Practice Manager

Job Introduction

HMP Forest Bank are currently recruiting for a Practice Manager to ensure delivery of high quality care to patients within Sodexo Justice Services Healthcare.

HMP Forest Bank serves the courts of Greater Manchester and maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better.

Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come in to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services in Bury and Oldham, working with people to maintain recovery and lead law-abiding lives.

As well as the 16 residential units on site, there is a healthcare centre, gym, library, workshop complex, visits hall, chaplaincy and kitchen. The prison’s capacity stands at 1,460, holding adult men both on remand or sentenced and young prisoners between the ages of 18-21 years.

For more information on working in Justice within Sodexo please see Careers in Justice

Role Responsibility

• Effective administration support of the healthcare team
• Meaningful and relevant data capture, presented in understandable format to appropriate stakeholders which supports continuous improvement in practice
• Monitoring of all information governance issues and data security
• Sound data regarding escorts and bedwatches
• Current and accurate trend analyses, and complaints reports
• Management of Datix system relating to the department
• Monitoring of action plans relating to the department
• Robust staff inductions will encompass information governance, data security and Datix training
• Appropriate range of audits carried out within the sphere of the job holders scope of practice
• Accurate asset registers
• Accurate staffing budgets
• High level of compliance with Health & Safety requirements
• Strong level of support to the Head of Healthcare & Corporate Quality Patient Safety from the Practice Manager
• Practice information consistent with Sodexo brand and updated through regular reviews
• Contribution to achieving financial balance
• Identification of risk and risk management at Practice Manager level

**Full job description attached

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Skilled in use of Microsoft Office Suite, Datix.
• Skilled in use of SystmOne or clinical database
• Understanding of Information Governance and Data Security
• People management skills, leadership and change management skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Understanding of Health and Safety/Risk Management
• Ability to extrapolate data from range of sources, analyse it and compile it into a format suitable for presentation to multi-disciplinary stakeholders
• Knowledge of NHS data reporting frameworks
• Knowledge of CQC  standards 

Desirable

• Accredited training in practice management
• Experience of audit within a clinical setting
• Experience of thematic analysis
• Understanding of budgetary management
• Understanding of clinical governance processes
• Understanding of health records management

Package Description

37.5 hours per week

Salary £30,000 - £32,000 per annum plus 20 days holiday, free meals on duty, gym access, pension and shopping discounts.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 3 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC