Band 6 Clinical Liaison Librarian MAT leave cover

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust has a MAT Leave cover fixed term vacancy for a qualified professional Librarian, with Health library literacy searching skills and training. This is for more than one post, and would be ideal for someone looking to work flexibly.

Good Hope and Heartlands Hospitals are based in Birmingham and provide a range of outpatient, inpatient and emergency services to its local community. Both Good Hope and Heartlands Hospital Library are located within the Education Centre. But the candidate could work at another site or from home.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to provide Clinical Liaison library support to clinical staff. They will have a high level of interpersonal skills, time management and literature/researching experience. Knowledge of health care and terminology will be useful. You will work with a team of Clinical Liaison librarians, who work at the other main hospital sites in the Trust.

You will also have experience in delivering training online for group and one to one. Have worked on developing e-learning and supporting selecting online health libraries content.

You will be qualified librarian with or working towards your Chartership, with experience or knowledge of NHS Health libraries. Support is provided to enable progression with CILIP Chartership. Previous library experience is essential. Competence in MS OFFICE is also needed.

The new post-holder will have the opportunity to network with other local library colleagues within the Trust as well as the 20 libraries within the BASE patch [covering Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country]. They will also be collaboration with the new Midlands wide HeLM consortium.

Informal enquiries are welcome; please contact Richard Parker, Knowledge Manager on 0121 424 9824

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Date posted

22 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-49772PM

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Educated to degree level
*Degree or postgraduate diploma in Library and Information Science

Experience

Essential

*At least two years' experience of literature searching in the health sector
*Advanced literature search skills
*Well-developed IT skills
*Expert knowledge of medical databases
*Knowledge of evidence-based practice
*Knowledge of NHS electronic resources
*Knowledge of copyright and data protection legislation
*High level of interpersonal & communication skills
*Presentation skills
*Experience of searching specialist databases

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Educated to degree level
*Degree or postgraduate diploma in Library and Information Science

Experience

Essential

*At least two years' experience of literature searching in the health sector
*Advanced literature search skills
*Well-developed IT skills
*Expert knowledge of medical databases
*Knowledge of evidence-based practice
*Knowledge of NHS electronic resources
*Knowledge of copyright and data protection legislation
*High level of interpersonal & communication skills
*Presentation skills
*Experience of searching specialist databases

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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