Test Manager(NHS)

Job Summary/Job Purpose:

• Responsible for all aspects of provision of the Testing services for which the post holder is the
• Test Principal (management, support and development)
• To implement testing strategies in accordance with Test Framework and Assurance Processes.
• To implement test plans based upon this strategy
• To provide advice on testing of complex programmes, including presenting to senior
• management and wider teams, ensuring guidance policy and strategy in areas of quality
• assurance and system testing.
• Responsible for leading, planning and managing the software testing in multiple, concurrent
• complex national applications projects.
• Manage the testing lifecycle for each of major applications ensuring they meet Senior User
• requirements and adhere to the appropriate assurance strategies. This will include the planning and management of each key test phase –
• Systems and Integration Testing (SIT), Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT), Regression Testing and Performance Testing to ensure delivery against agreed project plans.
• Responsible for defining the long-term test strategy within the product, to ensure test approaches will continue to meet constantly changing user and stake holder needs.
• The Test Team Principal is required to work closely with Development Managers,
• Project Managers, Senior Software Developers and Senior Users.
• In addition, the Test Manager will supervise a team of test analysts on a day-to-day basis and coordinate their activities to support the testing phases

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain relationships with national applications customers including senior NHS clinicians, managers or users and provide them with advice, support and training.
• Represent client at various application, NHS steering and user groups and when required both present and interpret complex business and clinical national application issues.
• Be responsible for the preparation, maintenance of documentation for the national applications and services to provide operational and user specific information.
• Liaise as necessary with NHS staff at all levels to resolve faults across NHS organisations or external companies.
• Develop test plans and procedures to ensure that systems are stable, maintainable, meet usability criteria, provide accurate information and meet the required specification.
• Analyse complex IT, business and clinical processes to produce Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts that reflect the working practices of the areas where a system is to be deployed.
• Analyse and document the requirements for non-functional testing.
• Analyse Business Requirements and specifications in order to prepare comprehensive Traceability Matrices for the systems under test.
• Ensure Test Analysts create test plans and traceability matrices. Overall responsibilities for ensuring applications meet appropriate national quality assurance criteria.
• Responsibility to ensure all test lifecycle phases are completed. These include Systems and Integration Testing (SIT), Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT), User Assurance Testing (UAT), Regression Testing and Performance Testing. Responsible for planning the resolution of identified issues in a timely and controlled manner.

Essential experience

• The post holder must have a relevant degree or extensive experience of software testing in a highly complex technical environment. The post holder should hold the ISEB intermediate certificate in software testing and be able to demonstrate and maintain a sound knowledge of relevant NHS clinical and business processes.
• Have prior Experience in NHS projects as a test Manager
• Hands on Technical experience in Manual/Automated, Integration and load testing
• Experience of implementing a Test Frameworks
• Experience and responsibility for service delivery.