Practice Manager

Job summary

This post is Fixed term/Secondment 18 months from beginning of contract

We have an exciting opportunity for a fixed term Practice Manager to join our team at Brynmawr Medical Centre.The purpose of this position is to provide leadership, strategic vision and management skills to guide and develop the Practice to meet existing and future quality and business needs, including the delivery of high-quality patient care services.The successful candidate will need to demonstrate robust leadership and communication skills, be well organised and highly motivated.

The job requires the ability to balance the need for overall strategic leadership with the requirement to ensure that day-to-day operational challenges are dealt with quickly and effectively. This will entail appropriate delegation of responsibility to members of the multidisciplinary team and other members of staff, whilst retaining overall accountability.The post-holder will be the senior non clinical figure within the practice.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

This is the key management role within the Medical Practice (this consists of the main Practice, plus any local satellite bases),with responsibility for supporting a wide-ranging agenda through the delivery of patient-centred, safe, effective primary healthcareservices to the registered patients of the Practice.

The post holder will work closely with the Practice team to lead the delivery of the GMS Contract and associatedservices to the Practice population. The post holder will use specialist knowledge to lead the delivery, contract management andlong-term strategic planning of the Practice. The post holder will lead service development and improvement, evaluating throughperformance management and lead the production and delivery of specific plans and projects to lead and develop the Practice tomeet the healthcare needs of the local population.

The post holder will act as the day-to-day contact for resolving highly complex contract management issues that arise within thePractice. This will involve providing and receiving highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information where thereare barriers to understanding or acceptance, which are overcome using developed interpersonal and communication skills. Thepost holder will demonstrate appropriate analytical ability, comprehension skills, intellectual capacity and knowledge of relevantcontract/legislation, regulatory frameworks, performance management, and financial arrangements.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.