Job summary
Opportunity for a Specialist Librarian working between Prince Charles (Merthyr Tydfil) and Royal Glamorgan (Llantrisant) Hospitals, South Wales.
Are you a qualified librarian with a passion for supporting quality healthcare within NHS Wales? Our Library & Knowledge Service is seeking a skilled Specialist Librarian (Band 6) to join our team. As part of our team, you'll be working across both sites to provide multidisciplinary resources, current awareness services, and training to healthcare staff and students. This is a permanent, part-time post working 22.5 hours per week, over four days (Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri).
In this busy role, you'll have the chance to gain a wide range of experience in healthcare library provision, from user education and training to literature searching and promoting our library services. You'll also support nursing and healthcare students on placement from the University of South Wales and maintain positive relationships with the university. You will deputise as needed for the Library Services Managers.
To be successful in this role, you'll need to be a qualified librarian with experience using electronic information resources and outstanding information retrieval skills. You'll also be an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills and enjoy working in a team on diverse tasks.
Main responsibilities as per attached job description/person specification.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work within occupational policies to assist the Library Services Manager in the delivery and management of a full range of high quality, proactive library and knowledge services.
CTM Library and Knowledge Service plays an important role in supporting evidence-based healthcare, undergraduate and postgraduate education, clinical and managerial decision making and governance, quality and service improvement, continuing professional development and research. It provides services for staff based in the hospitals, and primary care in the area covered by the Health Board and funded students on placement. It facilitates high quality patient care throughout the Health Board and the wider healthcare community.
As the Specialist Librarian the main aims of the role are to provide a literature searching/evidence service, to lead and manage provision of current awareness services, to lead and manage onsite and outreach training and user support service and to lead and manage onsite and outreach promotion and marketing of service and resources. The post holder also deputises for the Library Services Managers (PCH and RGH).
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.
Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.
CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.
Our CTM 2030 Strategy--Our Health, Our Future--focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:
o We listen, learn, and improve
o We treat everyone with respect
o We work together as one team
CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.
At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
Deliver a high quality general and reference enquiry service to members of the clinical and managerial teams, students on placement and other library users on request. (In person, by phone or email).
Communicate with and guide users to suitable information sources to access the evidence they require.
Analyse and interpret literature search requests from staff and students, to support patient care, research and education.
Use expert technical and professional knowledge to undertake complex and comprehensive literature searches as requested, interpreting user information requirements to select appropriate databases, construct search strategies, present search results and liaise with users on appraisal of results.
Use critical appraisal skills to select and evaluate relevant information to support evidence based practice.
Support clinical and management decision-making by providing relevant information.
Deal with non-routine enquiries from library users, signposting to use of library resources in catalogues, databases etc.
Plan and lead on the provision of proactive, targeted and detailed current awareness services for individual users and departments.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see Welsh Language Guidance in the documents right at the bottom.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
Deliver a high quality general and reference enquiry service to members of the clinical and managerial teams, students on placement and other library users on request. (In person, by phone or email).
Communicate with and guide users to suitable information sources to access the evidence they require.
Analyse and interpret literature search requests from staff and students, to support patient care, research and education.
Use expert technical and professional knowledge to undertake complex and comprehensive literature searches as requested, interpreting user information requirements to select appropriate databases, construct search strategies, present search results and liaise with users on appraisal of results.
Use critical appraisal skills to select and evaluate relevant information to support evidence based practice.
Support clinical and management decision-making by providing relevant information.
Deal with non-routine enquiries from library users, signposting to use of library resources in catalogues, databases etc.
Plan and lead on the provision of proactive, targeted and detailed current awareness services for individual users and departments.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see Welsh Language Guidance in the documents right at the bottom.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Degree in library or information-related studies or a postgraduate qualification in library or information studies.
- Chartered Member of the Institute for Library & Information Professionals (CILIP)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Knowledge of the range of resources relevant to healthcare professionals
Desirable
- ECDL or equivalent IT qualification
- Teaching/training qualification
- Knowledge Gwybodaeth am werthusiad beirniadol o lenyddiaeth gofal iechyd.of critical appraisal of healthcare literature.
Experience
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Recent library experience in a health, special or academic library including experience of enquiry work, information retrieval, and user education.
- Experience of delivering training / teaching
- Excellent level of computer literacy including MS Office, web based applications, email
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health library environment
- Experience of web development
- Experience of literature searching using a variety of bibliographic databases
- Able to produce instructional and comprehensive training documents
- Excellent Organisational skills including problem solving and planning skills for complex issues.
- Experience in staff supervision.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- An understanding of current information / library Developments
- Familiarity with current issues in health information
Desirable
- Experience of providing a current awareness service using databases and/or using Knowledgeshare.
- Welsh Language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3 or above
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Degree in library or information-related studies or a postgraduate qualification in library or information studies.
- Chartered Member of the Institute for Library & Information Professionals (CILIP)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Knowledge of the range of resources relevant to healthcare professionals
Desirable
- ECDL or equivalent IT qualification
- Teaching/training qualification
- Knowledge Gwybodaeth am werthusiad beirniadol o lenyddiaeth gofal iechyd.of critical appraisal of healthcare literature.
Experience
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Recent library experience in a health, special or academic library including experience of enquiry work, information retrieval, and user education.
- Experience of delivering training / teaching
- Excellent level of computer literacy including MS Office, web based applications, email
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health library environment
- Experience of web development
- Experience of literature searching using a variety of bibliographic databases
- Able to produce instructional and comprehensive training documents
- Excellent Organisational skills including problem solving and planning skills for complex issues.
- Experience in staff supervision.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- An understanding of current information / library Developments
- Familiarity with current issues in health information
Desirable
- Experience of providing a current awareness service using databases and/or using Knowledgeshare.
- Welsh Language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3 or above
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
