Job summary
- Main area
- IT
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 025-AC108-0525
- Employer
- Digital Health and Care Wales
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hybrid working
- Town
- Location to be confirmed at interview
- Salary
- £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Test Engineer level 3
Band 6
Digital Health and Care Wales is an ambitious organisation created by Welsh Government to lead on the digital transformation of health and care. It builds on the digital architecture and national services put in place by the NHS Wales Informatics Service over the past decade.
The organisation will lead on large-scale developments that make a significant difference to the people of Wales as well as to health and care professionals, such as expansion of the digital patient record and the creation of a National Data Resource. It will improve the way data is collected, shared and used. Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
Would you like to make a real difference to the lives of 3.1 million people?
This is your chance to make a real difference to the lives of millions through the development and deployment of ground-breaking health and care solutions across Wales.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Test Engineer (Level 3) to support the Digital Services for Patients and the Public (DSPP) programme to develop and support the next generation of health and care digital services in Wales, including the NHS Wales App.
The NHS Wales app will be a user-facing solution that will connect patients and the public to Welsh health and care services and be accessible to anyone living in Wales to proactively manage their health and access to trusted information on health, care and wellbeing services.
The DSPP programme will also develop the technology for suppliers and practitioners across health and care services in Wales to deploy digital services in a joined-up, safe and secure way, opening-up NHS Wales for future innovations in health and care digital services.
Members of the public will work with our team, alongside medical and care practitioners, to co-produce this technology and ensure the needs of our community are met.
Main duties of the job
You will take ownership of the implementation of test process, activities and approaches defined to ensure successful delivery, coordination within the agile product team and quality reporting. This includes:
- Responsible for planning the implementation, and reporting of elements in the QA strategy and test approaches
- Collaborate with product leads to implement and report on the quality process and status at a work package level
- Lead and plan the implementation of quality process improvements, testing and assurance activities in the delivery plan
- Responsible for managing the delivery of test cases, data, scripts and criteria.
- Develop and maintain relationships with national applications customers, including senior NHS clinicians, managers, and users, providing them with advice, support, and training.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is an expert national body and part of NHS Wales. We work in partnership with NHS Wales colleagues and other key stakeholders to provide national digital and data services which support the delivery of health and social care in Wales. Modern health and care services depend on good digital tools, data and information. DHCW runs or works with more than 100 services and delivers major national digital transformation programmes to support this. In addition, DHCW provides expert advice in relation to cyber security and information governance. We give frontline staff the digital tools which help them provide safer and more efficient care. We are also giving patients and the public digital tools to better manage their own health and wellbeing, empowering people to live healthier lives. We put people at the heart of what we do, working to the highest standards to deliver quality and make digital a force for good in health and care.
Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to post-graduate level (or equivalent qualification / experience in an associated professional field)
- Practical experience, working at this level, across the range of work procedures and practices.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
Desirable criteria
- FEDIP Practitioner, or equivalent recognised Intermediate Professional qualification.
- Theoretical and specialist knowledge gained with the following certifications (or equivalent): • ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation level - Mobile Application Testing.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Aware of principles, methods, techniques and tools for the effective management of the testing process and the execution of tests throughout the lifecycle of development or integration projects.
- Aware of applying standards, practices, codes, and assessment and certification programmes relevant to the digital industry, and the specific organisation or business domain.
- Aware of concepts such as Servant-Leaders; ceremonies, Stand-Ups, Sprints and Retrospectives; and the deployment of tools and techniques such as Backlogs and A/B Testing.
- Aware of understanding and application of different development approaches e.g. iterative/ incremental methodologies (Agile, XP, TDD, SCRUM) or traditional sequential methodologies (Waterfall or V-Model), development and operational staff work collaboratively.
Desirable criteria
- Aware of a collection of methods, practises, tools and techniques, underpinned by the Agile Manifesto, that enable teams to deliver high value products and services in small, workable, increments.
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Attention to detail in applying specific quality standards to all tasks undertaken to ensure that deliverables are accurate and complete.
- Goal Orientation in maintaining focus on agreed objectives and deliverables.
- Work collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal.
- Communicate effectively using the spoken word and in writing, such as reports and via emails.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jamie Graham
- Job title
- Senior Product Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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