Lead Practice Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

The main purpose of this new post is to work across the PICS family of practices, ensuring that our resident Practice Managers and Administrators are supported in their day to day role. This person will have an overarching responsibility to ensure that the practices are working within their budgets and maximising the use of NHS income funding streams, and our practice resources are used to maximum benefit to patients and the practices.

JOB DESCRIPTION

PICS are looking for an experienced Practice Manage who fully understands the financial workings of the practices and their funding streams, a great motivator of people to work within a supportive Management and Clinical Team to deliver General Practice Care for Patients at the PICS family of Practices.

This successful candidate will have commercial acumen and be able to identify and maximise opportunities for income generation from our building assets that are currently underutilised.

The Practice Manager will be a valuable member of the PICS Primary Care management structure and will access support in Payroll, Finances, HR, Policy, IT and CQC preparation. This support enables the successful candidate to really concentrate on the staff, service delivery, quality and maximising the financial income to the Practices.

Ideally this person will have an understanding of how the PCN structure is set up and additional roles, how these are funded and how we manage them in practice.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by the Practice Manager may include any or all of the items in the following list. Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the Managing Director, dependent on current and evolving practice workload and staffing levels:

• Strategic management and planning
• Financial management
• Human resources
• Operational management
• Patient services
• Information technology
• Health and safety
• Equality and diversity

TRAINING FOR THE ROLE:

It is expected that the Practice Manager will be sufficiently experienced and competent to manage the Practice with minimum supervision, following a period of induction. It is expected that an induction will include familiarisation and support on PICS processes, policies and methods of operation. A background in Primary Care is not essential but is desirable. A personal learning plan will be developed to support the induction.

Personal and professional development will be provided with reference to a Practice Manager Competency Template which has been developed by the Primary Care Team.

Please download the supporting documentation for a full description of the job role. It is essential you read this information prior to applying.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your skills and ability are suitable for this role, please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Experience

Essential

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Personal qualities

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• Please provide details for why you would be a great fit for this role and why you have decided to apply.

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

Primary Integrated Community Services

Address

Unit H4 Ash Tree Court

Nottingham Business Park

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

NG8 6PY

Employer's website

http://picsnhs.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)