Job overview

A Team Leading opportunity has arisen within the patients' library at Rampton Hospital.  We are looking for a hardworking, dedicated team player who will job share this role.  You will organise stock, timetables, staffing, fulfil general librarian tasks and generate ideas to keep the service relevant.  The library is open daily Monday - Friday and is popular with patients. 

This vacancy is 22.5 hours per week, spread over three days.

There is an additional £7,000 Secure Lead payment per annum (pro rata for part time)

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to take a lead in the daily operation of the patients library; make the area ready and appropriate for the patients that use it. You will need to keep accurate records of stock, attendance, loaned items and any other relevant information. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills as it is necessary to liaise daily with various professionals.  We are looking for a confident person who is able to give direction to other staff and meet some of the challenging requests made by library users.  The successful candidate will comply with all policies and procedures that are relevant to a high secure environment.

Working for our organisation

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

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