Practice Manager - Sabden and Whalley Medical Group

We are looking to find a perfect fit for our current team- an experienced practice manager who wants to work in a high achieving practice with a superb local reputation. We expect the candidate to be forward thinking, a great team player, have excellent communication skills, openness to working collaboratively with other colleagues in the Primary Care Network whilst retaining the essence of the practice. The current practice manager is taking early retirement at the end of June. There is an excellent Assistant Manager in post to assist and guide. We welcome practice visits to meet our team 

Main duties of the job - We are looking for a full time manager, working 37 hours over 4 days- Wednesday would be the day off for a mid week break. The practice has a dispensary, approximately 50 staff and two sites. The new manager would need to take charge of all areas of HR ; strategic planning; finances; Estates and working and planning with the 5 GP Partners .

Overview of your organisation -  We are a friendly, supportive team based in Whalley situated in the beautiful Ribble Valley. 5 partners, 6 salaried GPs, ANP, 5 nurses, 2 HCAs, and a large reception and admin team, we are also a long standing training practice for GP training. We also have a housebound nurse team attached to the practice for our care home and housebound patients. We also have a PCN team that work with our patients, including a pharmacist, pharmacy techs; and a physio. We also have an onsite dispensary at both sites- to give all of our patients a good quality experience at the surgery. The team work well together, making the surgery a harmonious place to work. We have a highly productive working relationship with the practices within our PCN. A high QOF achiever we pride ourselves on constantly striving to improve the patient experience. 

The role includes: 

• Strategic planning with the running of the practice 
• Finances and financial planning VAT claims for the dispensary 
• Working with the accountants to submit pension updates to PCSE 
• Organising and planning all HR within the practice 
• Planning PLTs Working with the other managers and PCN Managers to achieve the PCN DES 
• Ensuring compliance for estates and manage any estates projects 
• Take administrative management over all enhanced service and GMS contract submissions