Information Services
Job profiles for information services staff include:
- Library technician and specialist roles
- Librarians
- Librarian team leaders
- Service managers and professional managers for library services
Information Services support health professionals and management staff in their education, training and development, and professional practice. It is a vital role in helping clinical staff and managers keep up to date with current research.
There are a variety of job roles and job titles in this area of health informatics:
Library Assistant
Library Assistants assist Librarians in the day to day running of the library or information service. Duties include sending out letters; ordering books, journals and other materials; liaising with suppliers; cataloguing new materials; and maintain databases and records. An important part of the job is helping users to find the information they need, and issuing the resources to them. Information resources come in the form of books, journals, newspapers, leaflets, pamphlets and maps, as well as video, film, DVDs, photographs, microfiche, CDs and cassettes.
Experience of using computer databases in information research would be useful to this type of role, as would be good general administrative skills, and experience of working with the public.
Librarian
Librarians support the Trust Library Services Manager and other members of the library team to provide a multi disciplinary service to support the personal and professional needs of all staff groups and students. Post holders would need to have a first degree or postgraduate qualification in library or information science and / or be chartered with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) .
It would also be necessary to be computer literate and proficient at searching online databases and the Internet. Excellent communication skills, an ability to offer specialist skills such as expertise in electronic systems and resources or experience of planning and delivering training would also be an advantage.
For more information see:
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
7 Ridgmount Street
London
WC1E 7AE
Tel: 0 (+44) 20 7255 0500
Fax: 0 (+44) 20 7255 0501
Textphone: 0 (+44) 20 7255 0505
Email:
[email protected]
Web address:
www.cilip.org.uk
See also the NHS Health Informatics Community website or the NHS Careers Website .