Library Assistant Gillingham
Job description
Division: Corporate
Band: 3
Salary: £21,730 - £23,177 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Wednesday 5th April 2023
We are recruiting for a Library Assistant who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
In this customer facing role the successful candidate will issue, return and renew library items, support library with basic IT issues, perform administrative tasks like ordering, room booking management and shelfing books.
There will be some basic searching for articles using library databases, an opportunity to be creative supporting the Senior Library Assistant with library displays and social media.
There is some small financial responsibility taking cash payments and helping the Deputy Library Manager process the cash taken.
Our values areBold,Every Person Counts,Sharing and Open andTogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Assisting users in the use of the library and dealing with information enquiries both face to face and by telephone or email. Refer more complex enquiries to senior staff as appropriate.
Support library users in their search for evidence-based resources by offering basic advice on database searching and accessing of electronic journals.
Undertake the issue, renewal and return of library books using the computerised library management system.
Ensure timely return of items, through communication with library users.
Deliver basic training for library users in the use of library facilities, catalogue, databases and electronic resources.
Meet library customer request for articles, reports and books not immediately available by submitting requests to external libraries.
Satisfy requests from other NHS libraries for article copies and books held by the Medway Maritime Hospital Library. Ensure prompt turnaround times.
