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Assistant Practice Manager - Two-Site GP Practice

Salary: £37,000 – £43,000 (DOE) + NHS Pension
Location: South London
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours)
Contract: Permanent

 

Compass Associates are partnering with a growing two-site GP practice in South London to appoint an experienced Assistant Practice Manager.

 

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key part in the day-to-day running of a busy two-site practice.  We are looking to speak to capable leaders who can combine strong team leadership with sound governance knowledge and a genuine commitment to patient access and experience.

 

If you are passionate about running high-quality primary care operations and want to develop your management career, we would love to hear from you.

 

The Role

 

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Coordinating daily operations, including opening and closing, reception and admin capacity,  appointment workflows, handovers and cross-site cover.
  • Holding documented one-to-ones with the Reception Manager, setting priorities and standards, and giving constructive feedback to non-clinical staff.
  • Managing workforce administration, including rotas, leave, sickness, inductions, mandatory training, probation reviews and appraisals.
  • Monitoring phone and online demand, AccuRx workflows and booking processes, and overseeing the administrative side of triage.
  • Overseeing administration quality across registrations, document processing, workflow queues, and prescription and referral administration.
  • Overseeing non-clinical monitoring of QOF, CPMS and Local Commissioned Services, maintaining dashboards and exception reports, and reconciling activity against claims and payments.
  • Working with the Quality Assurance team on complaint investigations, resolutions and learning, and leading delegated improvement projects.
  • Maintaining compliance calendars, risk assessments, audit logs and action trackers to keep the practice inspection-ready for CQC.
  • Coordinating IPC, cleaning, health and safety, fire and legionella evidence, and contractor liaison.
  • Using EMIS Web, AccuRx, Docman and telephony, and supporting IT issues and access requests. This is an area where the practice particularly wants to add strength.
  • Providing on-site management cover during absences, within agreed limits.

 

About You

 

The opportunity would suit an experienced GP practice administrator or reception/practice manager ready to step into an assistant management role, or an existing assistant manager looking for a larger, multi-site position.

 

To be considered, you will have:

  • Substantial GP practice or NHS primary care administration experience.
  • Experience supervising teams, workflows and rotas, including managing a team lead or Reception Manager.
  • A solid understanding of patient access, confidentiality, safety escalation and delegation boundaries.
  • Governance knowledge, including policies and CQC.
  • Confident IT skills, with Microsoft 365 and clinical admin systems.

Location

 

This is a full-time position based across two sites in South London.

 

Salary & Benefits

  • Salary: £37,000 – £43,000, dependent on experience.
  • NHS Pension Scheme.
  • 28 days annual leave.
  • Additional training to further your career (paid for).
  • Flexible hours.
  • Blue light discount.
  • Quarterly team incentives.
  • In-house challenges with gift card prizes.

 

Contact Information

 

For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact:

 

Catherine McConnachie 
Principal Consultant – Primary Care
Compass Associates
0161 938 1188
[email protected]

Compass Associates Ltd is acting as a recruitment consultancy for this vacancy.