Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Outreach Librarian
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Job Description: Librarian / Information Specialist
This is an exciting post for a qualified, outgoing, and creative librarian / information specialist. As part of a small team the post holder will 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.
Key Responsibilities
- 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.
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About Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust cares for more than half a million patients a year, from across Kingston, Richmond, Elmbridge (Surrey), Merton, Wandsworth and Sutton. In 2018, we became the first acute hospital trust in London to be rated “Outstanding” for overall quality and leadership by the national Care Quality Commission regulator.
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We have approximately 350 beds and directly employ around 2,900 staff. Our trust provides a full range of diagnostic services and treatment services. Our main site is the Kingston Hospital site but we also run a number of outpatient clinics in the community, including in Raynes Park, Surbiton, Queen Mary's Roehampton and Teddington.
Contact Information
For full details of the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specifications.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Helen Connor
- Job title: Library and Knowledge Services Manager
- Email address: helen.connor4@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 020 8934 2234
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