Assistant Librarian

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Illingworth Library teamat Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust as an Assistant Librarian.

You will be a key member of the Illingworth Library team, providing Library & Knowledge services to the Trust. The Illingworth Library team are a fantastic team, who are valued for their knowledge, above and beyond approach, patience and resourcefulness.

You will be a qualified librarian, with excellent communication and customer care skills. Experienced in using online information databases, Microsoft Office applications and Social Media.

You will be a compassionate, accountable individual who treats all colleagues, patients and service users with respect and seeks to deliver excellence in their role. You will share the Trust values and be committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Interview Date: 17 April 2023

You will support the Knowledge & Library Service Manager in the delivery of services by:

• Managing the operational running of the library service, including overall management of day-to-day library enquiry, Inter library loans, cataloguing, withdrawals and circulation processes.
• Ensuring that people have access to the electronic library resources, when & where needed upon which to base clinical and management decisions.
• Promoting the use of library resources throughout the Trust.
• Delivering virtual and face-to-face training to ensure people make effective use of electronic resources in order to support evidence-based practice.
• Performing complex literature searches using high quality healthcare databases on behalf of library users to assist evidence-based practice.
• Delivering outreach services to promote evidence-based practice, underpin clinical activities, governance and service redesign by attending Trust meetings and groups.
• Working with the Knowledge & Library Service Manager to continually improve delivery of the Library Service to all Trust people and students.

Sheffield Children’s is one of three independent, specialist paediatric hospitals in the country, providing dedicated healthcare for children and young people across community, mental health and acute specialist settings.

We have three overarching aims that set the direction for the Trust in our vision “to create a healthier future for children and young people.”

• Outstanding patient care
• Brilliant place to work
• Leader in children’s health

Our commitment to rewarding colleagues is demonstrated through our brilliant reward and benefits offer including; generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme and access to salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and lease cars.

We are committed to supporting colleagues from different heritages and lifestyles while at work. This is supported through the offer we have in place for flexible working and the three equality network groups we have in place. Colleagues are encouraged to join these groups and request flexible working.

Main responsibilies fall under the following headings. For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification.

• Communication, Customer Service and Teamwork
• Service Development
• Planning & Organisation
• Managing-People and Resources

For an informal chat about this role, please contact Sarah Massey

Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 17 April 2023

Inclusive Recruitment & Selection

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.

We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net

We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Children’s being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert atCatherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net

Trust Values

The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:

• Compassion – leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
• Accountability – striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
• Respect – value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion

Excellence – delivering a high-quality standard of care