Digital Test Lead
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £53,755.00 to £60,504.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53755.00 - £60504.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 June 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, RG1 5AN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9193-25-0481 |
Summary
Testing Strategy & Leadership:Design and Lead a Comprehensive Digital Testing Strategy Develop, deliver, and manage the testing strategy for the Trusts digital solutions, ensuring integration with technical infrastructure, applications, and data conversion.Align the testing approach with NHS requirements and the Trusts digital transformation initiatives.Develop a detailed testing programme timeline in coordination with key programme leads, ensuring resources, environments, and tools are prepared for timely execution of testing.Oversee both manual and automated testing efforts, ensuring test coverage across applications, infrastructure, and integrated systems. Lead the development and execution of automated testing frameworks using industry-standard tools.Ensure that all necessary resources for testingpeople, environments, tools, and locationsare available and adequately managed. Coordinate test ownership across teams and allocate tasks as per the overall project schedule.Develop and implement risk management protocols within the testing programme to identify, assess, and mitigate risks before they impact the operational environment. Quality Assurance & Governance:Define and enforce quality assurance standards and protocols across all digital solutions, ensuring compliance with NHS digital frameworks and governance structures.Lead the development of detailed test plans, scripts, and test cases for functional, non-functional, integration, and regression testing. Supervise the review of these documents to ensure compliance with industry standards.Establish and maintain a robust issue management system to track defects, monitor testing outcomes, and manage test data for review and audit purposes.Ensure all issues are escalated and resolved in a timely manner. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:Liaise with IT teams, application owners, clinical leads, and external suppliers to ensure testing is aligned with project objectives.Collaborate with external vendors to ensure thorough testing of third-party solutions including relevant supplier relationship management where applicableDevelop a structured communication strategy to ensure all stakeholders receive timely updates on testing progress.Provide assurance to senior leadership on testing milestones and escalate any issues or delays.Act as the central point of contact for testing activities, presenting complex technical data and testing outcomes to various stakeholders, including senior management and clinical leads.