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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Work Pattern: Fixed Term, Full Time, 37 hours per week
Fixed-term or Secondment** until 31st March 2026
**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
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
NES Technology Service (NTS) has created a strategic programme for the transformation of digital based services to allow NES to become a leading digital organisation in Scottish Health, digital by default and fully aligned with the Scottish Government’s technology strategies. It is in pursuit of this aim that NTS are working with partners to develop the National Digital Platform
The National Digital Platform
In the future, the first point of contact for many health and social care services will be digital. This requires technology that enables innovation and communication between systems in order to ensure these services are delivered in the most effective way.
The National Digital Platform (NDP) is an open, standards-based platform, supporting technology for the health and social care environment. It underpins our commitment to making health and care information and services more accessible. Working with those delivering solutions across health and social care to bring new and existing digital components onto the platform, for re-use.
The National Digital Platform
The Opportunity
We are looking for 2 Test Managers to join our highly talented and growing team to collaborate and problem-solve some of the most complex challenges in health and social care.
Do you have extensive testing and test management experience with the ability to manage several workstreams that have multiple competing priorities?
Do you thrive on fostering a supportive environment that empowers others, through regular interactions, knowledge sharing and developing a space where team members can learn and work through challenges together?
Do you continually research new technologies and methodologies to enhance testing and evaluation of products and processes?
Do you demonstrate strong leadership qualities in communication, conflict management and negotiation?
Do you have the ability to easily context switch when priorities dictate the need to do so, whilst supporting team members to get up to speed quickly when required?
Working within the NES Technology Testing team you will have the opportunity to define and drive innovation that will directly inform the development and delivery of digital services for health and care professionals, and the general public.
Please refer to the Job Pack for further details on the essential and desirable requirements for this post, and provide examples of evidence of experience within the application form
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Our Test Managers offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
• A testing subject matter expert who is confident in promoting the value of testing and the quality benefits our testing service provides
• The ability to analyse technology landscapes across multiple products and implement effective testing strategies that provide clear vision and purpose
• Highly experienced in testing complex technology solutions, including cloud-based technologies, relational databases, API’s, reporting suites and large-scale data migrations
• Ability to develop non-functional testing frameworks for e.g. Security and Performance Testing for end-to-end solutions
• Ability to confidently provide hands-on technical leadership and direction across many multi-disciplinary agile teams
• Highly effective communicator knowing how to make complex information clear and understandable for a diverse range of senior internal and external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing)
• Ability to lead the planning, execution, and reporting on test progress of multiple national systems at a senior level
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively manage conflict.
• Extensive experience of developing and maintaining excellent team working relationships and test process improvement within an agile organisation
• 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 is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.
If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Amanda.murphy@nhs.scot or Fiona.McLaughlan@nhs.scot
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.
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, working from our offices as operationally required.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews (including a presentation) will take place between Thursday 6th and Tuesday 11th March 2025. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
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.
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: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot