Library Assistant

2 weeks ago


Harrogate, United Kingdom Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Join Our Team at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust as a part-time Library Assistant.

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the Knowledge and Library Service at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust on a part-time (15 hours per week), 6 month fixed term contract.

This is an excellent introduction to working in a busy healthcare library as part of a small team. If you are customer-focused, curious and willing to learn and would like to contribute to an environment that values collaboration and making a positive difference to patient outcomes, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Experience

Essential

Knowledge and experience of undertaking administrative tasks, such as placing orders, receiving deliveries, reporting faults to Estates or IT Services as appropriate.

Desirable

Previous experience of working within a library or a learning or education environment and using library management systems, for loan, returns and renewal transactions is desirable.

This role provides a great insight into the NHS and requires excellent inter-personal skills when communicating with all users of the library service and members of staff at all levels within the Trust.

Values lie at the heart of who we are, what we do and the culture we want to establish, having a direct impact upon both colleagues and the public we service. Our values are Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality.

**The main responsibilities of the role are**:
To work on a day-to-day basis with supervision and guidance from senior library staff, and take day to day responsibility for the Library during their absence.

Carrying out opening up, library operation and closing procedures as required.

Providing advice, assistance and support to users of the Library, including help with using electronic information resources: use of internet, bibliographic databases, registration for OpenAthens accounts and use of the library catalogue.

Providing induction to the Library and its services to new users, and assisting with formal group induction sessions.

Assisting with the preparation, maintenance and/or production of promotional and training materials, printed guides, posters, workbooks and web pages, letters, reports and spreadsheets as required.

Carrying out day-to-day operation of the library management system including borrower registration, issue, return, renewal and recall of library materials.

Maintenance and repair of stock.

Cataloguing and initial classification of new library materials; editing, upgrading and deleting records from the database.

Day-to-day maintenance of the physical environment, including security and basic troubleshooting of equipment e.g. PCs and printers; equipment fault reporting.

Assistance with the recording and maintenance of statistical data.

To put forward ideas and new initiatives for improvement and development of the Library Service.

To liaise with other NHS libraries and outside organisations as required.


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