Job summary
- Main area
- Library Assistant
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 12 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-CS2866-CL
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Academic Unit Library
- Town
- Preston
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Library Assistant
Band 3
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
We are looking for a friendly approachable individual with excellent communication skills and a flexible outlook, to join our small team based at the Lantern Centre Preston. The team deliver services to all NHS staff and students working across the trust. Assisting with the day-to-day running of the library, you will need to be able to work independently and as part of a team. The ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail is important.
This customer facing role involves helping library users find the information they need for patient care, professional development and research. The varied and interesting duties include maintaining membership and library management data (using the Koha LMS), interlibrary loan provision, user education, basic cataloguing and other general library duties.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is required to perform a variety of tasks to support the Library Manager, Outreach Librarian and Assistant Library and Knowledge Specialist in the delivery of an efficient and effective library and Information service to meet the needs of all trust staff, students and service users.
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Education/qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE math and English or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Competent using Microsoft Office applications – Word, Excel and Outlook
- Competent using the internet
- Knowledge of E- learning and the electronic delivery of education
- Knowledge of social media and blogs
- Knowledge of the concepts of evidence-based practice, research and innovation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Customer service Experience
- Experience of marketing and publicising services
- Experience of marketing and publicising services Experience of marketing and publicising services
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise workload in response to changing demand
- Flexible in approach to duties
- Enthusiasm to learn new skills
- Able to use initiative work unsupervised and seek advice appropriately
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carmel Finley
- Job title
- Library And Information Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01772 773509
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