Trainee Assistant Librarian

at  Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Do you have a passion for information and helping others? Are you interested in a career in library and information services?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive library team and gain valuable experience in a busy healthcare library environment. This fixed-term role, lasting until the end of August 2025, is perfect for someone looking to launch their career in libraries or information services.
As part of the customer service team, you’ll provide exceptional service to NHS staff, patients, and visitors, ensuring they can access the information they need.
You’ll assist librarians with a wide range of library duties, gaining valuable experience in all aspects of library operations.
You’ll play a key role in promoting library services and resources, raising awareness within the NHS Trust and encouraging their use.
You’ll oversee the health promotion reclassification project, ensuring the library’s collection on this topic is organized and up-to-date.

EVERYTHING WE DO IS UNDERPINNED BY OUR CORE VALUES: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received .
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role

Please refer the Job description for details