HR and Quality Assurance Manager

Are you highly organised with a strong background in HR, governance, and quality improvement? Are you looking to support people, and help deliver high-quality patient care?

Spring Gardens Group Medical Practice is seeking an HR & Quality Assurance Manager to join our established and supportive management team. The role involves close collaboration with the GP partners, who oversee the management of the practice, as well as working alongside our finance, operations, and reception managers.

You will lead on all aspects of human resources, compliance, and quality assurance, helping to ensure the practice operates safely, effectively, and in line with NHS and CQC requirements. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced manager who enjoys improving systems, supporting teams, and embedding a positive and accountable culture.

This key role offers the opportunity to:

• Lead HR and workforce management across the practice, including recruitment, onboarding, contracts, staff support, and training compliance.
• Oversee governance, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance, ensuring adherence to CQC, NHS, and health and safety requirements, and managing complaints, audits, and inspections.
• Monitor patient feedback and drive continuous service improvement while working collaboratively with GP partners and management teams to support effective, integrated practice operations.
• We would consider 30+ hours per week

Spring Gardens Group Medical Practice is a large, friendly city-centre GP practice providing high-quality, patient-centred care to over 20,000 patients. We are a collaborative, values-driven organisation with a strong focus on professionalism and continuous improvement.

The practice is led by eight highly experienced GP partners and supported by a multidisciplinary team that includes salaried GPs, nurses, healthcare assistants, pharmacists, and reception and administrative staff. We work closely together to deliver safe, effective care and are strongly committed to teaching, training, and research.

Human Resources & Workforce Management

Lead all HR activity across the practice, including recruitment, contracts, induction and staff retention

Manage recruitment processes from advertising through to onboarding, ensuring compliance with employment legislation

Develop and maintain job descriptions and person specifications for all staff roles

Support line managers with annual leave, sickness absence, and other leave arrangements

Lead on mandatory training, ensuring compliance with NHS requirements

Support the practice in all HR matters, in conjunction with the retained HR consultant, who provides expert advice and professional guidance.

Quality Assurance, Governance & Compliance

Lead on quality assurance and continuous improvement across the practice

Ensure compliance with CQC standards, NHS policies, GDPR, and contractual requirements

Prepare for and support CQC inspections, audits, and external reviews

Develop, review, and implement practice policies and procedures

Oversee health and safety systems, risk assessments, and statutory compliance

Manage complaints handling

Monitor patient feedback (FFT, GP Patient Survey, complaints) and support service improvement initiatives

Develop and embed a simple, effective quality management system

Work closely with the GP partners on governance and quality

Collaborate with the finance, operations, and reception managers to ensure joined-up management

Support a culture of openness, accountability, and continuous improvement

Undertake other reasonable duties appropriate to the role

• Experience in HR management, compliance, or quality/governance.
• Experience of working with regulatory or inspection frameworks.
• Management experience in the NHS or primary care.
• Experience preparing for CQC inspections.
• Knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.

• Degree-level education or relevant professional qualification.

• Strong organisational, communication, and IT skills.
• A proactive, problem-solving approach and commitment to continuous improvement.

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.