Job summary
The East Midlands Acute Providers Digital Design Collaborative (EMAP DDC)
The Digital Design Collaborative (DDC) is a group of NHS Acute Trusts in the East Midlands Region of England who have come together to strategically plan and collaborate on their collective digital transformation journey, with the ambition to strategically operate as one health care system.
The DDC vision isWe will have the best EPR in the NHS for the benefit of our patients, staff and population. This will be achieved by:
- Prioritising safety in our journey to improving patient care ensuring highest standards of safety and wellbeing
- Adding value to the working lives of our staff and empowering them to deliver exceptional patient outcomes with ease and confidence
- Contribute to the creation of a healthcare landscape where excellence is the norm, innovation is embraced, and the benefits of the collaboration are fully realised
The DDC member organisations have embarked on a digital excellence journey to implement a nationally leading Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system that will transform the quality of care for their patients and staff by having instantly accessible information using the latest mobile technology, reducing paper usage and utilising clinical decision support tools.
DSFS is proud to be supporting the EMAP DDC in the delivery of its vision.
Main duties of the job
Initially based at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL), flexibility is required across the three main hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital). Excess travel reimbursement would not apply for a permanent or temporary change of base across these sites.
As a member of the EMAP DDC team, carry out a wide range of testing activities against clinical and other applications software and their supporting hardware that inform project stakeholders about the quality of new or upgraded software applications and systems, to demonstrate that they meet agreed requirements, required workflows and identify defects before being promoted into a production environment for operational use.
Review requirements and specifications to define test conditions.
Provision of early life support for project go lives.
Support the provision of training e.g. 'train the trainer' .
About us
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Job description
Job responsibilities
For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job description and Person Specification. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job description and Person Specification. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.
Person Specification
General Skills
Essential
- oCompetent in technical problem diagnostics / debugging
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oA quick learner
- oA self-developer
- oAble to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
Demonstrates DSFS Values
Essential
- oResponsive - Reliable - Resourceful - Respectful
- oService Excellence Through Our People
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oEducated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- oISTQB Foundation Level
- oISTQB Agile Tester Extension
Experience
Essential
- oSoftware testing on medium complexity projects
- oKnowledge and experience of SIT/ UAT testing of clinical systems in an NHS environment
- oExperience in manual testing; production of test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, test execution
- oTesting in waterfall and agile projects
Desirable
- oExperience of testing throughout the software development life cycle
- oNHS Acute Hospital - IM&T project experience
Knowledge
Essential
- oFully competent in the testing process in a development project context
- oThe basics of software deployment
- oBasic level application life-cycle management tools
Desirable
- oAcute healthcare
- oA basic appreciation of test policy and strategy development
- oBasic level automated testing tools
- oBasic level application performance monitoring tools
- oBasic level mobile technologies
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential
- oGood verbal and written English communication skills
- oExcellent communication skills when interacting with the development / project and test team
- oAn effective collaborator
- oCompetent in complex communications of test issues and product defects
- oCompetent in in reporting test evidence to stakeholders
- oA natural information sharer
- oCompetent in reporting test execution results
- oGood team player with a flexible work approach
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- oCompetent in problem solving
- oCompetent in critical thinking
- oCompetent in design of tests from requirements definitions
- oBasic data and data structure analysis
- oCompetent in constructing exploratory test cases
- oCompetent in reviewing test execution results
Desirable
- oInterpretation of stakeholder requirements
- oUnderstanding of root cause analysis
- oUnderstanding of risk assessment
Planning and Organisation Skills
Essential
- oCompetent in test data preparation
- oCompetent in the planning and execution of functional tests
- oExcellent problem solving and planning skills
Desirable
- oCompetent in script language-based software development
- oBasic security testing
- oBasic test automation
- oDefect management skills
Person Specification
General Skills
Essential
- oCompetent in technical problem diagnostics / debugging
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oA quick learner
- oA self-developer
- oAble to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
Demonstrates DSFS Values
Essential
- oResponsive - Reliable - Resourceful - Respectful
- oService Excellence Through Our People
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oEducated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- oISTQB Foundation Level
- oISTQB Agile Tester Extension
Experience
Essential
- oSoftware testing on medium complexity projects
- oKnowledge and experience of SIT/ UAT testing of clinical systems in an NHS environment
- oExperience in manual testing; production of test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, test execution
- oTesting in waterfall and agile projects
Desirable
- oExperience of testing throughout the software development life cycle
- oNHS Acute Hospital - IM&T project experience
Knowledge
Essential
- oFully competent in the testing process in a development project context
- oThe basics of software deployment
- oBasic level application life-cycle management tools
Desirable
- oAcute healthcare
- oA basic appreciation of test policy and strategy development
- oBasic level automated testing tools
- oBasic level application performance monitoring tools
- oBasic level mobile technologies
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential
- oGood verbal and written English communication skills
- oExcellent communication skills when interacting with the development / project and test team
- oAn effective collaborator
- oCompetent in complex communications of test issues and product defects
- oCompetent in in reporting test evidence to stakeholders
- oA natural information sharer
- oCompetent in reporting test execution results
- oGood team player with a flexible work approach
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- oCompetent in problem solving
- oCompetent in critical thinking
- oCompetent in design of tests from requirements definitions
- oBasic data and data structure analysis
- oCompetent in constructing exploratory test cases
- oCompetent in reviewing test execution results
Desirable
- oInterpretation of stakeholder requirements
- oUnderstanding of root cause analysis
- oUnderstanding of risk assessment
Planning and Organisation Skills
Essential
- oCompetent in test data preparation
- oCompetent in the planning and execution of functional tests
- oExcellent problem solving and planning skills
Desirable
- oCompetent in script language-based software development
- oBasic security testing
- oBasic test automation
- oDefect management skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
DSFS Holmewood Offices
Enterprise Drive, Holmewood Industrial Park, Holmewood, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S42 5UZ
Chesterfield
S42 5UZ
Employer's website
https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
