Job summary We are a seeking an enthusiastic and forward thinking Assistant Manager with management skills to support the Practice Manager & Reception Manager in leading and further developing the practice to provide high quality patient care Experience of working in the NHS is desirable but not essential. Main duties of the job Your prime focus will be the interface of the practice with patients and the smooth running of the practice to optimise patient care, to assist the Practice Manager & Reception Manager to train and develop members of the admin and reception teams and to facilitate good team-working and effective two-way communication within the admin and clinical practice teams and with the patients, whether in person, by phone, online or correspondence. You will have HR responsibilities and be involved in aspects of service redesign to optimise ways of working for greatest efficiency and patient satisfaction. You will be part of the management team, working closely with and supporting the Reception Manager, the Practice Manager and Practice Business Manager. The role may develop, with training, for any applicant wishing to further their career in Practice Management. About us The Red House SurgerySurgery is a proactive, respected and friendly GP training practice, with a patient list size of currently around 21,500 patients. We are a teaching practice for medical students and registrars. Located in the beautiful city of Cambridge, the surgery is easily accessible by bus & train The surgery has a well-established team consisting of: 3 GP partners, 9 salaried GPs, 1 GP Retainer, an experienced nursing team, Social Prescriber, Care Coordinators and a Clinical Pharmacist who are supported by an excellent reception / administrative team. Date posted 23 April 2025 Pay scheme Other Salary Depending on experience Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time, Job share Reference number A2625-25-0001 Job locations 96 Chesterton Road Cambridge CB4 1ER Job description Job responsibilities Job responsibilities: Employed Staff- Training, Appraisal and Reception management support You will assist with the recruitment of receptionists and administrators You will ensure the induction training, ongoing training, assessment and development reviews to agreed standards for new staff is well planned and is carried out effectively (you will deliver some of this yourself and build a structure involving other members of the team) You will assist with the annual appraisal process for all administrative staff. You will encourage and facilitate staff development. You will help ensure administrative duties are carried out efficiently within the practice according to the existing policies and protocols and that all team members are aware of their responsibilities. You will help identify processes that require re-design and assist in any process to implement new ways of working where appropriate. You will support the Reception Manager in creating and operating a regular training programme for the reception team to ensure a high-quality service eg in customer care skills, administrative tasks or implementation of new policies. You will support the Reception Manager in monitoring team and individual performance, report to the Practice Manager and make suggestions for improvements. You will support the Reception Manager to help ensure daily administrative tasks and rotas are working appropriately and smoothly. This includes covering reception in times of staff shortages, to allow for smooth running of the practice You will liaise with the Practice Manager and Reception Manager regarding staffing levels, skill-mix, and deployment of staff and forward planning. You will help foster a productive, harmonious, cooperative and enjoyable working environment. Patient Services and Customer Care You will facilitate delivery of the highest standard of customer care for patients and monitor and report on the quality. You will develop and lead the delivery of a comprehensive package of inductionand training for the reception team to ensure excellent customer care and optimalefficiency in all their tasks. You will assist the Reception Manager in monitoring the performance of the reception team members and identifying and helping to improve poor performance, particularly where it impacts on customer care but also in their administrative work. You will promptly handle and attempt to resolve any patient / reception interface difficulties escalated by the Reception Manager. You will acknowledge and log complaints and ensure they are tabled for the next management meeting, informing the Practice Manager and any others, according to our polices. You will carry out the initial investigation and collect any evidence such as phone recordings and any hand-written notes, so whoever responds has the required information available. You will respond to certain complaints. You will help ensure patient communication is carried out efficiently and politely and that the practice represents itself well to patients at every level of interaction (on the phone, online, in the building) You will monitor and report on the various practice work-streams to ensure the practice is functioning optimally at all times and backlogs do not occur. You will help ensure the clinical and administrative targets are met to provide high quality care to patients and preserve income streams. Where administrative systems have been identified as being sub-optimal for patient services, you will try to find better, more efficient ways to work. You will develop a good understanding and working knowledge of our IT systems such as SystmOne, Teamnet, and patient communication systems such as AccuRx and other external interfaces such as pathology ordering, referrals etc Communication You will facilitate effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with all the entire Red House Surgery team members and those employed by the Primary Care Network working within the surgery (ARRS roles) Communicate effectively with patients and carers Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly Confidentiality: In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. This right is underpinned in law and other regulations and policies which the post holder must become familiar with In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data Health & Safety: The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of promotion and management of their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & safety policy, the practice Health and Infection Control Policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to): Ensuring job holders across the practice adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management. Maintain an up to date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the business. Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the business. Making effective use of training and update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others. Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way, free from hazards and initiation of remedial or corrective action where needed. Actively identifying, reporting and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised. Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, identifying issues, hazards and risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers. Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually). Undertaking regular BLS training Routine management of own team/team areas and maintenance of work space standards. Equality and Diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation. Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues. Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal/Professional Development: The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources Contribution to the Implementation of Services: The post-holder will: Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance. Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work. Participate in audit where appropriate. Job description Job responsibilities Job responsibilities: Employed Staff- Training, Appraisal and Reception management support You will assist with the recruitment of receptionists and administrators You will ensure the induction training, ongoing training, assessment and development reviews to agreed standards for new staff is well planned and is carried out effectively (you will deliver some of this yourself and build a structure involving other members of the team) You will assist with the annual appraisal process for all administrative staff. You will encourage and facilitate staff development. You will help ensure administrative duties are carried out efficiently within the practice according to the existing policies and protocols and that all team members are aware of their responsibilities. You will help identify processes that require re-design and assist in any process to implement new ways of working where appropriate. You will support the Reception Manager in creating and operating a regular training programme for the reception team to ensure a high-quality service eg in customer care skills, administrative tasks or implementation of new policies. You will support the Reception Manager in monitoring team and individual performance, report to the Practice Manager and make suggestions for improvements. You will support the Reception Manager to help ensure daily administrative tasks and rotas are working appropriately and smoothly. This includes covering reception in times of staff shortages, to allow for smooth running of the practice You will liaise with the Practice Manager and Reception Manager regarding staffing levels, skill-mix, and deployment of staff and forward planning. You will help foster a productive, harmonious, cooperative and enjoyable working environment. Patient Services and Customer Care You will facilitate delivery of the highest standard of customer care for patients and monitor and report on the quality. You will develop and lead the delivery of a comprehensive package of inductionand training for the reception team to ensure excellent customer care and optimalefficiency in all their tasks. You will assist the Reception Manager in monitoring the performance of the reception team members and identifying and helping to improve poor performance, particularly where it impacts on customer care but also in their administrative work. You will promptly handle and attempt to resolve any patient / reception interface difficulties escalated by the Reception Manager. You will acknowledge and log complaints and ensure they are tabled for the next management meeting, informing the Practice Manager and any others, according to our polices. You will carry out the initial investigation and collect any evidence such as phone recordings and any hand-written notes, so whoever responds has the required information available. You will respond to certain complaints. You will help ensure patient communication is carried out efficiently and politely and that the practice represents itself well to patients at every level of interaction (on the phone, online, in the building) You will monitor and report on the various practice work-streams to ensure the practice is functioning optimally at all times and backlogs do not occur. You will help ensure the clinical and administrative targets are met to provide high quality care to patients and preserve income streams. Where administrative systems have been identified as being sub-optimal for patient services, you will try to find better, more efficient ways to work. You will develop a good understanding and working knowledge of our IT systems such as SystmOne, Teamnet, and patient communication systems such as AccuRx and other external interfaces such as pathology ordering, referrals etc Communication You will facilitate effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with all the entire Red House Surgery team members and those employed by the Primary Care Network working within the surgery (ARRS roles) Communicate effectively with patients and carers Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly Confidentiality: In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. This right is underpinned in law and other regulations and policies which the post holder must become familiar with In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data Health & Safety: The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of promotion and management of their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & safety policy, the practice Health and Infection Control Policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to): Ensuring job holders across the practice adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management. Maintain an up to date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the business. Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the business. Making effective use of training and update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others. Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way, free from hazards and initiation of remedial or corrective action where needed. Actively identifying, reporting and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised. Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, identifying issues, hazards and risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers. Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually). Undertaking regular BLS training Routine management of own team/team areas and maintenance of work space standards. Equality and Diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation. Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues. Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal/Professional Development: The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources Contribution to the Implementation of Services: The post-holder will: Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance. Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work. Participate in audit where appropriate. Person Specification Experience Essential Sound knowledge of financial management systems in General Practice, including CQRS and Xero Experience of staff recruitment and induction Experience of chairing and managing meetings Sound knowledge of Windows and MS Office Knowledge of SystmOne and other GP clinical systems Desirable Detailed knowledge of information governance standards and GDPR Up to date Knowledge of CQC and regulatory legislation and compliance Knowledge of employment law Experience of strategic development and change management Experience of business planning Qualifications Essential Previous experience in general practice in a similar role or senior position. Team Leadership / Management Qualifications Person Specification Experience Essential Sound knowledge of financial management systems in General Practice, including CQRS and Xero Experience of staff recruitment and induction Experience of chairing and managing meetings Sound knowledge of Windows and MS Office Knowledge of SystmOne and other GP clinical systems Desirable Detailed knowledge of information governance standards and GDPR Up to date Knowledge of CQC and regulatory legislation and compliance Knowledge of employment law Experience of strategic development and change management Experience of business planning Qualifications Essential Previous experience in general practice in a similar role or senior position. Team Leadership / Management Qualifications 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 Red House Surgery Address 96 Chesterton Road Cambridge CB4 1ER Employer's website https://www.redhousesurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)