Tester - Architecture

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The role:

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Tester to join our Applications Architecture team within the eHealth Directorate. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of critical healthcare systems that support clinicians, staff, and patients across NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.

You will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of a wide range of clinical and business applications. Your work will directly impact patient care by ensuring systems are safe, effective, and fit for purpose.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

• Smithhills Street, Paisley
• The shift pattern for this post is Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00

Key responsibilities:

• Close engagement with a variety of projects and support teams, as well as service users, will be required to interpret business needs, derive test cases and inform a test approach
• The post holder will create detailed test scripts from functional specifications, requirements documents and or technical design documents to organisation and industry standards, identify test data and conditions, review technical documentation and requirements analysis, design and run automated test scripts using the company's automated tool and design and run manual test scripts
• Assisting in the maintenance of multiple testing environments, ensuring the correct configuration of hardware before testing to guarantee that the environment is consistent
• To locate the presence of issues, assist in identifying possible solutions via communication with other departments within and outside the development department
• Liaison with end-users of the products under test to enable effective benefits-based testing to prove the products deliver as designed

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

• Agile practices (including Azure DevOps and JIRA) are now our preferred approach, and knowledge/experience of such methods would be useful
• Candidate should possess experience of testing either through a relevant diploma/degree or previous practical workplace experience
• Consideration will be given to candidates with experience of using or supporting software in use in NHSGGC, and who can demonstrate a methodical approach and good service knowledge

What we offer:

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact:
eHealth Architect, Paul Docherty, paul.docherty2@nhs.scot

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates

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