Library & Education Administrator

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Provide administrative support to both medical education and library services.

To carry out the day-to-day operation of the Library & Knowledge Service (LKS) and undertake administrative duties relating to medical education.

You will work with minimal supervision, managing your own workload to effectively deliver a wide range of administrative duties. You will also be required to make decisions requiring complex analytical skills and judgments.

You will play a pivotal role in providing information and creating reports pertaining to medical education and library services.

Main duties of the job

Provide administrative support to both medical education and library services.

To carry out the day-to-day operation of the Library & Knowledge Service (LKS) and undertake administrative duties relating to medical education.

About us

As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Date posted

07 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

411-COR-25-6961523

Job locations

Institute in the Park

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide a library and enquiry service to multidisciplinary library users

Maintain databases within the library and medical education.

Participate in student induction at the beginning of each rotation.

Input timetables for medical students for their clinical placement.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide a library and enquiry service to multidisciplinary library users

Maintain databases within the library and medical education.

Participate in student induction at the beginning of each rotation.

Input timetables for medical students for their clinical placement.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Library Experience
IT skills
Communications

Desirable

Previous library experience
Previous NHS experience

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Library Experience
IT skills
Communications

Desirable

Previous library experience
Previous NHS experience

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

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