Testing Analyst
Accepting applications until: 15-Feb-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 15-Feb-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Omega House
- Cyfeiriad
- 112 Southampton Road
- Tref
- Eastleigh
- Cod post
- SO50 5PB
- Major / Minor Region
- Hampshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Strategy and Transformation
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
Providing front line clinicians and decision-makers access to high quality and timely data is a priority for Hampshire and Isle of Wight (HIOW) Integrated Care Board (ICB). To support this priority, we have invested in the HIOW Population Health Analytics tool called the population health platform.
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.Develop and implement comprehensive testing plans for each new data onboarding process or analytic development, working with partners in Oracle Health, Optum and system partners.
Develop and deliver testing strategies and undertake manual and automated testing as required.
Work in partnership with Oracle Health and Optum colleagues to identify and enable technical and project resources to facilitate and deliver testing requirements.
Provide regular reporting to the population health analytics service team, population health analytics steering group, ICS Digital Leadership Team, and any additional governing or oversight Bodies.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.
We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, job security, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.
We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture, and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.
Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:
- 27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement
- NHS pension scheme
- Sick pay policy
- Occupational health services including staff counselling services
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
- Flexible retirement and retirement vouchers
- Health Service Discounts - offers for stores, travel, equipment etc.
Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
This is great opportunity to come and work within the friendly population health analytics as well as part of the wider partnership between the HIOW population health analytics service, Oracle Health and Optum.
There are a range of development work streams and projects – with the Test Analyst being instrumental in overseeing all elements of system testing required in bringing new data into the platform, developing new analytic content and creating new data sets. The Test Analyst will work closely with the Technical Lead and Analytics Lead for the service.
The Test Analyst will be responsible for creating detailed test approach plans for each new development, carefully documenting test results and presenting these results to leaders within the service. The test analyst will be responsible for highlighting any concerns or issues early, and working closely with colleagues in the population health analytics service team to overcome those issues.
The ideal candidate will combine experience in a previous test analyst role, be self-motivated, confident in developing plans and reports and experience working to tight and flexible timelines.
You will report to the Technical Lead for the population health analytics team. You may be asked to line manage a small number of team members in the future.
This is a hybrid role. The population health analytics service team primarily work at home, but you will need to be able to attend face to face meetings within an office on at least a weekly basis.
Please find attached the full job description and person specification.
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Directorate and the ICB.
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Relevant degree/ diploma; or equivalent level of training and experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development that enhances theoretical and practical knowledge.
- Recent previous experience within a comparable role
- Broad knowledge of testing theories, methodology and techniques
- Relevant experience of working effectively across organisational professional boundaries in complex organisations that have different needs/technical requirements and expectations.
- Demonstrable experience in a wide variety of testing environments preferably in the public sector, using a variety of techniques and tools.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience working with data visualities tools e.g PowerBI, Tableau
Communication and Relationship Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence of good communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to relate to and engage with clinicians and operational staff to inform and implement service improvement Ability to engage and relate to key stakeholders Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Ability to translate technical requirements and specifications into easy-to-understand test plans and reports.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer focus skills especially diplomacy and advocacy skills
- Ability to flexible and adaptable to change and to be able to take appropriate action/decisions under pressure
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales and within financial constraints.
- Ability to gather information and use attention to detail to extract key messages from complex data and reports.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems.
- Extensive analytical skills with an attention to detail. Ability to break down complex problems and work with others to resolve them
- Knowledge of SQL Queries to create test data to address testing requirements developing and maintaining automated test suites, and in-depth manual test scripts
Planning and Organisational Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively.
- Ability to work under pressure with conflicting deadlines alongside ability to maintain prolonged concentration on a frequent basis.
- Ability to plan over short and medium-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Evidence of planning work and on-time delivery.
- Abilities for financial and staff management.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Katie Taylor
- Teitl y swydd
- Senior Delivery Lead
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07919228869
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