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Practice Manager

The closing date is 15 February 2026

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Job summary

Ambrose Avenue Group Practice in Colchester are currently seeking a practice manager to lead our successful established team.We are looking for someone to lead and manage our practice, helping us to meet our objectives, whilst maintaining our strong values of providing a responsive, safe, and high-quality service for our patients in a supportive and efficient environment. We strive to ensure that our team can work in a trusting and fulfilling environment in which they can develop, learn and thrive.

The successful candidate will work closely with the partners and finance manager and operation manager, supported by fantastic administrative and clinical teams, to ensure the smooth day to day running of the practice, fulfilling all necessary management duties as agreed with the partnership.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide organisational leadership toour team alongside the management team to ensure the effective delivery of high-quality, sustainable services.
  • Achieve key targets in all clinical and administrative areas of the practice.
  • Manage, coordinate, and oversee all aspects of practice functionality.
  • Motivate and manage staff, optimising efficiency and performance, and ensuring that the practice achieves its long-term strategic objectives in a safe and effective working environment.
  • Implement innovative working methods, you will lead the team in promoting continuous improvement, maintaining confidentiality, fostering collaboration, ensuring service delivery, and facilitating learning and development, all while ensuring compliance with CQC regulations.

About us

We hold monthly meetings and training sessions and have a diverse team of clinicians, including first contact physio, pharmacists, ANP/NP, care coordinator, social prescriber, health coach, GP assistant and an award-winning team of mental health workers.

Benefits include:

  • A permanent employment contract.
  • Competitive salarywith increments based on professional development.
  • Membership in the NHS pension scheme.
  • Support for your personal and professional development.
  • Excellent training and development opportunities.
  • Enjoy an impressive total of 6 weeks annual leave, along with eight bank holidays (pro-rata) this increases with your continuous years of service in the NHS.
  • Bike rack available.

Details

Date posted

19 January 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience - TBC

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

28997-1

Job locations

76 Ambrose Avenue

Colchester

Essex

CO3 4LN


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • A high level of personal organisation is essential, along with a systematic approach to problem-solving and planning.
  • Strong human resource skills, operations, and quality improvement.
  • 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.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • A high level of personal organisation is essential, along with a systematic approach to problem-solving and planning.
  • Strong human resource skills, operations, and quality improvement.
  • 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.

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

76 Ambrose Avenue

Colchester

Essex

CO3 4LN


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

76 Ambrose Avenue

Colchester

Essex

CO3 4LN


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Ambrose Avenue Group Practice

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

19 January 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience - TBC

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

28997-1

Job locations

76 Ambrose Avenue

Colchester

Essex

CO3 4LN


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