Library Assistant Bristol, England
Job description
We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive library assistant for this 16hr per week fixed term role (12 months) in our fantastic library in the centre of Bristol.
The Library at University Hospitals Bristol works with around 13,000 colleagues across the Trust, helping ensure all practise is undertaken using the best and most current evidence available. The library service provides essential resources, evidence, and highly skilled training to all levels of staff.
The post holder will provide administrative support to help in the day-to-day running of library services. There will be a combination of face-to face enquiries with library users, together with phone and e-mail contact with users and other library services in the South West and cooperative schemes.
The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in working in a customer services environment. They will have excellent communication skills, and an enthusiasm to provide help and support to students and colleagues. They should have experience of using a range of online databases, resources and IT applications.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
