Practice
Manager recruitment
First
Practice Management (FPM) offers a first-class recruitment service
to assist Practices appoint the best candidate for this key role.
Our Recruitment Consultants are based throughout the UK.
Our work
is based on providing a comprehensive recruitment service from identifying
the need, through to the new person being appointed and starting work.
The idea is to leave the Partners free to define the sort of person
they want and concentrate on selecting the best person to appoint,
while leaving FPM to organise the whole process. One of the unique
points of the interview process which we offer is that all candidates
are brought to interview at the same time. In that way the Partners
can compare not only the candidate against the vacancy, but also each
candidate against each of the others.
The following
is an outline of the service: -
- Firstly,
one of our Recruitment Consultants will meet with the Partners (this
meeting takes about 2 hours and takes place at the Surgery)
to get a good understanding of the Practice, the way it works, the
sort of person the Partners are looking for, and includes:
- Setting
out the role, job scope and responsibilities of the new Manager;
plus advice and guidance on the job description and person specification
(including identifying whether and how the job, and the ideal
candidate, may be different to that of the outgoing Manager)
- Considering
accountability, support and managing arrangements for the person
to be recruited (including identifying which Partner will be
primarily responsible for the induction and management of the
new Manager)
- Giving
guidance on appropriate terms and conditions, in particular
salary level and benefits
- Giving
advice on best recruitment practice, including avoiding any
form of discrimination
- Draw
up the recruitment advert for approval, and place in agreed Journals
and Newspapers
- Prepare
an information pack about the Practice, the person sought, and the
post (this 'information pack' will be sent to everyone who responds
to the adverts)
- Receive
and log all applications, and summarise these onto a template for
ease of assessment
- In
conjunction with the Partners, draw up a shortlist of candidates
for interview
- Organise
and be present at an interview process at the Surgery (or at a nearby
local venue/hotel) which takes the form of two half-day sessions:
an afternoon assessment session, and formal interviews the following
morning:
- The
afternoon session (Day 1) is a group interview with 8 candidates
and comprises group discussion, a short group task followed
by individual interviews with each of the Partners
-
The following morning session (Day 2) comprises 'traditional'
interviews for the best three candidates from Day 1. Overall
this maximises the opportunity for the Partners to assess each
candidate against the Practice culture and values, and to measure
applicants against each other.
- Our
Recruitment Consultant provides suggested questions and scenarios
for the interview panel for Day 1 and Day 2, and also takes
interview notes during the formal stages, leaving the Partners
free to concentrate on the interview questions and responses
- Guide
the Partners through the process of selecting the three best candidates
from Day 1 to be brought for formal interview on Day 2
- Guide
the Partners through the process of selecting the best candidate
following the Day 2 interviews
- Give
advice on the construction of the offer, on making the offer, and
obtaining confirmation of acceptance
- Provide
a draft offer letter for the Partners to use/adapt
- Take
up references for the successful candidate
- Provide
notes for the Partners to use/adapt to prepare the induction programme
for the new Manager
- During
the first few months of employment, keep in touch with the Partners
and the new Manager and ensure that he/she is settling in satisfactorily
- Give
the new Manager free access for one year to the Members' section
of our website, which provides a wide range of information and support
for Managers in general practice
Why
choose FPM's Recruitment Service?
At FPM
we understand general practice and the roles and responsibilities
of Practice Managers - over the years we have overseen the appointment
of hundreds of Practice Managers. Existing Practice Managers, and
people outside the NHS who are seeking a career in practice management,
come to us when looking for a job in practice management, and we receive
dozens of quality applicants for each post we advertise.
GPs who have used our service have found the support and
advice invaluable, and many have recommended the service to colleagues - click
here for some testimonials.
What
does it cost?
A lot
of work goes into providing the comprehensive service described above;
our Recruitment Consultants (who are all current or former Practice
Managers) will put in many days work on each project. We provide all
the services described above for a fixed fee of £4,250 + VAT,
plus the cost of advertising (this is typically in the range £750
- £1000 + VAT).
What
now?
If you
are interested in our Recruitment Service, please contact us using
our enquiry form or phone us on 01603
813912
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