Experience

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  The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

  • Rotherham, England, United Kingdom

  • Library and Knowledge Service Manager

    • May 2023 - Present
    • Rotherham, England, United Kingdom

    Responsible for the delivery of a quality Library and Knowledge Service by assessing the requirements, planning, delivering and quality assuring Library and Knowledge Services for the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust across both acute and community settings and for contracting organisations. This service currently provides support for over 5000 staff across 6 organisations in addition to Primary Care staff across South Yorkshire. Supporting the Trust in the development of the Library and Knowledge Service and fostering an evidence-based culture across the organisations the Trust serves, providing the strategic lead on the development of services and the design of collaborative networks to support service delivery. Being the lead for Library and Knowledge services in the context of national, regional and local strategies, by supporting knowledge mobilisation for clinical and management practice, life-long learning and research activities. Taking responsibility for the overall management of external contracts, negotiating, planning and reviewing of this activity and ensuring the service meets the requirements of multiple stakeholders.

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  Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

  • Harrogate, England, United Kingdom

  • Library Manager

    • Jul 2022 - May 2023
    • Harrogate, England, United Kingdom

    Leading, managing and managing the multi-disciplinary Library & Information Service within Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust in accordance with Trust and national strategies to underpin evidence-based healthcare. Being responsible for all strategic and operational aspects of the Library Service, including staff management and training, financial management, service development including collection development, information skills training, lending services, enquiry services and marketing and promotion of the library service.

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  Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  • United Kingdom
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Acting Site Librarian

    • Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

    This temporary 'acting up' position built on my previous duties as Assistant Librarian with additional project management for a number of clinical liaison areas, joint staff management of a library assistant, critical appraisal training, and providing practical expertise in systematic review research.

  • Assistant Librarian

    • Apr 2015 - Mar 2022

    Answering a range of requests for information, to advise users on planning and undertaking literature searches, and carrying out literature searches with and on behalf of service users.Assisting with the development and delivery of the library service's formal programme of information search skills training.Providing appropriate guidance and training to library and information service users to ensure their effective use of resources.Helping to select and acquire library/information resources which are appropriate to the needs of service users, and helping to ensure that the collection is kept up-to-date, easily accessible and responsive to user's changing needs.Cataloguing and classifying library materials and ensure effective retrieval and easy of access by users, and helping develop and maintain the entries for the Leeds-wide NHS library catalogue, ensuring accuracy, comprehensiveness and currency of data.Assisting in the creation and review of a range of publicity materials, and promoting and marketing services using appropriate means.Deputising for the Site Librarian and/or Corporate Support Librarian in their absence.Providing professional librarian cover at related geographical sites within the Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust as required.Maintaining an awareness of relevant legislation and emerging developments in health care and in librarianship/knowledge management so as to maintain professional competence and to contribute to service development.

  • Library Assistant

    • Nov 2014 - Mar 2015

    Providing general assistance to library users including answering general enquiries by using information resources such as the library catalogue, statistical sources, computerised databases and the internet. This also includes providing first line assistance to users with all library computer systems.Day to day operation of the circulation system, inter-library loans and periodicals services and assistance with collection management.Providing general administrative support and deputising for the librarian.

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  Healthwatch Bradford and District

  • Keighley

  • Information, research and signposting officer

    • Apr 2013 - Nov 2014
    • Keighley

    Manager information and enquiry systems, design and commission database systems, project manager of Information Standard Project, abstract and simplify technical and medical information

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  Bradford LINk

  • Keighley

  • Information and research officer

    • Jan 2009 - Mar 2013
    • Keighley

    Carry out qualitative, quantitative and desk research, manage information systems, quality assure database systems, project manage Information Standard project, abstract and simplify technical and medical information

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  Equal Ability CIC

  • Wakefield, United Kingdom

  • Information Manager

    • Apr 2007 - Oct 2008
    • Wakefield, United Kingdom

    Created and managed information services centre, managed administration staff, edited specialist legal journal, trained organisations in disability law and access subjects

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  Batley Girls' High School

  • Windmill Lane, Batley

  • Lead on Information Resources and Retrieval

    • Jun 2006 - Jan 2007
    • Windmill Lane, Batley

    Managing information service for busy secondary schoolImplementing laptop library initiativeLine managing assistantsAssessing NVQ applicants

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  Sport England (Yorkshire)

  • Leeds

  • Development Manager (Information and Equality)

    • Oct 1999 - Apr 2006
    • Leeds

    Managed information and enquiries centre, lead on sports equality projects and communications products

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  Guildford College of Further & Higher Education

  • Guildford, United Kingdom

  • Assistant Librarian

    • Apr 1995 - Oct 1999
    • Guildford, United Kingdom

    Managing reference and enquiry servicesUser education (IT)Managing update services