Led design of QuickNHS job alert platform from 0 → 1 in 2 weeks, enabling early access to 100+ users and improving job alert engagement by 200% through rapid design & prototyping, usability testing and close developer collaboration.
Design Lead
The UK healthcare system, led by the NHS, employs thousands of medical professionals who frequently seek new roles for career growth, relocation, or specialization. However, job hunting is often challenging due to fragmented listings across multiple portals, high competition for popular roles, and most importantly the job seekers have to constantly refresh and track these govt portals for new job openings. As a result, professionals risk missing relevant opportunities, making the process time-consuming and inefficient.
QuickNHS is a subscription-based platform that helps medical professionals, in the UK stay up to date with new job postings in the NHS, by sending customized, real-time alerts. It aggregates job listings from multiple NHS job portals and allows users to filter by role type. The product promises to save time, reduce the effort of job hunting, and ensure users don’t miss opportunities.
Timeline
The whole project took about 2 weeks from requirement identification till launch of MVP. This chart contains all the steps which were instrumental to the product development lifecycle.
Research and Insights
Doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers in the UK rely heavily on the NHS for career opportunities. But NHS job hunting is scattered across multiple portals like NHS Jobs and Trac Jobs, making it inefficient and stressful. Missing postings or being late to apply can directly impact career growth. QuickNHS was designed to solve these pain points by providing a real-time, centralized alert system.
We Identified Two Key Types of Job Seekers
Introduction QuickNHS
How QuickNHS Works
QuickNHS is designed to work in two simple steps for seamless job hunting and notification based on preferences.
Seamless Onboarding & Setup
A simple, no-friction onboarding flow where users can sign up, set preferences, and start receiving job alerts in minutes—without navigating multiple complex job boards.
Responsive Design
QuickNHS is built with a responsive design approach, ensuring seamless accessibility across devices—mobile app, mobile web, and desktop web.
Notifications
QuickNHS ensures healthcare professionals never miss an opportunity by offering multiple notification channels tailored to different needs:
Account Information
A clean, straightforward account page where users can easily manage referrals, view payment details, and control notification settings—all in one organized place.
Design Iterations & Exploration
QuickNHS went through several design iterations to achieve a balance of clarity, trust, and speed. Early wireframes focused on simplifying job discovery and preference setup, while later prototypes refined job card layouts, filters, and notification flows. Feedback led to improvements in readability, color accessibility, and mobile-first navigation, ensuring busy healthcare staff could act quickly. The final UI emerged as clean, intuitive, and efficient, shaped by continuous exploration and user validation.
Design Explorations
Design Iterations
Design System
Through collaboration with developers, we built a flexible, component-based system that allowed easy scalability without compromising performance or visual appeal. This structured layout improved usability, engagement, and consistency across different content types.
The Results
Lessons Learned
Designing QuickNHS was a deep dive into addressing the real challenges faced by doctors and healthcare staff in finding the right jobs quickly and effortlessly.
Here are my key takeaways
