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 leftJob 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
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Provenance
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First seen
10 October 2026
Last checked
13 October 2026
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