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Bromley Healthcare
				About
Bromley Healthcare is one of the UK's leading providers of community health services running services in Bromley, Bexley, Greenwich, Croydon, and Lewisham.
 
They put clinicians in the driving seat taking the best that the NHS has to offer, removing the bureaucracy and focusing on high-quality healthcare.
Source = www.bromleyhealthcare.org.uk
Contact
- Address
 - Central Court
 - 1 Knoll Rise
 - Orpington
 - Kent
 - BR6 0JA
 - Contact Number
 - 020 8315 8880
 
Children's Occupational Therapy UTS Project Manager
Accepting applications until: 16-Nov-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 16-Nov-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
 - Phoenix Children's Resource Centre
 - Address
 - Mason's Hill
 - Town
 - Bromley
 - Postcode
 - BR2 9JG
 - Major / Minor Region
 - Kent
 
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
 - 6 months (Fixed term: 6 months)
 - Hours
 - Part time - 15 hours per week
 
Salary
- Salary
 - £61,631 - £68,623 pa pro rata inclusive of Hcas
 - Salary period
 - Yearly
 - Grade
 - (NHS AfC: Band 8a)
 
Specialty
- Main area
 - Children's Occupational Therapy
 
Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing (e.g., district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing) and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.
Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
Employees of Bromley Healthcare whose role maybe at risk will receive priority consideration.
Applicants for roles involving driving responsibilities will be required to provide proof of business insurance.
Job overview
Children's Occupational Therapy UTS Project Manager
£61,631 - £68,623 pa pro rata inclusive of Hcas
We are excited to advertise a role to help shape the future provision of Children's Occupational Therapy in schools across Bromley. We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Children's Occupational Therapist who can work as a Project Manager to support the move to a Universal, Targeted, Specialist (UTS) model of provision. This is a part time 2 days per week fixed term role for 6 months. You will be required to work closely with Bromley Healthcare's Children's Occupational Therapy service and educational establishments across Bromley to scope need, create resource and deliver the implementation plan required.
Interviews expected to be held week commencing 20th November 25
Advert
The Borough of Bromley would like to move towards a Universal, Targeted, Specialist (UTS) Model of service provision across Children’s Therapy Teams. The evidence base behind this is within Marie Gasgoine’s ‘The Balanced System’ approach https://www.thebalancedsystem.org/
This role is a temporary role to scope the requirements of the Occupational Therapy provision across Bromley providers to move to this UTS Model of service delivery within the next academic year. Working closely with other therapy teams who are implementing this model, you will scope the potential, background work required, creating an implementation plan for moving to this new service model for Occupational Therapy.
Working for our organisation
Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups.
Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point.
We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder is responsible to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk.
The Children’s OT UTS Project Manager will work across all community services provided by Bromley Healthcare and the London Borough of Bromley in order to:
· Undertake a review of existing Occupational Therapy provision in relation to areas that can move into the Universal, Targeted, Specialist levels of service delivery.
· Scope what resources are in use within healthcare, education and social care that can move into the Universal, Targeted, Specialist levels of service delivery.
· Research similar models of service delivery within Children's Occupational Therapy to determine evidence base, experiential achievements and practical considerations within implementation.
· Engage with local providers of Occupational Therapy services and related services eg. Health Visiting to ensure a holistic approach across health, education and social care.
· Create resources, plan and deliver training to education and healthcare staff within schools and SEND teams locally to create the Universal level of service provision for Occupational Therapy needs.
· Work closely with Bromley Healthcare’s Speech and Language Therapy service to learn from their delivery of a UTS Model of delivery in mainstream schools.
· Create an implementation plan for the implementation of the UTS Model for Occupational Therapy across Bromley.
· Engage with children, parents and key stakeholders across health, education and social care sectors. Utilise parent and teacher webinars to engage and communicate with others.
This is a largely autonomous role, and the post-holder will be a self-starter with significant senior level NHS or local authority service clinical Occupational Therapy and project management experience.
We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.
To get a sense of what it's like to work with Bromley Healthcare, you can visit our YouTube channel at the following link: YouTube Channel.
Salary is determined by NHS experience and current banding/pay point. External applicants will begin at the entry point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms and conditions.
At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels.
We welcome applicants with a disability. We are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process, please let us know if you require any.
We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one. These include:
- Remote working
 - Compressed hours
 - Part-time
 - Job shares
 
We encourage you to discuss this with your hiring manager, who will take your individual circumstances into account alongside the service needs.
We eagerly anticipate welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare. Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period.
Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and an integral part of the NHS family. However, we pride ourselves on being different; as a co-owned social enterprise, Bromley Healthcare CIC is owned by its employees. This ensures that our staff remain under NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (provided they are eligible). If not, we offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.
Important Reminders:
- Please ensure you check your emails regularly, as this is our primary mode of communication throughout the recruitment process. As a general guideline, interviews typically occur within 2 weeks of the closing date.
 - When providing employment reference details, please ensure you provide accurate work-related email addresses so references can be promptly sought when progressing your application. Your referees must be individuals known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.
 - All staff identified as AT-RISK who meet the requirements of the post will be prioritized accordingly.
 - The Trust utilizes the TRAC systems recruitment platform to administer all stages of the recruitment process, meaning that shortlisting information will not be communicated via NHS Jobs.
 - Bromley Healthcare reserve the right to close adverts earlier than first published.
 
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Occupational Therapist
 
Desirable criteria
- Master's degree
 
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Service re-design/improvement expertise acquired through formal training or equivalent experience
 
Desirable criteria
- Project management qualification
 
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registered
 
Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
 - Project management/Quality Improvement training
 - Clinical training in area of specialism
 
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding of Children’s Occupational Therapy theory and practice and its place within population health needs
 - Knowledge of current thinking and policy affecting Occupational Therapy practice in a wide variety of clinical areas across the health and care sector
 - Able to analyse and interpret complex information, drawing conclusions and themes and presenting these in a coherent and easily understood format
 
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement methodologies
 
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
 - Lindsay Pyne
 - Job title
 - Head of Community AHP
 - Email address
 - [email protected]
 - Telephone number
 - 07546653911
 
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