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, building on the work we already do to ensure clinical practice and management decisions are all informed by the latest evidence, making sure the service supports research, education and continuing professional development for all staff. In this 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 the 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.

Excellent interpersonal skills which allow you to find, create and use opportunities to promote the service across varied stakeholder organisations, looking 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.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Job description

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

Essential

• Educated to degree level

Desirable

• First degree or postgraduate qualification in librarianship or information science

Experience

Essential

• Staff supervision and management
• Budget management

Desirable

• 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

Essential

• 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
• Well-developed IT skills

Desirable

• Effective negotiation skills
• Project management skills

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Berrywood Hospital

Northampton

NN5 6UD

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