Practice Manager

Park Medical Practice; Derby; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive healthcare organization in Derby is seeking a Practice Manager following the retirement of their long-serving manager. The role involves overseeing operations, leading a team, and ensuring high-quality patient care. Candidates should possess at least 5 years of managerial experience in primary care and excellent communication skills. The organization values staff wellbeing and offers a collaborative environment with opportunities for professional development. The compensation is £60,000 annually, with potential bonuses up to £5,000.

Benefits

Social events

Wellbeing initiatives

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years managerial experience in primary care.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with all levels.
• Well organized and able to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the practice and lead the management team.
• Ensure quality care and sound financial decisions.
• Maximize opportunities for high-quality patient care.

Skills

Management

Communication

Organizational skills

Leadership

Job description

We are seeking a Practice Manager to join our large, forward-thinking team following the retirement of our long-serving manager.

About the Practice

Current sites: Chaddesden, Borrowash, Oakwood, and the University of Derby (on-site surgery)

Future plans: From April 2026, we will operate from three sites - Chaddesden, the University of Derby and expanding the Borrowash Surgery to accommodate more staff.

Our Network

We are part of the Oakdale Park Primary Care Network, which includes Park Medical Practice and Overdale Medical Practice. Both practices are progressive, collaborative, and share a commitment to innovation in primary care.

Our Values

We pride ourselves on:

Training and education

Staff support and wellbeing

The Role

We are looking for a Practice Manager who:

Shares our vision to think outside the box

Maximises opportunities to deliver high-quality patient care

Provides strong leadership and fosters teamwork

Helps address the challenges facing primary care while promoting a healthy work/life balance

If you have a genuine passion for primary care and want to make a positive difference at Park Medical Practice, please apply by sending your CV and supporting letter to:

[e-mail]

Closing Date: 31 January 2026

Main duties of the job

This role is wide and varied. It requires the practice manager to oversee the practice and to lead our management team to deliver the requirements of the partnership, ICB, PCN, NHSE and the business. The practice manager must ensure that we provide quality care to our patients whilst making informed choices and sound financial decisions including maximising income opportunities.

Ideally, you need a minimum of 5 years managerial/leadership experience in primary care.

The practice manager must have excellent communication skills and be able to talk to people at all levels.

The practice manager must be well organised and be able to work under pressure and ensure the practice hits deadlines and targets.

About us

Park Medical Practice is a busy, fast-paced, hard working practice. We strive to offer the best service for our patients, our staff, the PCN and our local community.

We have a new management team with extensive experience in primary care and a wealth of innovative ideas that they are introducing to the practice.

Our management team works closely together at our Chaddesden site, but all members are required to be flexible and work across all locations, as well as attend off-site meetings and training sessions.

We feel that the practice is a caring/supportive practice and a great place to work. The partners and managers are very open to ideas/change/improvements. We hold regular team meetings and encourage life long learning/development.

The wellbeing of our staff is very important. We have several wellbeing champions. We hold social events, nights out, lunchtime walks in the Park, wellbeing events for staff and their families, gardening club, healthy eating club, charity events to name a few.

Long service awards are not unusual at Park Medical Practice.

Job responsibilities

The Park Medical Practices Practice manager job description and detailed information about this role is attached

Person Specification

Experience

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Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years managerial experience in Primary Care. For more information please see the attached documents.
• Must be flexible - maybe required to attend evening meetings ie PPG, Partners meetings

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.

£60,000 a yearPlus opportunity to earn up to £5000 in bonuses