Issue details

The post holder of Post No. 906068 (Grade 7, job-share) retired on 31.03.18. Her job-share partner was unable to take on the role full-time. Despite a recruitment process which stretched far and wide (the vacancy was circulated to all NHS libraries in England in addition to being advertised on the Doncaster Jobs website) and receiving a number of applications, following the shortlisting process there were no applicants suitable to invite for interview.

In addition, just after this decision had been made, the post holder of Post No. 906037 (Grade 5, 1 FTE) took the decision to retire and will do so on 13.05.18. As the Knowledge Library and Information Service for Health continues to deliver against a performance framework in a changing environment, the service manager post - Post No. 906047 (Grade 10, Knowledge, Library & Information Services Manager) should also be in scope when considering the future skills and competencies required to lead a modernised service area.

This provided the opportunity to re-visit the staffing structure and skill mix as a whole and make recommendations for change, based on the changing needs of skill mix that the service requires to enable it to move forward with changes and developments being introduced by service developments elsewhere at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHSFT (DBTH) and the changes, developments and priorities of the Health Education England (HEE) Knowledge for Healthcare (KfH) programme and to make the first steps to stabilising the service through a succession planning process. It will also allow for staffing levels to be secure as the service continues to provide cover across its four service points across the three DBTH sites and the outreach services that it delivers to RDaSH.