1. Workforce Planning and Development SECONDARY DRIVERS
Provide leadership; advise on service models and staffing of library and knowledge services
Workforce Planning and Development
SECONDARY DRIVERS
Expand the workforce by advocating for an improved staff ratio of librarians and knowledge specialists
Establish the NHS as an employer of choice, via education, marketing and career materials
Enable employers to value library and knowledge services staff and support role redesign, recruit, retain and develop LKS teams
Develop and promote to employers resources to inform role redesign and enhancement for both professional and paraprofessional roles
Implement and evaluate leadership development programmes
PRIMARY DRIVER
Develop and promote resources for succession planning
Establish a robust, sustainable approach to workforce profiling
There is effective leadership, planning and development of the LKS workforce
Promote and monitor use of the Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB)
Enable excellent national, regional and local leadership
Promote opportunities for vocational qualifications and apprenticeships within LKS
Conduct a development needs survey and a staff engagement survey to inform planning
Coordinate and evaluate a national Continuing Professional Development offer for all LKS staff to meet both strategic priorities and learning needs and wants
Promote, monitor, evaluate and further develop the Learning Zone
Develop an appropriately skilled, flexible library and knowledge services workforce
Work with HEIs to develop content, modules and programmes to introduce LIS students to the work of health libraries and knowledge services, and inform a positive career choice
Enhance the digital skills of LKS staff; promote technological innovation for LKS
Promote collaboration between health informaticians to meet the needs of the NHS
August 2019
Establish a specialised NHS-led Learning Academy for health LKS staff