Apprentice Library Assistant

We are recruiting for an Apprentice Library Assistant who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are delighted to welcome applications for our Apprentice Library Assistant position. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and enthusiastic individual to join our team to provide high-quality knowledge and library services for all East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust staff, students, and stakeholders.

This is a full-time role based on the Lister Hospital site and will give you an excellent start to your professional librarianship career. You will be given one paid study day per week in a fully funded, 18 months apprenticeship course to gain a level 3 qualification in library, information and archive services which aligns with professional recognition of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

You will work as an integral member of the Knowledge and Library Services team whilst completing your Library, Information and Archive Services Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship.

Your duties and responsibilities will be supported through on the job training and supervision, participation at relevant internal/external training sessions provided by the Trust and your Training provider and workplace assessments.

Welcoming and supporting library users to use facilities, resources and services to meet their needs and provide general library inductions and orientation.

Managing membership registrations on the Library Management System (LMS), circulations maintaining records, accessing online services, journals and eBooks.

Processing new items by adding them on the LMS, labelling and adding security tags, shelving books and maintaining stocks of library stationery and publicity materials.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.