Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Band 8a Knowledge and Library Services Manager
Northamptonshire Healthcare (NHFT) and Northampton General Hospital (NGH) are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual for the role of Knowledge and Library Services Manager. This is a great opportunity to work across NHS trusts and shape services for community, mental health, and acute staff, ensuring that clinical practice and management decisions are informed by the latest evidence, and supporting research, education, and continuing professional development for all staff. You will be supported by an experienced, knowledgeable, and friendly team of library staff.
Main duties of the job
The Manager will set the strategic direction of the service, leading the team and managing the budget to provide an excellent Knowledge and Library service to NHFT, NGH, and other partners with whom we have Service Level Agreements. Your responsibilities will include staff management; financial management to ensure appropriate provision of staffing and resources; strategic service development; and collaboration with local and national organisations to further develop the service. Working with NHS England, you will complete the Library Quality and Improvement Outcomes Framework and monitor and record progress against the Improvement Plan.
About you
Experience of working in a healthcare or academic library environment is essential. You should possess excellent interpersonal skills that allow you to promote the service across varied stakeholder organisations, aiming to embed library service provision further and to widen both the services offered and the organisations served. The ability to motivate and lead, with a consultative management style, is also required.
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Education
* Educated to degree level
* First degree or postgraduate qualification in librarianship or information science
Experience
* Staff supervision and management
* Budget management
* Experience of working in a healthcare or academic library
* NHS experience
* Experience of strategic and operational thinking, service development, and business planning
* Experience of working across organisational boundaries
* Experience of delivering presentations in person and via MS Teams
* Knowledge of healthcare information resources and infrastructure
* Understanding of the Library Quality Improvement Outcomes Framework
Skills
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and confidence to interact with staff at all levels
* Ability to work independently and organize a varied workload, meeting competing demands
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
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