Practice Manager

SSP; Middlewich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

SSP Health is seeking a Practice Manager to oversee NHS Surgery operations, leading the local team of doctors, nurses and staff while leveraging central back office support to focus on patient services.

The ideal candidate will have General Practice experience, strong organisation, and the ability to drive performance in a rapidly changing Primary Care environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in General Practice settings
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Ability to motivate and lead teams
• Understanding of target setting and performance monitoring

Responsibilities

• Lead the local team of doctors, nurses and staff
• Monitor performance against targets and quality indicators
• Coordinate staff recruitment and rostering
• Manage governance, audits and practice meetings
• Ensure effective data validation and reporting to back office functions

Skills

Leadership

People management

KPI monitoring

Data validation

Audits

Job description

We are looking for a Practice Manager to join our dynamic and highly motivated team delivering excellent healthcare for our NHS Surgery. SSP Healths Managers benefit from our substantial network of back office support functions to allow each to really focus on patient services and lead the local team of doctors, nurses and staff. You will ideally have some experience in a General Practice setting together with an understanding of the rapidly changing healthcare environment. Applications will also be welcomed from non PrimaryCare Managers who are able to identify transferable skills that can support our practices and demonstrate an understanding of current demands within Primary Care. Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills together with proven experience in managing people and monitoring performance targets is required. You must be highly self-motivated, organised and able to motivate your team. The ideal candidate will have excellent leadership skills, be confident with IT and,

• Performance Management,
• Data Validation
• Internal/External KPI Monitoring
• BQC monitoring
• Audits schedules
• Assistance with staff recruitment
• Staff annual leave overview
• Contract Monitoring/Meetings
• Enhanced Service Monitoring
• List Size Monitoring/Marketing
• PPA
• Prevalence
• Workflow staff rota
• Meeting minutes for PM/ Clinical and practice meeting
• Management Reporting
• PPG Participation meetings and feedback
• PCN engagement
• Staff monitoring and compliance

Enjoy working flexibly in a rapidly changing environment. You will have the aptitude to support practice engagement with the wider health economy as required, such as local Primary Care Networks, local practice manager networks and community care providers, to ensure that we are consistently kept aware of best practice and new developments. As the biggest provider of GP services in the North West, we are proud to have over 40 practices all rated as Outstanding or Good by CQC.

SSP Health is a private healthcare organisation specialising in the management and delivery of NHS primary care services. It was founded in 2002 by Dr Sanjay Pitalia and Dr Shikha Pitalia and has developed from supporting individual GP practices into a large primary care provider operating across the UK.

SSP Health's model is based on providing centralised management, operational support, clinical expertise and shared resources to GP practices while maintaining local delivery of primary care. The organisation describes its purpose as supporting practices that may be experiencing operational, financial or workforce pressures and helping them remain sustainable while continuing to provide services to their registered patient populations.

SSP Health describes itself as one of the largest NHS primary care groups in the North West. Its practice portfolio includes practices such as Atlas Medical Practice, Montague Medical Practice, Newton Practice, Orrell Park Medical Centre, Rawson Road Medical Centre, The Bowery Medical Centre, Upton Rocks Surgery and Waters Edge Medical Centre.

Current scale According to SSP Health's current information, the organisation:

• Operates 45 GP practices across the UK.
• Employs more than 500 staff.
• Provides primary care to approximately 220,000 patients.
• Has been delivering NHS services since 2002.
• Has its registered office at Waterside House, Wigan.