Clinical Librarian

NHS; East Grinstead, Redhill; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A public healthcare provider in East Grinstead seeks a Clinical Librarian to provide library services for clinical decision-making, support staff training, and enhance knowledge delivery. Ideal candidates will have a strong library science background, excellent communication skills, and experience in a healthcare environment. The role ensures high-quality service tailored to user needs within the hospital setting.

Benefits

Access to professional development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in delivery of library services in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to conduct complex literature searches.
• Experience in training and supporting library users.

Responsibilities

• Lead librarian for Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust.
• Conduct literature searches to support decision-making.
• Deliver training sessions to library users and staff.

Skills

Effective communication

Literature searching

Training delivery

Marketing skills

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Library Science

Professional registration

Tools

Library Management System

KnowledgeShare

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.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

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 Library and Knowledge Services

To identify opportunities to market and promote Library electronic resources to Trust staff

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

Represent 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 Trusts 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

Person Specification

Criteria

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

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.