Assistant Site Manager - Enfield, United Kingdom - Medicus Health Partners

Description

Job summary

ACCOUNTABLE TO: The Site Manager, Managing Partner and Site based Practice Partners

MANAGES: The administrative staff of the practice

LIAISES WITH:

The patients of the Practice

All members of the Practice staff team

Other professional staff working in or with the practice

Suppliers of goods and services

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

To play a pivotal role in the delivery of high-quality primary health care.

To provide and support the Site Manager in management resources for the achievement of the teams goals.

To report to and support the Site Manager in the provision of high-quality patient services within a safe, efficient working environment by providing effective support to clinicians and the administrative team.

The Assistant Site Manager will also work closely with the Site Manager to develop the financial/ Patient care performance of the practice via QOF, LCS and Enhanced Services.

The Assistant Site Manager will support the Site Manager in daily management of the practice and will ensure staff rotas are adequate and well planned to meet the practices needs.

The Assistant Site Manager will address issues to Site Manager as they arise to keep all services running smoothly. To achieve this, the Assistant Site Manager will support Site Manager to manage, train and develop the administrative team and liaise with clinical team members throughout the day to enable clear communications and team working across the site.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant Site Manager will be assuring the SiteManager on the day-to-day operations and running of a practice. The duties tobe fulfilled alongside or in absence of the Site Manager will be the following:

Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)

ALL Enhanced Servicesand Locally Commissioned Services (LCS)

Contractual Requirement (alongside Site Manager)

Medicines Management

Childhood immunisations

Other immunisations (Contractual Additional Service)

Influenza vaccinations

Registrations (alongside Reception Lead)

Emis Workflow Management

Training and development of administrative staff.

IT Lead

Enhanced Services, LCS and other servicessubmissions

Payment reimbursement submissions (congestion charge and PPA)

Staffing Rota and Management.

Medical Report and Non NHS Work Management

Recruitment, inductionand training of new administrative staff and Locum Cover

Practice statistic and feedbackcollection/ analysing data.

Maintain Practice Registers:Learning Disabilities, Palliative Care, Housebound, Child Protection ,Unplanned Admissions, Carers etc ( work and delegate alongside other administrators)

Support the Managing Partner inoperationally and effectively running the day to business on site at the branchspecified.

About us

Medicus Health Partners is thelargest GP Partnership in Enfield, that cares for over 93,000 patients and isbased across 09 locations/sites in Enfield. This role is located in Enfield,and you will be part of a team who are passionate about healthcare.

Job responsibilities

KPIs and Target Framework

To read and be aware of all the Enhanced Services, Locally Commissioned Services, QOF, BMA Contracts KPIs Medicines Management and additional Services.

To be updated with specifications on an annual and adhoc basis of all requirements.

To plan and implement processes to achieve targets.

To work alongside Site Manager, Partners, GPs, Nurses and administrative staff to achieve targets.

Submissions of all target and audit based work as per specifications and contracts.

Planning

To liaise with Clinical Partners, Managing Partner and Site Manager in setting strategic planning targets and share joint responsibility with them for achievement of these targets.

To undertake tasks towards the agreed aims and be wholly responsible for them.

Team and Personnel Management

To plan and co-ordinate the recruitment, induction and training of new administrative staff.

To assist in planning and recruitment of Locum cover.

To assist in the preparation of a work rota for the doctors and arrange locum cover when necessary.

To be responsible for the organisation of the reception staff rota, ensuring adequate cover during periods of staff sickness or leave.

To identify and meet the team members training and development needs.

To monitor staff sickness and absence and oversee the leave rota.

To ensure that all Practice staff are aware of the need for confidentiality, both of patient and Practice information.

Patients

To be aware of patients needs and work towards Practice innovation to meet those needs.

To be responsible for the collection and collation of data and feedback about patients needs and satisfaction.

To liaise with patient and community representatives.

Quality

To be accountable with the other team members for setting standards of quality and service provision and monitoring their achievement.

To promote ideals of quality and achievement of standards amongst all team members.

To co-ordinate all audits within the practice.

Finance

To work alongside the Site Manager for the setting up of new, and maintenance of existing, systems to maximise all Practice income.

Where required by the Central Finance Team, to monitor and check the accuracy of the Enhanced Services, Contractual Requirements and other PMS claims and ensure that all claims are submitted on a monthly and quarterly basis.

To ensure PPA reimbursement forms are completed and submitted on a monthly basis.

Supervise and liaise with Site Manager for the purchasing of all equipment, drugs, supplies and stationery and ensure best value is obtained, where central ordering is not applicable.

Information Technology and Computing

To support Site Manager for IT lead on all Emis Template, Searches, Protocol and concepts updates. Ensure IT hardware and software is well maintained where appropriate liaising directly with Systems IT and GP IT teams. To also ensure all updates / upgrades go smoothly.

To be Smart Card Sponsor for the practice alongside the Site/Practice Manager

To ensure that read codes are correctly administered across records throughout the practice. The DSM will work with the Site/Practice Manager to develop electronic templates to better manage read coding requirements.

To utilise clinical software to perform searches, extracting and validating patient and statistical data for the preparation of reports.

Practice Reception/Administration

To maintain and further develop systems and protocols for the smooth and efficient running of the reception and appointments and administration system

To maintain a thorough knowledge of reception and administration systems.

To be prepared to undertake reception or secretarial duties in the case of absence of usual reception/administration staff due to annual leave, sickness or any other reason.

Liaison

To promote good relationships between the Practice and outside bodies such as Health Authorities, Primary Care Groups, community trusts, patient and community groups, the bank and accountant, etc.

To prepare for, organise and attend practice, wider health team and management meetings and follow up decisions made.

To liaise with the Managing Partner and Site Manager on all necessary matters.

Personal and Professional Development

To actively seek to keep professional knowledge and skills up-to-date including assessment of own learning needs and attendance at relevant training courses as required.

Information Governance

To ensure that the Information Governance framework is adhered to.

Personal Information within the practice needs to be dealt with in a confidential and secure manner.

To ensure all members of staff have adequate training to provide consistency to information handling.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

The post holder will ensure that the Practice Policies and the Health Authority policies on Equal Opportunities are understood and adhered to.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Be aware of your responsibility under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and ensure that agreed safety procedures are carried out in order to maintain a safe environment for employees, patients and visitors.

OTHER DUTIES

To undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required.

To be flexible in approach, recognizing the needs of a developing practice.

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable