UX/I Designer

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

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Salary Progression

Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 8a with a full-time starting salary of £47,126, with a pay step increase after 5 years service. For posts based in Inner London, the above salaries will include the additional supplement of 20% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,608 per annum and a maximum payment of £7,097 per annum. This is offered in accordance with NHS Terms and Conditions and is based on office location.

Behaviours and Values

Essential

• Effective organiser, influencer and collaborator, sharing design knowledge within the design team.
• Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference.
• The ability to communicate your designs to the Development team throughout the Agile process of build test and live.
• Superb communication skills, ability to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure the situational awareness of work and priorities

Desirable

• To be able to take ideas and discussions from different levels within the team and translate these into effective designs.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent qualification/experience
• Recognised design qualification, for example in Service Design, Interaction Design, Design, Human Centred Design, Ergonomics, or equivalent experience.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• UX Design/UI Design
• Interaction Design, user Journey Maps and Wireframing, Prototyping, User Story and Spec Writing
• Knowledge of design tools: Figma, Photoshop and Illustrator

Desirable

• Branding, Creative Direction and Sketching
• Ability to work within the Agile development methodology
• System testing abilities
• Knowledge of design, code and test tools: Sketch, Indesign, HTML & CSS, Google Optimize (AB testing), Hotjar (Heatmap testing), Browserstack (Browser testing), Figma mirror (Mobile testing

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the phases of product delivery and can contribute to, plan or run these. You can maintain a product or process through the delivery phases.
• The ability to work in remote teams, good communication skills are key.

Desirable

• Experience in using Agile software development methodologies and supporting software tools (Experience of sprint planning, refining, stand-ups and retrospectives, use of Jira).
• Experience in planning and running design workshops.
• Knowledge of Government Digital Service Standards.
• Experience of working in the NHS or wider healthcare sector.
• Experience for designing for mobile devices.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).