About this role
Job summary
Senior Operations Manager - Nexus Health Group
2 Year Fixed Term Contract
Full Time
Annual Salary: £62,071 per annum, £31.74 hourly rate
Closing Date: 26 May 2026
Interviews: W/C 1 June 2026
Are you looking for a dynamic leadership role within Primary Care? Nexus Health Group is one of the largest single list GP providers in the country serving over 75,000 patients in Southeast London.
If you are an experienced Primary Care Manager, wed love to hear from you. Our Senior Ops Manager oversees the delivery of non-clinical management at 8 Practice sites (supported by local management teams), as well as our back office teams. Youll be responsible for the successful delivery of our premises and professional standards targets. Youll join a well-established Senior Management Team, and report to our Director of Services, and our GP Partners.
If a busy role in an interesting, supportive community facing organisation appeals to you, please get in touch. To apply please submit your application via: https://nexushealthgroup.nhs.uk/2025-application-form
If you would like more information please contact [email protected]
Please note that candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Therefore applications requiring visa sponsorship cannot be considered.
Main duties of the job
Qualifications:
Educated to degree or equivalent professional level
Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development. Experience
Demonstrable specialist knowledge in primary care
Demonstrable practice management experience
Evidence of meeting challenging targets
Knowledge:
Understanding of NHS structure and organisation and targets
Understanding of current developments within the NHS
Understanding of IT/Data systems applicable to Primary Care
Knowledge of IT statutory requirements
Experience:
Demonstrable specialist knowledge in primary care
Demonstrable practice management experience
Evidence of meeting challenging targets
About us
Nexus was formed in 2016 with the merging of established local practices in Southwark. We look after a practice population of more than 76,000 patients spread across our 8 sites. Our clinical approach is based on a foundation of clinical excellence, clinical leadership, and clinical governance shaped by the needs and challenges of our local population. We are a well recognised training organisation for future GPs and nurses. We are focused on the learning and development of our clinical and non-clinical staff.
We operate 8 GP Practice sites across north Southwark that are geographically close and well served by local transport hubs at London Bridge, Elephant & Castle and Canada Water. We share a single patient list but our patients are attached to a specific site and are looked after by local multidisciplinary teams which include GPs, Nurses, Physicians Assistants, Paramedics, ANPs and Pharmacists. Our site based teams are supported by Managers and local administration staff. Our GP Partners have overall clinical and administrative responsibility for Nexus Health Group and are supported by a Senior Management Team and centralised HR, IT, clinical administration functions
Nexus works closely with our local PCN and 2 of our GP Partners are PCN clinical directors.
Job description Job responsibilities
The Senior Operations Manager will provide leadership and line management to the Cluster Service Managers, Service Development Manager and Centralised Functions Manager in delivery of services across Nexus and support to the Director of Operations and Services to ensure effective day-to-day running of the organisation.
Prequalifying questions:
Do you have demonstratable experience in an operational leadership role within NHS?
Do you have any line management experience of managing multidisciplinary teams?
Are you confident using clinical systems such as Emis?
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree or equivalent professional level Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development. Demonstrable specialist knowledge in primary care Demonstrable practice management experience Evidence of meeting challenging targets Understanding of NHS structure and organisation and targets Understanding of current developments within the NHS Understanding of IT/Data systems applicable to Primary Care Knowledge of IT statutory requirements
Desirable
Knowledge of Emergency Planning Knowledge of Business Continuity Knowledge of organisational needs for Health and Safety Experience of development and implementation of service change; delivering successful outcomes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Nexus Health Group
Address Princess Street Practice
PRINCESS STREET PRACTICE
London
SE1 6JP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://nexushealthgroup.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)