Job summary
- Main area
- Library
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 2 years (August 2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-6503000-P
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Librarian
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
This is a 2-year fixed term position in a small innovative team providing a library service to approximately 5000 staff in acute, community and partnership organisations. The post will provide a career development opportunity with a broad base of tasks and responsibilities.
The Senior Librarian is responsible for supporting the Library Services Manager in the delivery of Knowledge and Library Services (KLS) in support of evidence-based practice and knowledge management within West Suffolk NHS FT and partner organisations agreed. The post holder will work with the LSM and other colleagues to ensure that the library team meets the requirements of key stakeholders at WSFT. Key focus areas of this role will be to assist with the completion of NHS England’s (NHSE) Quality and Improvement Outcomes Framework (QIOF), enhancement of the library service, and development of the library team.
Main duties of the job
Key Tasks & Responsibilities:
To assist the Library Services Manager (LSM) in the effective and efficient management of a high quality library and information service for all healthcare employees in the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and our stakeholder organisations, deputising for the LSM when necessary.
To use expert knowledge of online database searching to proactively provide comprehensive literature searches and evidence syntheses and summaries for members of staff both clinical and non-clinical
To play a key role in marketing and promotion of library services including development of the library website and online services for mobile devices and forging useful networks with trust, community and regional staff.
To deliver and help develop a comprehensive programme of staff training on behalf of the organisation. To support the wider Organisational Development and Learning and Development teams with evidence searches and identifying appropriate resources.
To play a key role in the preparation for and assessment of library services against the Library Quality Improvement Outcomes Framework (QIOF) for NHS funded library services in England and assist the LSM in the preparation of key strategic documents, including the Library Strategy, the Action Plan, the Marketing Strategy and the Annual Report.
To deputise for the LSM when necessary, including attendance at meetings, delivering training, and line managing the Senior Library Assistants.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for full details.
STAFF CAR PARKING
Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 – 18:30.
For individuals working within the core hours, the Trust offers parking off site at the Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, which is serviced by a regular shuttle bus to and from the Hospital. Details of the bus timetable can be found in the on-line starter pack on the West Suffolk Hospital website.
This parking restriction does not apply if an individual is required to work on a weekend or if they are required to complete “on call” duties within their role.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing personal development
- MCLIP certification, or within 6 months of achieving it
- Membership of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in library and information studies
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- At least one year’s experience in a healthcare library since the 2012 reforms under the Health and Social Care Act
- Experience of supervising library assistants and having daily responsibility for enquiry services
- Experience of planning and designing training programmes and materials
- Experience of teaching/facilitating training
- Experience of information searching skills, analysing complex subjects and applying Boolean logic
- Experience of using electronic information sources including specialised databases and the internet
- Experience of marketing and promotion services
- Experience of library management systems, preferably Koha, including setting up, scheduling and running reports
Desirable criteria
- Experience of designing and producing promotional material
- Experience of web page design and content
- Teaching qualification
- Ability to write reports
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to supervise junior staff and to manage distribution and supervision of work
- Ability to deputise for the LSM in line management duties when necessary
- Ability to create and maintain professional networks
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Flexible approach to working hours and duties
- Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload of self and to meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently and also as part of a team
- Ability to work with all levels of staff in the health service
- A high degree of computer literacy, Database searching skills, Internet skills, Microsoft office
- Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality issues including implications of Data Protection Act
- Knowledge and understanding of copyright law
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice and associated search strategies
- Knowledge of the variety of databases found in a healthcare setting
- Ability to analyse statistical data
- An passionate approach to supporting users’ information needs and developing users’ information skills
- User focussed attitude to service delivery
- Attention to detail
- Good relationship skills with all levels of library users including colleagues and suppliers of goods and services (external companies)
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated and confident to deputise on behalf of Library Services Manager
- Efficient and conscientious
- Ability and willingness to learn, adopt and input into new methods of working to improve service delivery
- Ability to travel to rural locations to carry out post
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Beverley Walsh
- Job title
- Library Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 713343
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