed Term, Full Time, 36 hours per week

Fixed‑term or Secondment until 31st March 2028

For NHS applicants, an NHS secondment will be offered in the first instance. For non‑NHS applicants, a fixed‑term or secondment would be considered.

You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.

Who We Are

PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.

We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.

PSD Scotland Technology Service has created a strategic programme for the transformation of digital based services to allow PSD Scotland to become a leading digital organisation in Scottish Health, digital by default and fully aligned with the Scottish Government’s technology strategies.

Our Technology

We are in the business of providing safe, secure and innovative technology products and services that aim to improve outcomes across education, training, workforce, health and care in the public sector in Scotland. Using modern cloud‑based technology we deliver sustainable products and services for the future.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a skilled and curious Test Analyst to join our team. You will play a key role in assuring the quality of the digital products and services we deliver, helping to make sure they are safe, reliable and fit for purpose for the people who rely on them across Scotland’s health and care sector.

You will work closely with product managers, business analysts, software engineers, architects, delivery managers, clinical stakeholders and other test professionals to understand requirements, identify quality risks and embed testing throughout the product lifecycle.

Do you enjoy working as part of a collaborative, multi‑disciplinary agile team, where quality is everyone’s responsibility?

Do you have a passion for testing web applications and APIs and enjoy getting under the hood to understand how systems integrate and where they might break?

Do you bring a balanced approach to testing, combining structured functional and regression testing with the creativity and curiosity of exploratory testing?

Do you want to work in a culture of continuous improvement, helping to shape test approaches, automation and best practices across the team?

Do you enjoy working at pace, adapting to changing priorities, and clearly communicating risks and findings to technical and non‑technical colleagues?

Working within the PSD Scotland Technology Service team you will have the ensure the digital services we build for the public, health and care professionals, and partners are robust, secure and deliver real value from day one.

Does this sound like you?

What We Love To See

• Hands‑on experience of functional, integration and regression testing of web applications, working closely with developers and product managers in a multi‑disciplinary agile team
• Confidence testing APIs using tools such as Postman, including validating responses, error handling and integrations between systems
• A curious, risk‑based mindset, using exploratory testing to uncover unknown risks and edge cases
• Ability to design, execute and maintain clear test plans, test scenarios and test cases from user stories and acceptance criteria, and to produce clear test reports on progress, quality and risk
• Confidence querying databases or datastores to validate data and investigate defects
• Awareness of, or interest in the test automation and CI/CD pipelines (for example GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps), with opportunities to develop these skills in the roleli>
• Awareness of non‑functional testing such as accessibility, security, usability and cross‑browser testing
• Highly effective communicator and advocate for testing best practices, sharing knowledge and helping technical and non‑technical stakeholders make informed decisions on quality and risk
• Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
• Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, to meet strict deadlines.

Benefits Which Matter

As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Life‑work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
• Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
• NHS discounts and more

Diversity and Inclusion

Developing a successful national service for Scotland means considering the diverse needs, perspectives, and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland. We are focused on hiring the very best talent and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. Our aim to ensure that everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has a positive recruitment experience—regardless of the outcome.

We welcome applications from all under‑represented groups, including racially minoritised people and disabled people. It is not essential to be in Test Analyst role right now—you may be returning from a career break (e.g., maternity, paternity, caring) or coming from another field. Your experiences can bring a fresh perspective to our work.

If you are considering applying and would like to discuss the opportunity, any adjustments or alternative work patterns, please contact Sri Hari Narra ([e-mail]).

Next Steps

• NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest opportunity, ideally prior to application.

All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail.

In person OR online interviews will take place on Thursday 12th November to 17th November 2026.

For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.

Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.

Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

• Please be advised that if you are successful in being offered the role following the recruitment process, you will be expected to attend the office prior to your start date to complete face‑to‑face pre‑employment checks. If you require any adjustments to support this, please let us know.
• To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service.

As part of the pre‑employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre‑settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: [e-mail]