Outreach Librarian

Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group; Poole; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Poole is looking for a professional librarian to assist in providing excellent healthcare through library services. The role involves promoting knowledge services, managing inquiries, and delivering training to healthcare staff and students. The ideal candidate should have a degree in Library Science, experience in library services, and strong IT skills. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to health improvement initiatives within a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Library or information sciences qualification required.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development is essential.
• Membership of CILIP is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Promote and deliver knowledge and library services.
• Manage enquiries and requests for research evidence.
• Conduct user education and training.

Skills

Library or information sciences qualification

Experience as a professional librarian

Highly developed IT skills

Presentation skills

Training and education delivery

Education

Degree or postgraduate in Library or Information Sciences

Educated to ‘A’ Level standard

Job description

Detailed job description

and main responsibilities

This role assists the Knowledge and Library Services Manager by enabling excellent healthcare and health improvement through the provision of a professional library and knowledge service for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust and to their staff and healthcare students which aligns to organisational priorities and the national NHS England Knowledge for Healthcare Strategy.

The post holder will proactively promote and deliver knowledge and library services to a range of staff in their workplace settings. This may involve attending education days, multi-disciplinary team meetings and quality improvement groups to provide evidence from research and examples of good practice to inform the work of clinical and non‑clinical staff.

Developing services to implement the Knowledge for Healthcare development framework, local strategy and meet national accreditation standards.

Please view the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this advert for more details about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Library or information sciences qualification to degree or postgraduate level
• Educated to ‘A’ Level standard
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Desirable criteria

• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
• Chartered membership of CILIP (MCLIP) or currently working towards professional registration at chartership level.
• Teaching / training qualification.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience working as a professional librarian or knowledge specialist in a library and knowledge setting or similar.
• Delivery of a proactive professional library and knowledge service including managing enquiries and requests for research evidence.
• Delivery of user education and training.
• Managing a range of print and electronic resources, including stock selection, cataloguing and classification.
• Promoting and marketing library and knowledge services.

Desirable criteria

• Working within a healthcare library / information service environment.
• Clinical, embedded or outreach library and knowledge services.
• Experience of dealing with multi-professional staff and students.

Technical Skills Competencies

Essential criteria

• Assessing and responding to complex information and training needs.
• Devising and delivering complex expert searches using bibliographic databases and advanced web searching.
• Highly developed IT skills applied in a library and information setting.
• Synthesising and summarising search results.
• Developing, delivering, and evaluating effective 1 : 1 and / or group information skills teaching and training for adults
• Presentation skills.
• Facilitating knowledge mobilisation activities such as journal clubs, knowledge cafes, after action reviews and randomised coffee trials.

Desirable criteria

• Critical appraisal skills.
• Website editing and use of social media for business.