We are recruiting - could you be our next Library Services Manager?

Due to the retirement of the current post holder, we are looking to recruit a librarian to manage the library service for Northamptonshire Healthcare and Northampton General Hospital.

This is a great opportunity to shape services for community, mental health, and acute staff, across the county, ensuring knowledge and evidence are available and accessible to support clinical practice, management, education, research, continuing professional development and all decision making across the organisations we serve.

The service has a well-established team of experienced professional and para-professional staff across three sites, and you would be working for an outstanding trust that understands the value of what the library service offers, within a supportive management structure.

We are looking for a professionally qualified librarian with extensive experience in health to lead on the library service across both trusts. You will be proactive, adaptable and able to identify opportunities for further embedding service provision into the organisations we serve.

For more information about the role, contact details and to apply, please see the vacancies section of the Trust web site.

Would you like to work for us? We are recruiting...

Northamptonshire Healthcare was recently given an Outstanding rating at its last CQC inspection, has been nominated for numerous awards, and won the Health Service Journal's prestigious Trust of the year 2018, all of which makes it a great place to work.

The Richmond Library

We are looking to recruit a part-time library assistant based at the Richmond Library, Northampton General Hospital, as well as providing cover at our satellite library at Isebrook Hospital in Wellingborough. 

The post is 30 hours a week, working 9 - 5 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 

We're looking for someone with great customer service skills as you will often be the first point of contact with the NHS staff who use our services.

We need someone who is adaptable, confident, and able to deal with the full range of staff and students. You will have a good level of general education and be IT literate. Previous experience of working in a library would be a bonus but is by no means essential. A sense of humour would also be an asset.

Isebrook Library

Our library assistants undertake a range of general duties including staffing our reception desks and dealing with users, carrying out library inductions for individuals and groups, sourcing documents, answering enquiries and supporting users with finding information and general IT queries.

You will also be given overall responsibility for one or more areas of work, and of course, appropriate training will be given.

If you are interested in this role you can find more information, including how to apply, on the on the Trust's web site here.

We look forward to hearing from you...

Fancy a change of scene? We are recruiting...

The Richmond Library

It's no secret that working in a library is a popular choice (indeed, in 2015 YouGov research listed librarian as the 2nd most desirable job in Britain). If this is something that appeals to you, we may be able to help.

We are currently recruiting for a part-time library assistant (working Wednesday to Friday, 9-5), based at the Richmond Library, Northampton General Hospital, but also providing cover for our satellite library at Isebrook Hospital in Wellingborough.

We're looking for someone with great customer service skills as you will often be the first point of contact with the NHS staff who use our services.

We need someone who is adaptable, confident, and able to deal with the full range of staff and students. You will have a good level of general education and be IT literate. Previous experience of working in a library would be a bonus but is by no means essential. A sense of humour would also be an asset.

Our library assistants undertake a range of general duties including staffing our reception desks and dealing with users, carrying out library inductions, sourcing documents, answering enquiries and supporting users with finding information and general IT queries.

You will also be given overall responsibility for one or more areas of work, and of course, appropriate training will be given.

If you are interested in this role you can find more information, including how to apply, on the NHS Jobs web site here.

We look forward to hearing from you...

Looking for a new role? We have a vacancy for a professional librarian...

Berrywood Library

Due to the impending retirement of the current post holder, we are looking to recruit a new full time band 5 librarian to join our friendly, forward thinking team.

In a varied role you will take the lead in delivering the service at Berrywood and Isebrook libraries, based in Berrywood Hospital, Northampton

You will be responsible for the day to day supervision of staff based at Berrywood. Other duties will include cataloguing, classification, stock management and collection development.

You will deliver training (both in group and one-to-one sessions), undertake enquiry work and perform literature searches for service users.  You will also lead on some library projects as they arise.

We are looking for someone who is flexible and proactive with strong IT, communication, interpersonal and presentation skills. Ideally you will also have experience of delivering training. 

You will need to be able to work effectively with minimal supervision and be able to travel to other healthcare sites within the county.  Previous health care library experience would be an advantage, but isn’t essential. 

If you are interested in this role you can find more information, including how to apply, on the NHS Jobs web site here.

Would you like to work for us? We're recruiting...

A recent YouGov survey of over 14,000 people said that being a librarian was the 2nd most desirable job in Britain (just behind author). If you are one of the 54% of people who agreed, now is your chance to live the dream as we are recruiting for a full time library assistant.

A typical NHS librarian

You will be based at the Berrywood Hospital Library in Duston, although we may need you to go to our other libraries on occasion.

We're looking for someone with great customer service skills as you will often be the first point of contact with the NHS staff who use our services.

We need someone who is adaptable, confident, and able to deal with the full range of staff and students. You will have a good level of general education and be IT literate. Previous experience of working in a library would be a bonus but is by no means essential. A sense of humour would also be an asset.

Berrywood Library

Our library assistants undertake a range of general duties including staffing our reception desks and dealing with users, carrying out library inductions, sourcing documents, answering enquiries and supporting users with finding information and general IT queries.

You will also be given overall responsibility for one or more areas of work, and of course, appropriate training will be given.

If you are interested in this role you can find more information, including how to apply, on the NHS Jobs web site here.

We look forward to hearing from you...

Vacancy: temporary Library Assistant

We are currently recruiting for a temporary (6 month) part time (3 days) Library Assistant based at the Richmond Library, Northampton General Hospital.

The Richmond Library

Ideally, we are looking for someone with library experience, but strong IT skills and good customer service are just as important as you will often be the first point of contact with our users. Library Assistants have a varied role including dealing with enquiries, locating documents, processing new stock, and supporting users with finding information.

The deadline for applications is Friday the 9th of November. However, the vacancy will close earlier if enough applications are received, so we recommend applying as soon as possible if you are interested in the post.

Interviews will be held at the Richmond Library on Wednesday the 28th of November.

For more information, including a job description and person specification, please see our advert on the NHS jobs web site.

You can find out more about our services on the Library web site. If you have any questions about the post please contact Gary Meades, Library Services Manager, or Jane Proctor, Librarian, on 01604 545929.

We are recruiting

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Our service currently has two posts which we are recruiting for.
LibrarianWe are looking for a qualfied librarian for a varied role that will see you delivering training and outreach services at a variety of locations, undertaking enquiry work and performing literature searches for service users. You will also take the lead in delivering our health promotion resources services across the county. To find out more and apply on-line see this advert on NHS Jobs
Library Technician/AssistantLibrary technicians undertake a range of general duties including being the first line of contact for service users, handling enquiries, and library induction, locating and requesting relevant documents. You will also be given responsibilities for specific areas of service provision. We are looking for a conscientious, adaptable IT literate person with good customer service skills.To find out more and apply on line for this post see the advert on NHS Jobs

Both posts are based at the Princess Marina Library