Bancroft Medical Centre

Business Manager

The closing date is 11 July 2025

Job summary

As our Business Manager, you will be responsible for the overall management of the practice, ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient, and high-quality services. Working closely with the GP Partners and the leadership team. Your role will span strategic planning, finance, compliance, HR, and stakeholder engagement.

Main duties of the job

Provide strategic leadership and support to the GP Partners.

Oversee business and financial management including budgets, payroll, income streams (QOF, PCN, enhanced services), and cost control.

Liaise with accountants, signs off invoices and purchases.

Lead on CQC compliance, information governance, clinical governance, and contractual obligations.

Oversee HR functions: recruitment, induction, appraisals, and staff development.

Ensure efficient use of practice IT and digital systems (eg SystmOne/Accurx and telephony services)

Leads digital innovation, AI tool integration and IT strategy.

Oversee information governance, GDPR, cybersecurity plans.

Lead on change management and business development initiatives eg digital transformation, new income streams

Represent the practice in PCN, ICB, wider NHS forums. Liaison with suppliers and external HR company.

About us

We are a well-established NHS GP practice across two sites, serving a patient population of approximately 18000 patients, in the centre of the thriving market town of Hitchin.

Our team includes GPs, ANPs, nurses, HCAs, clinical pharmacists and administrative staff working collaboratively to provide excellent patient-centred care.

Details

Date posted

26 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience From £45k

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A3145-25-0001

Job locations

30 Bancroft

Hitchin

Herts

SG5 1ND


Doctors Surgery

100 Bancroft

Hitchin

Hertfordshire

SG5 1ND


Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you a highly motivated, forward-thinking individual with strong leadership and business acumen? We are looking for an experienced Business Manager to lead the operational and strategic direction of our busy and friendly GP surgery.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and progressive practice committed to delivering high-quality care to our local community.

About the Practice:

We are a well-established NHS GP practice across two sites, serving a patient population of approximately 18000 patients, in the centre of the thriving market town of Hitchin. Our team includes GPs, ANPs, nurses, HCAs, clinical pharmacists and administrative staff working collaboratively to provide excellent patient-centred care.

The Role:

As our Business Manager, you will be responsible for the overall management of the practice, ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient, and high-quality services. Working closely with the GP Partners and the leadership team. Your role will span strategic planning, finance, compliance, HR, and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide strategic leadership and support to the GP Partners.

Oversee business and financial management including budgets, payroll, income streams (QOF, PCN, enhanced services), and cost control.

Liaise with accountants, signs off invoices and purchases.

Lead on CQC compliance, information governance, clinical governance, and contractual obligations.

Oversee HR functions: recruitment, induction, appraisals, and staff development.

Ensure efficient use of practice IT and digital systems (eg SystmOne/Accurx and telephony services)

Leads digital innovation, AI tool integration and IT strategy.

Oversee information governance, GDPR, cybersecurity plans.

Lead on change management and business development initiatives eg digital transformation, new income streams

Represent the practice in PCN, ICB, wider NHS forums. Liaison with suppliers and external HR company.

What We Offer:

Competitive salary based on experience.

NHS Pension Scheme.

Supportive working environment with a commitment to staff wellbeing.

Opportunity to influence and shape the future of the practice.

How to Apply:

Please submit your CV and a covering letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role to bancroftmc.manager@nhs.net

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you a highly motivated, forward-thinking individual with strong leadership and business acumen? We are looking for an experienced Business Manager to lead the operational and strategic direction of our busy and friendly GP surgery.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and progressive practice committed to delivering high-quality care to our local community.

About the Practice:

We are a well-established NHS GP practice across two sites, serving a patient population of approximately 18000 patients, in the centre of the thriving market town of Hitchin. Our team includes GPs, ANPs, nurses, HCAs, clinical pharmacists and administrative staff working collaboratively to provide excellent patient-centred care.

The Role:

As our Business Manager, you will be responsible for the overall management of the practice, ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient, and high-quality services. Working closely with the GP Partners and the leadership team. Your role will span strategic planning, finance, compliance, HR, and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide strategic leadership and support to the GP Partners.

Oversee business and financial management including budgets, payroll, income streams (QOF, PCN, enhanced services), and cost control.

Liaise with accountants, signs off invoices and purchases.

Lead on CQC compliance, information governance, clinical governance, and contractual obligations.

Oversee HR functions: recruitment, induction, appraisals, and staff development.

Ensure efficient use of practice IT and digital systems (eg SystmOne/Accurx and telephony services)

Leads digital innovation, AI tool integration and IT strategy.

Oversee information governance, GDPR, cybersecurity plans.

Lead on change management and business development initiatives eg digital transformation, new income streams

Represent the practice in PCN, ICB, wider NHS forums. Liaison with suppliers and external HR company.

What We Offer:

Competitive salary based on experience.

NHS Pension Scheme.

Supportive working environment with a commitment to staff wellbeing.

Opportunity to influence and shape the future of the practice.

How to Apply:

Please submit your CV and a covering letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role to bancroftmc.manager@nhs.net

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Desirable Qualifications/Experience:
  • Experience with SystmOne and NHS digital systems.
  • Business or management qualification.
  • Understanding of CQC and NHS regulatory frameworks.

Qualifications

Essential

  • The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
  • Experience in senior management, ideally within primary care or NHS settings.
  • Strong financial and HR management experience.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills.
  • The ability to work autonomously and drive innovation.
  • Up-to-date knowledge of NHS primary care regulations and challenges.
  • A proactive, solutions-focused approach to problem solving.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Desirable Qualifications/Experience:
  • Experience with SystmOne and NHS digital systems.
  • Business or management qualification.
  • Understanding of CQC and NHS regulatory frameworks.

Qualifications

Essential

  • The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
  • Experience in senior management, ideally within primary care or NHS settings.
  • Strong financial and HR management experience.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills.
  • The ability to work autonomously and drive innovation.
  • Up-to-date knowledge of NHS primary care regulations and challenges.
  • A proactive, solutions-focused approach to problem solving.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Bancroft Medical Centre

Address

30 Bancroft

Hitchin

Herts

SG5 1ND


Employer's website

https://bancroftmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Bancroft Medical Centre

Address

30 Bancroft

Hitchin

Herts

SG5 1ND


Employer's website

https://bancroftmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

David Roberts

bancroftmc.manager@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

26 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience From £45k

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A3145-25-0001

Job locations

30 Bancroft

Hitchin

Herts

SG5 1ND


Doctors Surgery

100 Bancroft

Hitchin

Hertfordshire

SG5 1ND


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