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Search View all results Filter by Type Select all Pages Blog posts Case studies Books News Articles Events Challenge The NHS needed to centralise recruitment systems and processes to create a single platform for employers and job seekers. Approach Partnering with Difrent, we built an XP Agile team to ship features quickly and mentored non-technical teams. Result From rapid feature releases during the pandemic to Welsh-language support and elastic search, we delivered robust solutions. Challenge The NHS is the single biggest employer in the UK. In 2018, the BSA began developing NHS Jobs to centralise the range of different job processes that were used across the healthcare system and make a new digital service for handling jobs that is GDS compliant. Our approach Working with our partner Difrent, we joined the NHS Jobs team in order to build an Extreme Programming (XP) Agile team that could work within a larger 30 person team. To start with, we had a small backlog of features to ship and set about deploying code to put in front of customers as soon as possible. This included new pages that were released in just one week during the pandemic lockdown, enabling 5000 employers on a private beta to mark jobs as COVID-19 related. We also added localisation to the public-facing application with a Welsh language translation and have been working on elastic search functionality that is ready for use when needed in the future. Results we achieved together As well as shipping features at speed, we are adding capabilities to an expansion team responsible for live support that is made up of apprentices and non-technical staff. This has involved mentoring and pair programming to improve skills and processes across the full engineering stack, testing and DevOps, so they can deploy code quickly and introduce automated testing. XP Agile team within larger team Rapid release of new features Localisation for Welsh language Elastic search functionality Upskilling of expansion team Apprentices and non-technical staff trained Mentoring and pair programming Full stack, testing and DevOps skills NHS BSA is an increasingly data-driven organisation, delivering services across the NHS and, together, NHS Digital and NHS BSA are the digital train tracks on which NHS technology runs. Matt Hancock Health Secretary Digi­tal serv­ice delivery We support you at every point in the delivery lifecycle, right from defining the problem right through to the live services that solve them. Health and life sciences As patient numbers rise, digital technology can help you lighten the load. Speak with an expert Tags Digital service delivery Health and care Stay in the loop Get expert insights delivered monthly Case Study Scaling pioneering research with NHS Blood and Transplant during Covid-19 Using automation to help NHS Blood and Transplant scale up its plasma donation as part of the National “RECOVERY” clinical trial during the Covid-19 pandemic. Blog Post Mend it before you spend it – budgeting wisely in the healthcare sector With budget constraints in healthcare, should funds go to new technology or improving existing processes? Jack Carter-Pierce looks at what could offer better returns. 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