# Deputy Practice Manager

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Giffard Drive Surgery.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Giffard Drive Surgery
- **Location:** 68 Giffard Drive, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8QB, United Kingdom
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Practice manager
- **Salary:** Negotiable
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T10:47:41.402Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/A3552-26-0008
- **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/A3552-26-0008/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=A3552-26-0008
- **Employer website:** https://www.giffarddrivesurgery.co.uk

## Job Content

### Job summary

To support the practice manager in all aspects of practice functionality, motivating and managing staff, optimising efficiency and overall performance, ensuring the practice achieves its long-term strategic objectives in a safe and effective working environment.

To manage and coordinate all aspects of practice functionality, motivating and managing staff, patient services, premises and health and safety management.

### Main duties of the job

Through innovative ways of working, support the practice manager leading the team in promoting ED&I, SHEF, quality & continuous improvement, confidentiality, collaborative working, service delivery, learning and development and ensuring the practice complies with CQC regulations.

### About us

We are a rapidly growing GP-led organisation with a mission to ensure that all patients have access to comprehensive, coordinated and continuous care within a sustainable primary care system. We appreciate that our whole primary care system is struggling, which is causing a negative effect on patient care and staff happiness. We believe that we can turn this around by reimagining how primary care is delivered from the ground up by placing a focus on data insights, technology and clinical innovation. Ultimately, we want to improve patient access, patient experience and health outcomes to significantly increase the quality of care for our patients.

### Details

- Date posted: 18 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: A3552-26-0008
- Job locations: 68 Giffard Drive, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8QB, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

- Supporting the practice manager in the day-to-day operations of the practice, ensuring staff achieve their primary responsibilities
- Providing leadership and guidance to all staff ensuring that they adhere to policy and procedure at all times
- Overseeing the administrative elements of QOF, liaising with GPs, nursing staff and administrators
- Implementing systems to ensure compliance with CQC regulations and standards
- Evaluating, organising and overseeing the staff induction programme
- Support the overall practice clinical governance framework, submitting reports for QOF, enhanced services and other reporting requirements using CQRS/ Open Exeter etc.
- Guide the team to reach QOF targets (supported by the nursing and administrative leads)
- Brief clinicians on performance levels, advising actions to ensure high achievement across all QOF areas
- Implementing and embedding an effective practice and staff development plan for all staff (clinical and administrative) whilst maintaining a robust training record
- Implementing effective systems for the resolution of disciplinary and grievance issues, maintaining an overview of staff welfare
- Guiding staff and developing searches and audits on the clinical system
- Reviewing and updating clinical templates ensuring they relate to current practice
- Managing contracts for and highlighting issues with services i.e., cleaning, gardening, window cleaning etc.
- Guiding the team to reach QOF targets (supported by the nursing and administrative leads)
- Ensuring the staff implement the practice wide approach to the management of all patient services matters
- Line managing the team, being responsible for timely and accurate appraisals and first line support for disciplinary and grievances.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience working in primary care
- Experience of managing multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent communication skills (written, oral and presenting)
- Strong IT skills (EMIS & Office)
- Ability to motivate teams, enhance morale and maintain a positive working environment
- Ability to prioritise, delegate and work to deadlines

**Desirable**

- Leadership and/or management qualification
- Ability to recognise opportunities to enhance service delivery

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