Practice Manager

Job summary

Park Medical Practice

Practice Manager -Full-time

Salary £60,000

Practice Manager Vacancy

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

About the Practice

Patient list size: 28,000

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

Personal development opportunities

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

Application Details

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:

ddicb.c81051practicemanager@nhs.net

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.