EPR Test and Release Manager

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust • Full-time • Torquay, England, United Kingdom • £53.76k - £60.50k / year • 1m ago

The Test Manager will be responsible for leading and managing the testing programme, which is key to the successful delivery of the Epic EPR.

You will put in place a testing strategy to achieve this including developing testing tools, appropriate change control, development of testing timelines, monitoring and managing testing defects and issues.

You will ensure that there are effective and safe controls during all testing phases to guarantee a successful cutover at ‘go-live’ and subsequently as part of on-going maintenance testing.

You will work closely with colleagues from across Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Plymouth as part of the One Devon Implementation Team ensuring Epic is implemented to deliver care in both a clinically and financially sustainable way throughout Devon.

Design, deliver and manage a Testing Strategy for the Programme aligned to Epic’s methodology across technical infrastructure, application and data conversion
Direct and manage application and integrated testing efforts and associated staff
Develop the Testing Programme timeline, involving all relevant Programme leads and Epic staff, to provide the assurance to the Programme Board that all aspects of the EPR have been successfully and safely tested
Work with the Delivery and Implementation Leads to set up User Acceptance Testing for all modules and subsequent releases
Ensure that all resources required for testing are available including people, locations, test environments, test scripts, automation and monitoring tools

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Why Work With Us

As part of the Implementation team you will be expected to work with colleagues from across the Programme Team and the wider One Devon organisations to ensure a truly collaborative and aligned implementation.

Communication and Working Relationships

Communicate with Epic on a regular basis to agree test plans and methodologies
Liaise between implementation teams, suppliers, and programme leadership (via reports and recurring meetings) to escalate issues and delays

Analytical Judgement

Ability to analyse/interpret a range of highly complex data in order to define, control and manage outcomes
Interpretation of highly complex data models and workflows in order to understand the best approaches to testing

Planning and Organisation

Manage and own the overall test programme/strategy which will cross all application areas, data conversion and infrastructure readiness and resilience
Integrate testing timelines and milestones into the overall project and programme plans and adjust as necessary due to project requirements

Physical Skills

Advanced key board skills are required, with the additional ability to operate and interact with a number of complex systems at the same time

Patient and Client Care

Patient contact is incidental

Policy and Service development

Work with the supplier to define an Issue Tracking Process and select an Issue Tracking System
Interprets policies for day to day operational processes

Finance, Equipment and other Resources

Specification and procurement of testing resources as required within budget limits
Prepare and submit Business Cases for new developments that may arise from the Testing strategy

People Management and Training

The post holder will be required to direct other members of the Programme team to participate in testing and quality assurance. This will involve managing and directing more senior staff during the testing phases
Manage staff within the Testing Team. Manage annual/sick leave and taking appropriate action where required
Ensure all managed staff receive corporate, mandatory and the appropriate training for the job, including departmental induction and refresher training

Information Technology and Administrative

Document in full the testing strategy, preparation steps and processes that the organisation will use for future testing during upgrades
Ensure all test results and system defects are documented in the appropriate issues repository, to agreed standards, for future reference and tracking outstanding items

Research and development

Although the Test manager is not required to obtain certification in an Epic application, it is recommended that, at the very least, the post holder attends an Epic Overview of Implementation course
Ensure that there is a detailed log of all testing activities (across technical delivery, application delivery, data conversion and interfaces delivery) to support audit

Freedom to Act

The post holder will work in a highly complex and unstructured multi-disciplinary environment, and be able to act with minimum guidelines and set standards for others