Andreya Platia - Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust - New Starter
Hello everyone, I'm Andreya Platia. I joined Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust in January this year, having taken up the post of Trainee Clinical Librarian.…
Tom Cudbertson - Hull University Teaching Hospitals - New Starter
Hello everyone, my name is Tom Cudbertson. I am brand new to libraries, although not to the NHS, having previously worked as an MDT Assistant in oncology, as a Medical Secretary and in Medical Records at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. When the opportunity to work in the Trust library appeared I reflected on myself and my skills, deciding to apply and fortunately being successful. I am enjoying learning about how health libraries work and the many different roles there are within them. I am currently building my customer service skills to make sure library users have a positive experience.…
Sam Whittingham - Northern Care Alliance - New Starter
Hi, I’m Sam and I’m the new library assistant at Fairfield Library within the Northern Care Alliance.…
Jenny Emmel - From Acute to Mental – New Starter
Hello, my name is Jenny Emmel, and I started a new role in January as Knowledge Manager at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Before this role I worked at Leeds Teaching Hospitals…
Hello from Carly Beattie - New Starter
Hello everyone, my name is Carly and I have recently joined the Library and Knowledge Services team at North Cumbria Integrated Care as a Library and Learning Technology Manager.…
Returning home to Greater Manchester - New Starter
Hello, I'm Lindsay Wallace, the new Library and Knowledge Services Manager at Northern Care Alliance. I was asked to introduce myself to colleagues, so here goes.…
Hello from Jodie Reeve - New Starter
Hello, my name is Jodie and I have recently joined the team at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Trainee Knowledge and Resource Librarian. So far I have had a terrific start and I am looking forward to learning more about the role and all it entails.…
Hello from Ruth Muscat – New Starter
Hello everyone, I’m Ruth Muscat and I’ve recently joined Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHTR) in the role of Clinical Librarian, jobsharing with Joanne Taylor.…
Hello from Hannah Williams - new starter
I’ve recently joined the team at Leeds Community Healthcare Trust as a Library Trainee. My team have been so welcoming, and I feel very fortunate to be in a role where learning is constant and fully supported. I’ve managed to visit some of the other health libraries and their teams across Leeds in the last few weeks and look forward to meeting more in the future.…
New Roles: New Horizons
I joined the team at North Cumbria Integrated Care in June 2021 as a Knowledge Support Officer. My previous experience as a Librarian was in schools where all teaching and learning was face to face in a pre-COVID world; suddenly the information landscape looked very different! In this new, virtual world enhancing my own digital skills in order to provide quality training and support was my immediate challenge. Research and networking being my top priority. New training tools and techniques proved to be an exciting opportunity for me and I was soon keen to share these new platforms and strategies with colleagues.…