Healthcare Librarian
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 27
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 14/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a fixed-term, 1-year maternity cover position for a Healthcare Librarian at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, working 27 hours per week. The role involves joining the Knowledge and Library Services team, requiring a qualified librarian with excellent communication and customer care skills. The successful candidate will use online information databases, Microsoft Office, and social media to support the library's services and develop new skills.
Key responsibilities
- Evidence searching and synthesis.
- Critical appraisal of health literature.
- Design and delivery of user education training sessions.
- Management of e-resources in the library environment.
- Marketing and Promotion of Library Services.
- Analysis of service data such as usage statistics.
Essential criteria
- Relevant qualification in library and information science.
- Knowledge of current developments in health libraries.
- Excellent IT skills and experience of using a wide variety of software.
- Time management skills.
- Experience of working in a library/knowledge-based environment.
- Experience of literature searching.
- Exemplary communication skills.
- Ability to produce qualitative and quantitative reports to a high standard.
- Able to use initiative & work independently.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
- Attention to detail.
- Enthusiastic team player.
- Ability to work under pressure & prioritise workload.
Desirable criteria
- Membership of CILIP or equivalent professional membership.
- Knowledge of healthcare library resources.
- Experience of NHS/Health libraries.
- Experience of delivering training.
- Experience of customer service.
- Use of social media in a professional. Context.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 13d ago · Closes in 8d
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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Librarian
The closing date is 14 September 2026
Job summary
Healthcare Librarian - 27 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Knowledge and Library Services team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust as an Assistant Librarian. This post is a fixed term, 1 year maternity leave cover. You will be a qualified librarian, with excellent communication and customer care skills who is experienced in using online information databases, Microsoft Office applications and social media.
This post offers the opportunity for an experienced librarian to develop existing, and gain new, skills including taking advantage of the excellent links and collaborative opportunities offered. You will be a compassionate, accountable individual who treats all colleagues, patients and service users with respect and seeks to deliver excellence in their role. You will share the Trust values and be committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. The role will support the library to develop services to meet the need of all staff groups, reaching beyond the traditional library users of doctors and nursing staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
o Evidence searching and synthesis.o Critical appraisal of health literature.o Design and delivery of user education training sessions.o Management of e-resources in the librar
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