QA Automation Engineer

· In summary, the post holder will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our healthcare and NHS Fleet Solutions systems. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining automated test cases using C# and Playwright. · Over time, you will understand user journeys and manual test cases and be expected to convert them into automated test cases. · You will be responsible for setting up the test runs to execute as part of the CI/CD pipeline · Your role will involve collaboration with Business Analysts, Test Analysts / Engineers, and Developers to maintain high-quality standards throughout the software development lifecycle. · You will be expected to mentor / upskill QA Analysts and Junior QA Analysts in terms of the Automation framework and best practice. · To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries., · To promote and facilitate innovation and continuous improvement to deliver better services for service users and patients. Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme. We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2. Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance. Make sure to read the 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust! Certificate of Sponsorship Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

· Degree level or equivalent plus additional specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate diploma level or equivalent relevant experience. · The candidate should have a good level of knowledge around all aspects of QA testing and an understanding of the wider software development lifecycle, underpinned by theory and professional experience. · Previous experience in a QA role · Substantial experience of creating and executing automated test strategies - both UI driven and coded as part of a CI pipeline · Substantial experience of creating and executing manual test strategies · Experience writing coded tests using C# and the Playwright framework · Contribute to organisational digital strategy by defining QA automation roadmap aligned with Trust objectives · Experience of working in an Agile environment · Engaging with project stakeholders · Experience of testing web-based applications and demonstrate examples of security testing · Possesses advanced complex data management/manipulation skills, including detailed working experience of a mainstream development IDE. · Also advises using advanced and highly-developed technical skills, within an operational IT, technical, or systems management function in a pro-active team-based environment. · Ability to challenge requirements and collaborate with developers to find solutions., · Degree level or equivalent plus additional specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate diploma level or equivalent relevant experience. · The candidate should have a good level of knowledge around all aspects of QA testing and an understanding of the wider software development lifecycle, underpinned by theory and professional experience. · Previous experience in a QA role · Substantial experience of creating and executing automated test strategies - both UI driven and coded as part of a CI pipeline · Substantial experience of creating and executing manual test strategies · Experience writing coded tests using C# and the Playwright framework · Contribute to organisational digital strategy by defining QA automation roadmap aligned with Trust objectives · Experience of working in an Agile environment · Engaging with project stakeholders · Experience of testing web-based applications and demonstrate examples of security testing · Possesses advanced complex data management/manipulation skills, including detailed working experience of a mainstream development IDE. · Also advises using advanced and highly-developed technical skills, within an operational IT, technical, or systems management function in a pro-active team-based environment. · Ability to challenge requirements and collaborate with developers to find solutions. · To lead, inspire and motivate others to high performance by agreeing clear goals and objectives, providing support and guidance and creating opportunities for development. · To contribute to the develop of a culture of high engagement, where staff are empowered and entrusted to provide the best services and care for patients.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way! What the Northumbria Way means for you:

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare. Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It's open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care. We are proud to be one of the country's top performing NHS trusts - rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people's homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services. We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise - a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people's lives, such as education, employment and the economy. If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news. Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.