Job Description

Electronic Patient Records (EPR) represents a major IT project in Moorfield's excellence delivery programme. EPR will collate and consolidate the management of clinical records to support clinicians and colleagues across the trust in making more effective decisions, improving clinical outcomes and patient experience.



Our vision is to create a digitally enabled organisation that supports the delivery of efficient and effective patient care. We aim to achieve this through easy-to-use systems that provide staff and patients with access to the right information, in the right place, at the right time. To help us to achieve this vision, we are looking for passionate individuals to join our team.



You will be joining Moorfields Eye Hospital at an exciting time as we transform and innovate our QA process, ensuring our solutions are robust, scalable, and secure.



We are seeking a senior test engineer with cloud and automation testing expertise to implement and maintain testing frameworks for our applications and services.

Experience in technologies (or similar)



.NET applications



PHP Framework; Selenium; Playwright; BDD



Test automation for cloud-based technology



Scripting Language e.g. Java; JavaScript; TypeScript; C#



APi Testing



You will be joining a team where your ideas and expertise are valued. You will apply best practices to deliver quality and reliable software services and collaborate with DevOps and operational teams to integrate testing into the CI/CD pipeline.



This role is part of the IT Operations, who are responsible for:



Maintaining our IT services and ensuring they remain operational, performant, supported, fit-for-purpose and meeting the needs of our end users



As IT subject matter experts, contributing to the design and development of new products and services



Improving user experience in our systems and processes



Proactively maintaining our IT service portfolio and reducing technical debt



Helping to drive clinical innovation through technology



A senior test engineer is involved in test engineering activities at a complex level, and on large-scale projects / service delivery.

At this role level, you will:

Identify and raise awareness of risks arising from the automation test results.



Identify new and implement existing test frameworks to improve confidence in testing



Be proficient in a range of coding languages (you may be an expert in only one)



Mentor and advise other team members in testing practices



At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:



Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement



Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme



Free 24/7 independent counselling service



Learning and development opportunities



Easy and quick transport links



A range of attractive benefits and discounts



Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes



Free Pilates classes



Full support and training to develop your skills



Flexible working friendly organisation



And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.



Leadership



Mentor and coach other members of the Testing team



Test management

Operate within a Test Management Framework (example:

International Software Testing Qualifications Board - ISTQB)



Identity process improvement opportunities for test management, estimation, monitoring and control tools and help implement improvement initiatives



Contribute to the development of quality assurance test standards, policies and procedures



Contribute to ensuring enterprise architecture is scalable through test assurance



Contribute to innovation and service improvement through new and emerging technologies (such as AI & Machine Learning) in the quality assurance testing process



Functional testing



Design and execute a wide range of testing techniques and communicate test results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.



Make decisions on the environment for testing, and can coach others



Identify defects, alert the business to them, and help to prioritise them based on defect severity.



Non-functional testing



Design and execute a wide range of non-functional testing techniques.



Communicate non-functional test results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.



Make decisions on running types of non-functional testing.



Coach and mentor others.



Identify defects, alert the business to them, and help to prioritise them based on defect severity.



Technical breadth



Demonstrate a good working knowledge of different tools and techniques, and can train others.



Advise others on testing techniques and frameworks.



Effectively research, plan and train others within the team.



Test analysis



Think creatively, ask the right questions and critically evaluate and communicate findings to a larger team.



Lead investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes.



Drive the collection of information and the creation of recommendations for improvements.



Absorb large amounts of conflicting information and use it to determine solutions.



Ownership and initiative



You can own an issue until a new owner has been found, or the problem has been mitigated or resolved.



Financial management



Understand how to balance cost versus value - including the safe and efficient use of install, running and maintenance of software



Consider the impact of user needs



Continual service improvement



You know how to analyse current processes, identify and implement opportunities to optimise processes, and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions.



You can support specific activities to improve processes.



You can spot or identify deficiencies.



Service focus



You can take inputs and establish coherent frameworks that work.



Service reporting



Responsible for ensuring that the quality assurance management platform is kept up-to-date with all testing activities across your portfolio of projects.



Produce relevant reports in a standard format and agreed timeframe.



Add a commentary that provides an interpretation of the data set.



Community of practice



Develop and maintain a network of professionals to enable continuous learning and a community which can share, learn, and keep up to date on the quality assurance testing, and broader technology and data landscape

Other Duties:

Occasional work may be required outside of core business hours to support major projects / programmes



All other reasonable request



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