Junior Tester

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

Please note that, in line with UKVI regulations, this vacancy does not meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route. As a result, we are unable to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position.

We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Person specification

Application Completion

Essential criteria

• ALL sections of application form FULLY completed

Education Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level in IT or equivalent experience/knowledge
• Agile Scrum
• Experience with automation tools such as Jest, selenium, Zephyr, Mocha, cucumber, nUnit or similar
• Educated to degree level in software testing (ISTQB or similar)

Occupational experience and abilities

Essential criteria

• Minimum of two years' experience in Software testing and Quality Assurance (QA) role within the NHS or equivalent.
• Practical & theoretical knowledge of IT equipment, MS operating systems and applications.
• Working in an Agile environment
• Automated testing experience e.g. Jest, selenium, Zephyr, Mocha, cucumber, nUnit or similar

Desirable criteria

• Web development & programming skills to include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, VB.
• Experience of the NHS or a customer caring environment.
• Experience of development
• Previous experience in IT support role
• Understanding of NHS Digital DCB-0129 - Clinical Safety Management
• Experience of working in the JIRA software

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Testing and quality assurance skills including compiling test scripts
• Data analysis and problem-solving skills
• Abilit to work under pressure with tight deadlines.
• Ability to think abstract - to ensure ability to not conform to the norm.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills
• Clear and constructive communication skills.
• Attention to detail
• Flexible approach to working practices
• Ability to work within a team and maintain effective working relationships
• Self-motivated and able to use initiative to effectively manage and prioritise a varied workload.

Desirable criteria

• Previous data input skills.
• Medical terminology

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Organisational skills
• Logical
• Ability to Prioritise
• Innovative
• Resourceful self-motivated and ability to work unsupervised
• Can act on own initiative and advise junior members of staff
• Customer care attitude to clients
• Professional appearance
• Good time Management
• Able to accommodate flexible working hours and work at different sites
• Required to attend National Conferences/ Exhibitions and Courses where appropriate
• Able to concentrate to identify and resolve queries for users
• Customer focused behaviour

Desirable criteria

• Full driving licence and access to personal transport

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Cottingham

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Salary indication

Between £32,073 and £39,043 Per Year

Published at

20-07-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No