Senior Data Warehouse Test Engineer
Job summary
The Office of Data & Analytics (ODA) Test Engineer is an important role as the Trust leads up to and delivers the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) implementation.
The ODA Test Engineer will play in integral role in the Trusts EPR implementation and the ODAs Analytics Evolution which are happening simultaneously.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
Main duties of the job
The ODA Test Engineer will take a professional approach to ensuring key submissions and reports are reflective of the truth and will provide evidence to support this.
The ODA Test Engineer will work with the wider ODA EPR squad across the associated EPR work streams, providing professional testing throughout. The ODA Test Engineer will provide clear evidence, validity scores and recommendations for next steps.
To support the Office of Data and Analytics with this journey, the ODA Test Engineer will need to:
- Have high attention to detail
- Produce and execute professional testing plans
- Be able to quantify issues and reason with impact
- Be pragmatic
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential person specification requirements
Qualifications:
- Degree or ability to demonstrate equivalent level of experience
- Testing qualification or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience
Experience:
- Substantial experience of using Microsoft SQL Server for testing purposes
- Experience of working to Agile/SCRUM methodologies
- Extensive experience of defect management processes from analysis and creation to closure and retest
- Extensive experience of testing phases throughout the software lifecycle, including regression testing
- Experience of working to and meeting deadlines
- Experienced in the complexities of working with a technical team
- Previous experience of working within an Information Department or alike
Knowledge and Awareness:
- Knowledge and awareness of Data Warehousing, particularly within an NHS setting
- A strong background in collaborating and communicating with a wide range of technical and clinical stakeholders at all levels
- Analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Understanding of Data Protection, Caldicott Security and Confidentiality and Data Protection Act
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Dewsbury Hospital
Halifax Road
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF13 4HS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/