Practice Manager
Practice Manager
Closing date: 20th July 2025
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Practice Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of The Royal Hospital's NHS GP medical centre, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and efficient care.
This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the practice, managing clinical and non-clinical staff, providing high-quality patient-focused services to the Chelsea Pensioners, and fostering a positive and effective working environment. As Practice Manager, you will provide leadership and operational oversight to ensure the practice meets its objectives and contractual obligations.
A crucial element of your role will be supporting service delivery to achieve targets across QOF, enhanced services, and network contracts. You will contribute to strategic planning and development, submit data to external bodies on time, and ensure compliance with CQC standards.
The appointed candidate will lead the strategic development of patient services in line with national and local policies, taking ownership of appointment scheduling, clinical rotas, locum coordination, and complaints management. They will work closely with external organisations such as the Integrated Care Board, NHS England, and the Primary Care Network to ensure effective collaboration and service delivery. The role also includes responsibility for financial planning and budgeting to optimise income, supporting the wider strategic direction of the practice while ensuring full compliance with NHS regulations and information governance standards.
We are looking for someone with proven leadership and management experience, strong communication and organisational skills, and a recognised qualification in management or leadership. Experience in primary care management is essential, and NHS, along with financial and performance management expertise, is highly desirable.
This is a rewarding role for a forward-thinking, highly organised individual with strong leadership skills. If you're ready to play a pivotal role at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, we encourage you to apply.
This is a part time role working 4 days/32.8 hours a week.
About Us
The ethos of the Royal Hospital is one that puts a premium on selflessness and companionship. Our values of nurturing belonging, respect individuals, encourage pride and enjoy life underpin that ethos. We are united in a shared purpose, living and working together and ensuring everyone has a place in our diverse social and military community.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is dedicated to equality, diversity, and inclusion, where all backgrounds and abilities can reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on attracting a wide range of talent, removing potential barriers, and promoting equal opportunities. We know, the more varied and inclusive our teams are, the better our organisation will be for our community. We are a Disability Confident employer dedicated to hiring diverse talent and ensuring you are treated with respect throughout the recruitment process and upon joining our community.
Our selection process
Should your application be successful you will be invited to a formal interview, where you will be asked questions relating to your experiences and key requirements of the role. If you are successful after the interviews we will:
- Ask for references from those you have listed on your application form
- Check your right to live and work in the UK
- Check any declarations you have made on your application form
- Ask you to complete a medical form
- Carry out an Enhanced DBS application.