Trainee Assistant Librarian

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bradford is looking for a candidate to provide exceptional customer service to NHS staff, patients, and visitors. The successful applicant will assist with library duties, promote library services, and oversee health promotion projects. Flexible working arrangements and a range of benefits are offered, along with opportunities for personal and professional development.

Benefits

Increased mileage rates for > 3500

Health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional service to NHS staff, patients, and visitors.
• Assist librarians with a wide range of library duties.
• Promote library services and resources within the NHS Trust.
• Oversee the health promotion reclassification project.

Job description

Responsibilities

• As part of the customer service team, you'll provide exceptional service to NHS staff, patients, and visitors, ensuring they can access the information they need.
• You'll assist librarians with a wide range of library duties, gaining valuable experience in all aspects of library operations.
• You'll play a key role in promoting library services and resources, raising awareness within the NHS Trust and encouraging their use.
• You'll oversee the health promotion reclassification project, ensuring the library's collection on this topic is organized and up-to-date.

Core Values

• We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen – We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

Benefits and Work Arrangements

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including: increase mileage rates for > 3500, a wide range of health and wellbeing support packages, a range of internal and external development and learning opportunities, plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.