User Acceptance Test Analyst

at  NHS Blood and Transplant

User Acceptance Test Analyst Job Summary You’re joining NHS Blood & Transplant at an exciting time as we’re rolling out new strategies to upgrade and maintain our tech, helping the entire organization. You’ll make sure the key applications for organ and tissue donation and transplantation work smoothly and meet user needs, while building strong relationships with those users. The OTDT product centre is also creating a new system to support living donations, replacing the current paper-based process. This change will help increase the number of transplants identified by the UK Living Kidney Sharing Scheme.
As a User Acceptance Test Analyst, you’ll be crucial in ensuring this new system is safe and effective. Please note, this post is currently based at the NHSBT Stoke Gifford centre, and will to be moving to the NHSBT Filton centre in November 2024. Main duties of the job In this role you will contribute to saving and improving lives by meeting patients’ needs for organs, blood, components, tissues, and related services by: Ensuring any enhancements to existing software, or newly onboarded applications, meet the needs of NHSBT colleagues and external users. Developing strong relationships with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from across Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation (OTDT).
Using Business processes and acceptance criteria to produce scenarios and derive test scripts that ensure enhanced or new functionality is fit for business purpose Ensuring test scripts, processes and procedures are kept up-to-date to deliver quality assurance. Promoting and maintaining software user acceptance testing best practice. You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice About You Experience and Knowledge Practical experience of working with User Stories with an ability to quickly digest existing User Stories and drive discussions and test cases based on acceptance criteria Working knowledge of software development lifecycle and user acceptance testing Experience of working with Information Technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) Qualifications and Training Degree level qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent relevant experience] Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD) Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
About Us At NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers. It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year.
We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we’ll save and improve more lives than ever This vacancy will close at 23:59 on 18th August 2024 Interviews are anticipated to be held on the 29th and 30th August 2024– subject to confirmation For informal enquiries please contact – Liza Lydon, OTDT Product Owner – Technical at Liza.Lydon@nhsbt.nhs.uk Please note, following changes to UK immigration policy from April 4th, this vacancy will no longer be eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
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