Software tester
National Health Service
In this role you will join a multidisciplinary team to ensure clinical software for maternity care is safe, reliable and effective. You’ll test web and mobile applications, report defects, and collaborate with developers and clinical teams to improve digital healthcare services. The position centers on delivering high-quality software that supports better maternity outcomes, with opportunities to contribute to automation and documentation. This role offers a meaningful opportunity to shape healthcare technology at scale.
Pay / Benefits- flexible working
- permanent contract
- full-time
- competitive salary
- opportunity to work on meaningful healthcare projects
- Plan and execute functional, regression, exploratory, validation, smoke, integration, end-to-end, UI and API testing for web and mobile apps
- Develop test cases and scripts from requirements and wireframes
- Manually execute tests, document results, and identify issues
- Log and manage defects in JIRA with clear traceability
- Support automated testing initiatives and automate suitable manual tests
- Create and maintain testing documentation (test cases, scripts, results, release records)
- Ensure releases meet quality standards and maintain auditable testing records
- Collaborate with IT/Development, clinical, design and data teams to improve products
- Evaluate testing processes to identify risks and opportunities for improvement
- Basic understanding of software testing principles and various testing types
- Basic understanding of web applications and database-driven systems
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel and Word)
- Ability to identify and clearly communicate defects and testing outcomes
- Experience organizing tasks and meeting deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication, especially defect reporting
- High attention to detail and data security awareness
- JIRA / defect tracking
- JIRA Xray (test management)
- API testing with REST-based services; Postman
Reference: WJ-747_31058960