Job summary
- Main area
- Primary Care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 319-7183069MH
- Employer
- Northumbria Primary Care
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- NPC Morpeth
- Town
- Morpeth
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
GP Practice Team Leader
NHS AfC: Band 5
Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 50,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Whilst NPC are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. ________________________________________________________________________________
Job overview
This exciting Practice Lead position has become vacant at NPC Morpeth. We are looking for someone who has a passion for Primary Care and Leadership and willing to work in a rural practice but also be part of the bigger Northumbria Primary Care group.
The successful candidate will be part of the North Neighbourhood in NPC at a new and exciting time of transformation and working more closely together.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
- To effectively support the management of the pay and non-pay budgets of the practice.
- To chair weekly team meetings and ensure governance systems are followed.
- To provide support and management to the Dispensary lead.
Day to Day line management responsibility for operational areas across a range of staff groups including Receptionists, Admin, Health Care Assistants and Practice Nurses within a single practices. - Utilise previous experience of Primary Care to ensure the practice runs smoothly and efficiently.
Working for our organisation
Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 130,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Whilst appointees will have a base practice within NPC, they may be asked to work at other practices across our group. We do however limit this as much as possible as we appreciate continuity is vital to effective primary care.
Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before applying to join our fantastic organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To ensure effective leadership, management, coordination and control of a large practice with multiple branch sites.
- To work in partnership with the Executive GP in the practice to provide leadership and coordination for the wider practice team.
- To troubleshoot, problem solve, take ownership of the practice and resolve patient complaints in either an informal or formal manner.
- To actively support and lead the practice team with rota management, QOF compliance, timely access, performance monitoring and the implementation of company objectives.
- To work under the supervision of the Deputy Group Manager and ensure the delivery of services so as to meet the performance targets for NPC and make recommendations to improve services in line with NPC strategy.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to
promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Advanced Diploma in admin or significant equivalent experience in an administrative post
Desirable criteria
- Degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant administrative experience and experience of line managing a team working at a senior level.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Lazenby
- Job title
- Practice Lead - NPC Lynemouth
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07354200134
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