Specialist - Data Governance and Assurance

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive - and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you., We have an exciting opportunity for a Software Test specialist with a proactive and positive approach to software quality assurance. This role will be principally responsible for the testing and delivering application to support for a number of systems and platforms maintained by the products and services team.
The post holder will support the Lead QA (Senior Manager - Data Governance and Assurance) and their team to ensure that their work stream of programmes is planned and managed effectively, playing a key role in their successful delivery., + Take responsibility for assuring software quality, ensure bugs are fixed by developers to satisfaction and certify that functional requirements have been met to deliver business need
+ Implement a structured testing methodology for a host of information solutions Deliver early benefits to the organisation using Agile approaches within development project teams
+ Perform functional testing and regression testing
+ Analyse automation feasibility and implement automated frameworks where feasible Obtain project and system knowledge from Developers/BAs/SMEs to ensure a well-rounded understanding of business needs being delivered and identify test conditions/scenarios/cases that provide full and manageable test coverage
+ Provide comprehensive analysis of any issue/defect prior to recording it in a defect tracking tool and manage the tracking of defects until closure
+ Co-ordinate user acceptance testing, collate feedback and maintain master list of issues
+ Work with the Operations team using a devOps approach to ensure broader infrastructure, deployment and operational needs are designed into solutions
+ Assure that solutions implement design patterns agreed with the Architecture team to ensure NHSI's systems are designed to the highest levels of quality
+ Contribute to continuous improvement projects to constantly improve ways of working across the team and organisation
+ Demonstrate NHSI's competencies in line with the role level and be a role model for NHSI's values, This advert has attached Assignment Briefs/ information relating to roles currently vacant. However, please be aware that this recruitment may also be used to fill other positions that become vacant after the time of advert, for which Assignment Briefs or team information are not available. This will be limited to roles where the competencies to be assessed and requirements for the role are appropriately similar.
Our commitments to you
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We're passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the processing of your application; a privacy notice is attached to advise you on how we will process your personal data.
If you have applied via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
+ Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
+ Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
+ Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
+ Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
+ Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band., NHS England