Knowledge and Library Services Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful joint NHS Knowledge and Library Services (KLS) team at the South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

The post holder will support the provision of Knowledge and Library services at George Eliot Hospital and South Warwickshire Hospitals, including line managing the Librarians and Senior Library Assistants on each site, and overseeing the patient information service at George Eliot Hospital and the Trusts' collections in the West Midlands Evidence Repository. The post holder will work closely with other KLS and Trust colleagues to support and promote evidence based health care and Knowledge Management.

The post is based at the Education Centre Library, Warwick Hospital, as well as one day a week at the William Harvey Library at George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton. One day a week can also be based at home.

This post would be suitable for someone with experience of working in a professionally qualified post in an NHS or academic library. Flexibility in following up opportunities and the ability to supervise a team are also required.

The post is full time, but part time and/or job share arrangements will be considered., The Knowledge and Library Services Manager is responsible for the delivery of Knowledge and Library Services (KLS) in support of evidence-based practice and knowledge management within George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust (GEH) and South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT). The post holder will work with the KLS Lead to ensure that the KLS Team meets the requirements of key stakeholders at GEH and SWFT as well as Health Education England's (HEE) Quality and Improvement Outcomes Framework (QIOF) and successor documents. The post will be based at the Education Centre Library at Warwick Hospital and will also oversee the work of the William Harvey Library at the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton where the KLS Lead is based.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.