Solutions Assurance Tester

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

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Job summary

The post is to act as a Solution Assurance Tester for Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGEM CSU). The role is key in supporting the management and development of a major national application.As a member of the software engineering division, you will assist in assessing software quality through manual and automated testing. You will be responsible for finding and reporting bugs and glitches. The role will ensure that all products, applications and systems work correctly.

Main duties of the job

o Evaluate, analyse, and interpret highly complex information and requirements to inform the design and development of system deliverables.o Applying specialist knowledge, to define and create functional tests using well structured-maintainable code.o The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. This includes the CQRS technical development team, management team, NHSE/I and other key customers.o As a Solution Assurance Tester, you will be required to attend daily agiledevelopment stand-up meetings, participate in relevant internal and external working meetings and provide information on testing outcomes and expertise.o Provide and receive highly complex information and communicate results via test packs and through sprint demo requirements. In addition, communicate a range of assurance issues which can be complex and tailor these to the required audience.o Design, develop and deliver creative and innovative approaches to execute test plans and test specification based on a variety of documents that outline both functional and non-functional requirements.

About us

We are a multi award-winning organisation that has achieved the prestigious Investors in People Gold Award for 'We invest in people' and 'We invest in wellbeing' and are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We believe that every team member should have the opportunity to contribute and share their ideas.

We reward the hard work and commitment of our people with the following benefits:

A competitive salary with annual pay reviews
A generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days
Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
Flexible working and family friendly policies, including enhanced parental leave and pay
A wide range of in-house and external learning and development opportunities
Access to salary sacrifice and discount schemes
Access to employee assistance and occupational health services.

Date posted

22 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

880-6430969-A

Job locations

St Johns House

Leicester

LE1 6NB

Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as Solution Assurance Tester for Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGEMCSU), supporting application specifications and developing the required knowledge tosupport an Oracle Database infrastructure.As a Solution Assurance Tester, you will be expected to: Evaluate, analyse, and interpret highly complex information and requirements toinform the design and development of system deliverables. Applying specialist knowledge, to define and create functional tests using wellstructured-maintainable code. The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broadrange of internal and external stakeholders. This includes the CQRS technicaldevelopment team, management team, NHSE/I and other key customers. As a Solution Assurance Tester, you will be required to attend daily agiledevelopment stand-up meetings, participate in relevant internal and external workingmeetings and provide information on testing outcomes and expertise. Provide and receive highly complex information and communicate results via testpacks and through sprint demo requirements. In addition, communicate a range ofassurance issues which can be complex and tailor these to the required audience. Design, develop and deliver creative and innovative approaches to execute testplans and test specification based on a variety of documents that outline bothfunctional and non-functional requirements. Contribute to the review and development of an integrated approach to solutionassurance and support the annual CQRS process assurance audit through collationof evidence. Proactively engaging in conversations to support the on-going development andmaintenance of your own skills and knowledge, Implementing standards and policies, pro-actively identifying and proposingimprovements or enhancements to meet changing Planning work of own and other team members to achieve agreed objectives,prioritising multiple and sometimes conflicting deliverables, escalating as appropriate,any issues which may impact deadlines Analyse user stories and/use cases/requirements for validity and feasibilitycollaborating closely with other team members and departments Execute all levels of testing (System, Integration, and Regression) and developautomation/test scripts when needed Detect and track software defects and inconsistencies and provide timely solutions.Apply quality engineering principals throughout the Agile product lifecycle Create logs to document testing phases and defects reporting bugs and errors todevelopment teams. Help troubleshoot issuesV2 07/13 Design and implement test plans to highly complex requirements provided by NHSE/Iand primary care specifications and lead all testing requirements within the CQRSsystem. Contribute to the development of solution assurance strategies and the developmentand implementation of improvement programmes in accordance with the CSU Supporting the Senior Assurance Tester monitor CCN commercials to ensurebudgetary compliance and opportunities for efficiencies within the assuranceprocess. Attend impact assessment planning meetings to support the managementof resource costs and budget for the testing team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Educated to Degree or equivalent level in a computing, engineering, analysis or related subject or equivalent experience
Experience of working on large scale, complex, tight deadline projects.
Substantial experience of working as a Software Tester
Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Experience in an Agile methodology

Desirable

ISTQB
Experience of working with the NHS

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Educated to Degree or equivalent level in a computing, engineering, analysis or related subject or equivalent experience
Experience of working on large scale, complex, tight deadline projects.
Substantial experience of working as a Software Tester
Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Experience in an Agile methodology

Desirable

ISTQB
Experience of working with the NHS

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.