Librarian Team Leader - Band 6

Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

Librarian Team Leader - Band 6 30 hours per week (4 days a week) Library Opening Hours: Mondays to Friday 8.30am-4.30pm. The Trust is seeking to recruit a Librarian Team Leader. The post holder will be responsible for providing an accessible, reliable and up-to date library and information service to staff of all disciplines & sites in Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust. The successful candidate will lead on ensuring that the all library related activities are proactively delivered. This includes actively marketing the service and supporting teams and individuals in engaging with the evidence base. The Post holder will have the ability to create and maintain positive working and customer relationships. The ability to contribute to monitoring the effectiveness and quality of the library service is also a key element. You must be a qualified librarian, with experience of undertaking literature searching and training, and ideally with a background in an NHS or health library setting. Familiarity with resources to support health care professionals is an essential requirement as you will design and deliver information training sessions to staff, supporting evidence-based practice. Customer-focused and with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, you will be an effective team leader with an aptitude for problem solving. Competent with IT, you will manage the Library Management System & assist library users to navigate electronic resources and e-learning modules. Should you not hear from us within three working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted. For further details / informal visits contact: Suleman Bhana, suleman.bhana@nhs.net Employment Type: FULL_TIME