Practice Manager

Bentham Medical Practice; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Lancaster is seeking a full-time Practice Manager to oversee daily operations and manage the administrative functions of the medical practice. The ideal candidate has significant senior management experience and is skilled in customer care, team building, and business development. This role also requires managing finances, setting goals, and ensuring compliance with health regulations. Competitive compensation and support for professional development are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar, senior management role, ideally in the NHS.
• Professionally qualified with strong business development skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing daily operations of the practice.
• Recruiting and training administrative staff.
• Setting financial objectives and overseeing budgets.

Skills

Management experience

Exceptional customer care

Team building

Business planning

Education

Degree

Educated to GCSE standard

Job description

We are looking for a full time highly motivated,experienced, exceptional manager to join our amazing team. Part time or job share may be considered.

The successful applicant will work closely with the partnersand others in the management team to ensure that Bentham continues to offer thevery best level of service to its patients, is highly rated by the CQC,maximises profitability through QOF and enhanced services, has a clear businessplan for the future and continues to strengthen the professionalism, learning,motivation and team spirit of all staff.

Main duties of the job

Key ideal requirements include:

Experience in a similar, senior management role, ideally in the NHS but not critical.

Managerial experience of top rate customer care, performance management, finances, HR, team building, estates management, legal issues.

Professionally qualified.

Team player

Business development and planning

Work well under pressure

About us

Bentham Medical Practice is in a beautiful rural area setbetween the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the Lake District and the Forest ofBowland. We have a main practice in HighBentham and a branch practice in Ingleton.

We have a list size of 7500, four partners, three salariedGPs, an ACP, three nurses, two HCAs, and about 30 admin and other relatedstaff. We are a dispensing practice andmembers of the Western Dales Primary Care Network and Lancashire and SouthLakes Integrated Care Board.

Job responsibilities

A Practice Manager oversees the administrative and business functions of a medical practice. Their day-to-day duties and responsibilities include:

• Overseeing daily operations of the practice
• Recruiting, training and supervising administrative staff such as medical secretaries and receptionists
• Organising duty rotas for medical and administrative staff
• Setting goals and ensuring the practice achieves its financial objectives
• Overseeing finances, including budgets, billing and payroll
• Monitoring inventory and ordering new stocks of medication supplies and medical equipment
• Managing patient records and IT systems and addressing customer complaints or concerns
• Enforcing industry and health and safety regulations
• Ensuring office is opened and closed daily, as per established schedules

Person Specification

Experience

• Record of senior management experience
• Experience in primary care

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE standard
• Degree

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.