Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join two innovative and well valued library services. As the Queen Victoria Hospital Clinical Librarian, you will be working with both the Library and Knowledge Services team and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, and the Library team at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, delivering professional librarian services to a specialist organisation.



Act as lead professional librarian for Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust



Carry out complex literature searching and summaries of evidence to support clinical and non-clinical decision making to staff and learners at Queen Victoria Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust



Plan, deliver and review information skills training sessions to meet the needs of Library users



Provide library and knowledge services to staff and learners at Queen Victoria Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at their point of need



Effectively market, promote and tailor library and knowledge services to staff and learners at Queen Victoria Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust



Help shape the strategic direction of the delivery of Library and Knowledge Services to Queen Victoria Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust



We are a leading local employer with a diverse workforce of approximately 6,000 staff, dedicated to providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 780,000 individuals.



Our Trust provides both emergency and planned healthcare across East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon - covering towns like Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill. Our main hospital, East Surrey in Redhill, offers a full range of acute and specialist services and is also the closest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport. We also provide outpatient, diagnostic, and planned care services at sites including The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Oxted Health Centre, Crawley Hospital, and Horsham Hospital.



We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.



Evidence Services



To support the use of evidence to underpin clinical and non-clinical decision making at all levels of the Trust



To undertake complex evidence searches in the context of a specialist Trust .



To review, analyse and package results , and where necessary synthesise and provide summaries of evidence



To answer enquiries on topics relevant to patient care



To take a lead on the provision of library and knowledge service working across teams



Provide embedded specialist librarian services where requested by the Trust and other organisations served when necessary



Education and Training



Working with other members of the Library and Knowledge Team to plan, deliver and review a programme of bespoke library information skill sessions



Working with other members of the Library and Knowledge Team to produce high quality, accessible and specialised training materials as needed



Working with other members of the Library and Knowledge Team to provide formal library skills training, library inductions , Trust welcome days and other special training



Work with other library and knowledge professionals, to share and develop training materials



Marketing and Promotion



Developing and maintaining key relationships in the Trust and other organisations



Identify opportunities to market and promote Library and Knowledge Services, including generating impact case studies from work delivered



Deliver library services at the users point of need, ie . In their work place , in meetings etc .



Use a range of data to profile user needs, identify trends and library service development opportunities



Assist with the promotion and publicity of the L ibrary and K nowledge S ervices



To identify opportunities to market and promote Library electronic resources to Trust st aff



Developing and maintaining key relationships in the Trust and other organisations



Library Management Team



Take an active role in staff selection , interviewing and recruitment



Work to improve and develop the Library Service provision for the benefit of all users



Develop a seamless and equitable service to all users at their point of need



Review the scope and range of current services, including specialist services . Improving and introducing new services where appropriate



Identify library staff training and development needs, and induct new staff into site procedures to maintain service quality



Ensure consistency and quality of service across the whole of the library service



Take on some day to day line supervision responsibilities for the Library and Knowledge Team



Represen t the library service at Local Faculty Group Meetings



Library Systems



Work with the Trust IT and the Library and Knowledge Team to identify developments and issues with IT and systems in the library



Use general IT tools, alongside specialised Library and Knowledge systems ( ie . Library Management System, KnowledgeShare , HLM) to support the day to day provision of Library and Knowledge Services



To keep Library IT equipment, facilities and software up to date and relevant to the developing information needs of library users and organisations served; working with the Trust's IT Department and with other organisations IT departments as required .



Working with the Library Management Team to identify library staff training and development needs, particularly arising from new and existing electronic resources and services



To maintain appropriate documentation of procedures associated with the Library systems and services for library staff and users



Support the Head of Library and Knowledge Services with the local management of the Koha Library Management System



Electronic Resources and Library Website



To promote, identify opportunities and deliver training to Library and Knowledge Services users on electronic resources



To support Library and Knowledge Service Team members in use and understanding of electronic resources



Professional Development



Work towards agreed objectives



To undertake training to update and acquire skills, including attendance at study days / courses



Develop good knowledge management principles in their own area of work



Other responsibilities



To undertake additional duties commensurate with this grade as required by Head or Deputy Head of Library Services , or Medical Education Manager



Assist with the continuous monitoring of the library services



When necessary assist with the day to day running of the library service across sites