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Operations Lead

College Surgery Partnership

Cullompton, EX15 1FEView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

31 October 2026

11 days left

Job description

College Surgery are seeking an organised, proactive, fast thinking, people focussed Operations Lead to join our supportive and friendly team. This rol...

The Operations Lead is part

of the Practice Support Team who together manage the smooth running of the operational

aspects of the practice day to day.

The

following are the core responsibilities of the Operations Lead. There may be on

occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon

  • Effective

line management, direction and support of the Reception Team, the Care

Co-ordinator Team and the Rota Co-ordinator, including appraisals, identifying opportunities

for development and ensuring that their duties are performed effectively and to

the required standard for both patients and internal teams

  • Organising

regular team meetings

  • Promoting

good working relationships with other teams and individuals in the organisation

  • Supporting

Reception and GP rota coordination in order to maintain safe staffing levels during

periods of staff shortages and unexpected absences.

  • Locum

GP management

  • Resolving

complex rota queries

  • In

the absence of the Deputy Practice Manager, handling patient concerns when they

attend on site or call into the Reception Team

  • Investigating

patient complaints related to own teams

  • Co-ordinating

medical student placements

  • Project

work on new systems and processes, guiding and supporting the team through

implementation of these processes

  • Organising

induction for GPs and own team members

  • Provision

of performance data against Key Performance Indicators

  • Undertaking

audits related to own teams duties

  • Ensuring

that processes and systems in own teams are documented, made available, are fit

for purpose, and are adhered to

  • Regularly

attending and contributing to the monthly Leads Meeting and reporting operational

performance, pressures, and challenges

  • Ensuring

compliance and regulation within own team and supporting this across the

organisation

  • Any other reasonable task within the competency of

the postholder

We are a supportive, innovative, and

enthusiastic team passionate about delivering excellence in patient care, education, and whole

team wellbeing. We collectively enjoy

our jobs despite the challenges in the NHS and have a great team, inspiring

each other and embracing our differences.

There are extensive property

developments taking place around us so we are constantly adapting to meet our patient demand.

We are a town-based practice with rural dispensing branches with

over 19,000 registered patients over 4 sites.

The main site is in Cullompton, only 20 minutes drive from the vibrant

city of Exeter and very close to the M5.

Experience

Essential: - Please see attached Person Spec

Desirable: - Please see attached Person Spec

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

10 October 2026

Last checked

13 October 2026

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About the employer

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College Surgery Partnership

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