Deputise for the Practice Manager in her absence Supervise and train practice staff dealing in all medicine management systems, making best use of their skills for example prescription processing Work collaboratively with other practices to spread good practice and share experiences Develop processes to promote modern efficient services, e.g. online ordering and repeat dispensing Attend and disseminate within the practice learning and actions from the monthly medicine management meetings, relevant courses, and training events Oversee the medicine management audit processes at practice and ICB level Oversee the achievement of the Meds Management indicators alongside the MOP, the Practice Pharmacists and the Medicines Manager, regularly reporting progress to the Leadership Team and Clinical Meeting and agreeing remedial action where required To oversee the administration of the practice on a day-to-day, including line management of Administration, Secretarial, GP Assistants, Meds and Social Prescribing teams To assist the Practice Manager in any new projects relating to medicine management and administration, including developing SOPs and policies. Proficient user of EMIS and Microsoft Office Suite. Confident in picking up and learning new IT software packages.

Responsible for the achievement of the best possible outcomes from the end of year submissions and thereby gain optimum remuneration available to the practice for QOF, QIS, LES, DES, IIF and other performance indicators To oversee the booking and completion of Long-Term Condition process by Birth month and updating and producing reports to the Leadership Team of progress against indicators on a monthly basis and, where necessary, formulating and presenting the recovery plan To oversee all workflow related processes such as Tasks, Referrals, Document Management and Medication Management, ensuring that all are processed in a timely manner and developing solutions to any identified issues To run audits and searches as part of a planned calendar and identify any additional queries to support the practice needs Organisation of vaccination clinics to include monitoring and ordering of stock, planning of appointment schedules, staffing rotas, oversee recall procedure of eligible patients and ensure payment claims are made To ensure that income revenue is correctly logged and banked and reported monthly to the Cumbria Health Finance team. Monitor income against work produced Month end returns to HR and Payroll to include sickness, irregular hours and expense claims Management of the Cumbria Health sickness policy to include return to work, discussion of adjustments and where necessary following the Sickness Absence Meeting Procedure for line managed staff Oversee holiday requests for all staff to ensure that there is enough cover across the practice by following the holiday protocol Create a weekly rota for the Enhanced Access Clinics to ensure adequate staffing as per agreed plan Organise, attend and minute quarterly PPG meetings and liaise and produce a quarterly bulletin to advise patients on the work of the PPG Manage and investigate the local response for any AIs raised Safeguarding to be the point of contact for any safeguarding issues both internally and from outside agencies, to ensure these are directed appropriately and in a timely manner to the Safeguarding Lead. To attend any training and meetings required. To check the NHS.net account daily for communications, send out reminders to outside agencies regarding MDT meetings and record and circulate meetings Palliative Care to ensure that regular meetings are held and minuted with the clinical lead, district nurses and palliative care team and patients records are updated in line with local policy.

Ensure that advanced care planning is completed and DNACPRs are up to date.