Job requirements
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Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Familiarity with library management systems
- Experience
Practical experience of working in a library or information service
- Experience
Experience of undertaking literature searches using online databases and Internet resources
- Experience
Ability to actively demonstrate a high level of understanding about web 2.0 technologies and how they can be used in library services
- Skills / Abilities
Excellent written/oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders and service users
- Skills / Abilities
Excellent presentation skills
- Skills / Abilities
Ability to work on own initiative and collaboratively as part of a team
- Skills / Abilities
Effective time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines
- Skills / Abilities
Excellent IT literacy using IT application systems, database and the internet
- Skills / Abilities
Ability to work under pressure
- Skills / Abilities
Excellent organisational, interpersonal and customer care skills
- Education / Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Knowledge
Educated to degree level
- Education / Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Knowledge
Professional qualification in librarianship, information studies or information science related disciplines.
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of marketing principles
- Knowledge
Understanding of relevant legislation e.g. Copyright, Data protection, Freedom of Information
- Knowledge
An understanding of the NHS and the information needs of its staff
- Knowledge
Knowledge of the principles of evidence-based practice in health care & healthcare bibliographic databases
- Experience
Experience of working in a healthcare or academic library
- Experience
Experience of marketing and promoting a service and its resources within an organisation
- Experience
Experience of training staff -1:1 or groups in a variety of formats including online
- Skills / Abilities
Ability and experience of creating guides and course materials
- Education / Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Knowledge
CILIP - working towards chartership
- Education / Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Knowledge
ECDL or equivalent
Job overview
This is an exciting post for a qualified, outgoing, and creative librarian / information specialist. As part of a small team the post holder with assist the Library and Knowledge Services Manager in the provision of services to support Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust staff and students in using evidence-based practice in decision-making. Through developing, promoting and delivering proactive and innovative library and knowledge services, readily accessed at the point of need, this will enhance the quality of patient care and management decision making.
Main duties of the job
- To be proactive and flexible in finding opportunities to promote the library services and alert users to the relevant services and resources by all possible means
- To be responsible for developing innovative strategies for engaging staff in their workplaces, promoting the relevance of evidence in planning and decision making in clinical, management and service redesign scenarios
- To promote national, regional and local library and knowledge services and resources, to Trust staff by a variety of means, identifying the need for, and delivering, further training and support for those resources as needed.
- To create, procure and use a variety of promotional material in various formats and in various settings.
- To develop and maintain Stenhouse Library’s presence on social media platforms and work with other members of the Library Team to utilise and develop emerging and available technology to support the delivery and promotion of all Library Services.
- Publicise and promote the Clinical librarian service using a targeted marketing strategy for the Clinical librarian service that could include producing and delivering presentations to local conferences and study days to specific individual teams and particular professional group.
For full details of the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specifications.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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This advert is for Clinical Outreach Librarian with Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust in Kingston upon Thames, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £36,943 - £44,900 p.a. pro rata. Including HCAS Outer. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Sep 2026.
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