Job summary
Knowledge and Library Service Strategic Manager
Division: Corporate
Care Group: Medical Directorate
Band: 7
Salary: £40,057 - £45,839 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Monday 18th October 2021
We are recruiting for a Knowledge and Library Service Strategic Manager who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will line manage a small friendly team consisting of a librarian, a senior library assistant, and a library assistant. A qualification in Librarianship/ Information Science at degree or post-graduate level is essential. You will ideally have a background in healthcare or academic librarianship and be familiar with resources to support healthcare professionals.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment. Our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families.
The Trust is taking take positive action to ensure that we can recruit and retain people from under-represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trusts and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Boards policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Development/career opportunities. All KLS staff are expected to keep up-to-date with current developments and ensure their professional skills are maintained for the benefit of themselves and the community they serve. There is plenty of opportunity to undertake role specific training; this is supported in-house, regionally, and nationally by HEE.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable knowledge and library manager to oversee the day to day running of the Medway Knowledge and Library Services at Medway NHS Foundation Trust.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate with Trust colleagues to implement service improvements to enhance the experience and outcomes for both patients and staff.
Customer-focussed and with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills you will be an effective team player with an aptitude for problem solving. You will be competent in assisting KLS users with resource and information enquiries. In addition you will devise training sessions and advise staff how to access the best resources and services we offer for their own research, clinical care, quality improvement and continuing professional development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Development/career opportunities. All KLS staff are expected to keep up-to-date with current developments and ensure their professional skills are maintained for the benefit of themselves and the community they serve. There is plenty of opportunity to undertake role specific training; this is supported in-house, regionally, and nationally by HEE.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable knowledge and library manager to oversee the day to day running of the Medway Knowledge and Library Services at Medway NHS Foundation Trust.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate with Trust colleagues to implement service improvements to enhance the experience and outcomes for both patients and staff.
Customer-focussed and with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills you will be an effective team player with an aptitude for problem solving. You will be competent in assisting KLS users with resource and information enquiries. In addition you will devise training sessions and advise staff how to access the best resources and services we offer for their own research, clinical care, quality improvement and continuing professional development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or postgraduate qualification in library/information science
- Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Quality Improvement Certificate/degree
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of the principles and practices of healthcare KLS science as well as a working knowledge of NHS policy
- Knowledge of NHS management and improvement planning
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable postgraduate experience in professional library or information or knowledge posts principally at a senior level with direct responsibility for planning and delivering services
- Extensive management experience working as a knowledge and library specialist in an NHS Trust or academic library with developing services and managing resources to meet user needs and with proven track record of leadership and innovation
- Experience of financial procedure and managing budgets in the public sector. Setting and running budgets
- Demonstrable experience of management of staff, including development and appraisal
Skills
Essential
- Excellent and Effective use of Microsoft Office and Outlook -strong skills Word and Excel and with other demonstrable levels of digital literacy as outlined in HEE's Digital Capabilities Framework
- Expertise in at least one area of library administration - e.g. library automation, document delivery, discovery services.
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or postgraduate qualification in library/information science
- Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Quality Improvement Certificate/degree
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of the principles and practices of healthcare KLS science as well as a working knowledge of NHS policy
- Knowledge of NHS management and improvement planning
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable postgraduate experience in professional library or information or knowledge posts principally at a senior level with direct responsibility for planning and delivering services
- Extensive management experience working as a knowledge and library specialist in an NHS Trust or academic library with developing services and managing resources to meet user needs and with proven track record of leadership and innovation
- Experience of financial procedure and managing budgets in the public sector. Setting and running budgets
- Demonstrable experience of management of staff, including development and appraisal
Skills
Essential
- Excellent and Effective use of Microsoft Office and Outlook -strong skills Word and Excel and with other demonstrable levels of digital literacy as outlined in HEE's Digital Capabilities Framework
- Expertise in at least one area of library administration - e.g. library automation, document delivery, discovery services.
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
