Primary Care Careers

Practice Operations Manager (Access)

The closing date is 27 June 2025

Job summary

The De Parys Group is looking to appoint an experienced practice operations manager to collaboratively lead our organisation on a full-time basis, working 37.5 hours per week across 5 days (Monday to Friday).

If you are an experienced practice manager looking for a new challenge, then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

  • Lead and develop a culture where safe and high-quality patient service is consistently delivered
  • Manage and develop the Managers to ensure that they have the skills and knowledge to meet the needs of their role
  • Ensure that all teams are appropriately resourced building the case for resourcing levels or outsourcing to take advantage of technology opportunities
  • Implementing change at pace, while involving / engaging / communicating across TDPG and/or external stakeholders
  • Drive the creation of new services across TDPG, to provide these for our patients and for the patients of other practices/PCNs/organisations
  • Ensure that clinical rotas are reflective of need and adapt to change (as has evolved further following the transition to total triage), while meeting fairness of allocation to the GPs and appropriate access provision for patients
  • Ensure that all CQC expectations are met across these teams, driving an expectation that all teams run ready for CQC rather than exceptional activity is required to meet standards
  • Be an expert source of knowledge for problem resolution, for patients and staff alike, to resolve issues and complaints at the point of contact
  • For the services to other practices and organisations, to ensure that the provision to their patients is of the same quality to our own patients
  • For the services to other practices and organisations, to ensure that the pathways put the patient at the centre of the process and that their journey is the simplest possible

About us

The De Parys Groups priority is to provide the highest standard of clinical care to the 38,000 patients registered with the practice. We aim to work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and support organisations, to enable more patients to be treated in a primary care setting, closer to home. We embrace a continuous improvement ethos and strive to ensure that we are available to patients when they need a consultation. We have a strong training ethos within the practice with a team of medical and non-medical educators as well as opportunities for non-clinical staff to develop and progress.

TDPG is fortunate to have its own dispensaries at our De Parys and Bromham sites. In addition to our routine GMS services, we offer a comprehensive range of services including minor surgery, LARC provision and anticoagulation clinics.

We have high QOF achievement and excellent KPIs within the group.

Benefits include:

  • NHS pension scheme.
  • Proper pay and Living Wage Foundation accredited.
  • Eye-care vouchers.
  • Annual leave: minimum 23 days FTE, with enhancements for long service.
  • Paid breaks

Details

Date posted

09 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£55,000 to £62,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

28697

Job locations

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Prior experience of leadership and personnel management, ideally within a healthcare setting.
  • Ability to deliver a vision, with a willingness and the drive to adapt to NHS targets and business planning, whilst keeping abreast of legislative and contractual changes.
  • Self-motivated, with a forward-thinking, solution-focused approach.
  • The ability to develop, implement and embed policies, procedures and guidelines.
  • Experience of working in an ever-evolving environment, with an ability to cope with regular change.
  • Excellent organisational, management and planning skills, IT skills and communication skills.
  • Ability to implement and manage change effectively.
  • Ability to identify training and development needs in self and other as well as experience of appraising staff.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in healthcare or business, or equivalent management experience.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Prior experience of leadership and personnel management, ideally within a healthcare setting.
  • Ability to deliver a vision, with a willingness and the drive to adapt to NHS targets and business planning, whilst keeping abreast of legislative and contractual changes.
  • Self-motivated, with a forward-thinking, solution-focused approach.
  • The ability to develop, implement and embed policies, procedures and guidelines.
  • Experience of working in an ever-evolving environment, with an ability to cope with regular change.
  • Excellent organisational, management and planning skills, IT skills and communication skills.
  • Ability to implement and manage change effectively.
  • Ability to identify training and development needs in self and other as well as experience of appraising staff.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in healthcare or business, or equivalent management experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

The De Parys Group

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

09 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£55,000 to £62,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

28697

Job locations

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


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