Department: Quality Assurance (QA)

Experience: Up to 2 Years

Job Type: Full-Time

Industry: Healthcare IT / HIMS / Software Development

Role: Testing Lead Manual Testing

Job Summary

We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Testing Lead with strong manual testing experience to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) and healthcare software applications.

The candidate will be responsible for planning and executing test activities, coordinating with developers and business teams, managing defect life cycles, and ensuring that software releases meet defined quality standards. The role requires a good understanding of healthcare workflows, strong analytical skills, and the ability to guide a small testing team.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

1. Test Planning and Execution

- Prepare test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and test data based on business requirements.
- Perform functional, regression, integration, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
- Validate application workflows across different modules of the HIMS.
- Ensure adequate test coverage before every software release.
- Conduct retesting and regression testing after defect fixes.

2. HIMS Domain Testing

- Test healthcare modules such as:

- OPD (Outpatient Department)

- IPD (Inpatient Department)

- EMR/EHR (Electronic Medical Records)

- Pharmacy and Inventory
- Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

- Radiology and PACS
- Billing, Payments, and Insurance/TPA
- Appointment Scheduling and Patient Registration
- Validate end-to-end patient workflows across integrated modules.
- Verify data consistency, billing calculations, reports, and transaction accuracy.




- Understand hospital business processes and identify gaps in application functionality.

3. Defect Management

- Identify, document, and track defects using issue-tracking tools.
- Provide clear reproduction steps, screenshots, test data, and expected versus actual results.
- Coordinate with developers to resolve issues within agreed timelines.
- Prioritize defects based on severity, business impact, and release criticality.
- Maintain defect status reports and ensure closure of critical issues.

4. Team Coordination and Leadership

- Assign testing tasks and monitor progress.
- Review test cases and provide guidance to junior testers.
- Coordinate with developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, and Support teams.
- Participate in requirement discussions and clarify functional expectations.
- Track testing timelines and escalate risks that may affect releases.

5. Release and Quality Management

- Conduct release validation and prepare test completion reports.
- Ensure critical and high-priority defects are addressed before release.
- Maintain test documentation, traceability, and test execution evidence.
- Support UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and production issue verification.
- Identify recurring defects and recommend preventive quality improvements.

Required Skills and Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 2 years of experience in software testing, primarily manual testing.




- Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC.
- Experience in writing and executing test cases and test scenarios.
- Good knowledge of defect life cycle and test management processes.
- Experience with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla, or equivalent.
- Basic knowledge of SQL and database validation.
- Understanding of API testing using Postman is an advantage.
- Solid analytical, problem-solving, communication, and coordination skills.
- Ability to manage priorities and work effectively in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience testing HIMS, hospital management software, healthcare IT, ERP, or other complex business applications.
- Understanding of hospital workflows, patient data management, billing, pharmacy, laboratory, and clinical modules.
- Experience coordinating testing activities and mentoring junior team members.
- Familiarity with browser compatibility, responsive UI testing, and role-based access control.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Test case coverage against business requirements.
- Percentage of test cases executed within planned timelines.
- Defect detection effectiveness and defect leakage to production.
- Regression testing completeness.
- Turnaround time for retesting resolved defects.
- Accuracy and completeness of test documentation.
- Timely completion of release testing.
- Reduction in recurring production issues.
- Team productivity and coordination effectiveness.

Reporting Structure Reports to: QA Manager / Engineering Manager / Head of Product

Works closely with: Developers, Business Analysts, Product Team, Implementation Team, and Customer Support Team.Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

📌 Software Test Engineer (Chennai)
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