Role Summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and friendly individual to join a dynamic and efficient library and knowledge service team providing support to Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. This role will be based out of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter (Wonford).
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we’ll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you’re starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You’ll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You’ll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we’d love to hear from you.
About Us
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
We are looking for an individual who will enjoy reaching out to colleagues throughout our customer base to increase awareness of the support we provide to evidence based practise, continuing professional development and maximising the organisational knowledge base. Engaging with teams where they work, and supporting service users to develop the necessary skills to maximise the impact of the resources available to them, this person will actively seek out opportunities to engage with existing and potential library users.
The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal, organisational, and communication skills and be capable of prioritising their own workload. An experienced Librarian, you will have excellent IT skills, a sound knowledge of literature searching processes and critical appraisal techniques, and an engaging training style.
For the full list of roles, responsibilities, skills and knowledge requirements, please view the Job Descriptions and Person Specification for this post - the scope of this role includes:
- Shared responsibility for the library service Website and Intranet presence
- Promoting library and knowledge resources to library users
- Disseminating information about library services and resources
- Identifying users’ needs
- Working with specific departments or multi-disciplinary teams to provide highly specific, patient centred, evidence-based information at the time and place of need.
- Contributing to the Library’s training programme by developing and presenting structured training sessions.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you.
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
Interview Date: Wednesday 17th August 2022
For further information please contact Charlotte Greaves, Library and Knowledge services Manager on 01392 406729 charlotte.greaves@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
