Overview
Lancaster Medical Practice is a large, at-scale, GP provider delivering General Medical Services to around 68,000 patients in Lancaster and surrounding villages. Formed in April 2017 from our successful, legacy practices, Lancaster Medical Practice has continued to evolve to become the strong, high performing Practice it is today, receiving a rating of ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission in August 2018.
We deliver our services from seven locations throughout the city of Lancaster and its surrounding area and are continuing to develop ourselves to improve what we do for our patients, staff and the local community. We are a progressive, modern organisation with patient-centred General Practice at our core. When joining #teamlmp you are joining an organisation with a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical roles but who all work together to provide the best care we can to our patients.
LMP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All successful candidates will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All staff are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment and will be responsible for safeguarding the interests of children and adults who they come into contact during their work.
Please be aware that in the event that we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the post before the closing date.
Please note, we are unable to support candidates requiring a skilled worker visa for this post as the Practice is only able to support clinical posts at this time.
Job Summary:
The post holder will support the Finance and Performance Function of the organisation primarily to ensure robust delivery of monthly employee pay and financial administrative tasks, whilst providing cover to the Performance workstream. The post holder will support the development and delivery of the Finance and Performance Strategy.
The post holder will remain accountable to the Finance and Performance Manager / Senior Finance and Performance Manager and will support them to implement and review appropriate practice policies and to ensure compliance with all contracts and regulatory requirements.
The post holder will work within the Finance and Performance Team to ensure that all national, regional and local performance targets are met.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
▪ Coordinate the processing of the monthly payroll for Lancaster Medical Practice and Lancaster Medical Group
▪ Administratively support the finance function of the organisation
▪ Ensure compliance with tax legislation and internal policies while working with HR on
employee data
▪ Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)/Investment and Impact Fund (IIF) Claims
▪ Support the delivery of practice performance standards
▪ Support the development and implementation of practice policies and procedures
Key Duties/Responsibilities:
- Liaise with colleagues across the organisation to obtain accurate data for payroll
- Collate all data required to run payroll each month and ensure all records are updated correctly, for both Lancaster Medical Practice (LMP) and Lancaster Medical Group (LMG)
- Monitor and maintain accurate pension deductions for all employees
- End to end responsibility for recording income via cash, card, bank transfer or cheque
- Raise and process invoices, download and reconcile statements and ensure all suppliers are paid in line with settlement terms, for both Lancaster Medical Practice and Lancaster Medical Group
- Ensure all information inputted into accounting systems is accurate, reliable and timely
- Monitor required inboxes and respond accordingly and in a timely manner
- Support the implementation of the organisation’s Performance Strategy to ensure achievement of performance standards.
- Support delivery and achievement of Practice Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF)
- Support the delivery of performance improvement initiatives to ensure the achievement of performance standards
- Support the extraction of data required to update performance boards and spreadsheets
- Run searches in EMIS / designing searches as requested, with appropriate sign off
- To coordinate and organise the data required for audit purposes, using a variety of systems.
- Ensuring accurate claiming each month, including but not limited to, pharmacy drug reimbursement(FP34), Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) and Lancaster County Council (LCC) claims
- Contribute to meetings and prepare required documentation for performance and QOF/IIF meetings
- Update searches from PRIMIS as they are available
- Run required searches for different teams across the organisation and provide the data in a timely manner
- Run and record practice population figures on a monthly basis
Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths, grade C or above, or equivalent experience
Significant administration experience within a payroll and finance setting.
Strong attention to detail and ability to handle confidential data
Closing date: 22.06.2026
Pay: £13.47 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Work Location: In person