Job ID: 316277
Job Title: Clinical Information Librarian (UL374)
Job Code: 9715
Location: Twin Cities
Empl Group: Acad Prof and Admin
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Qualifications
Required:
• American Library Association accredited Master’s degree in Library/Information Science OR equivalent combination of advanced degree and relevant experience.
• Experience in a health science or academic research library.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and actively engage with faculty and students.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with colleagues in a research-intensive environment.
• Ability to respond effectively to changing needs and priorities.
Preferred:
• Undergraduate or graduate degree in the physical, life, health, or related sciences.
• Demonstrated understanding of scientific research processes and methods for measuring research impact.
• Ability to think and react quickly in an active clinical setting to find the best evidence.
• Facility with technology (e.g., basic programming, web applications, APIs) and its applications in academic contexts.
• Experience with evidence-based information retrieval and in the use of clinical reference sources, tools and search engines.
• Demonstrated ability to teach, with an understanding of instructional design principles, particularly in an eLearning environment.
• Demonstrated involvement in professional activities.
About the Job
The University of Minnesota Libraries invites applications for a Clinical Information librarian. We seek applicants who are innovative and flexible, offer subject expertise and technology skills, and possess an understanding of the patient care, clinical research, and educational needs of professional and graduate programs in the health professions.
This position is a member of the Health Sciences Libraries (HSL) division of the University Libraries, which includes the Bio-Medical Library (http://hsl.lib.umn.edu/biomed), the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine, and the Veterinary Medical Library. HSL is led by the Director and Associate University Librarian for the Health Sciences, and the position reports to the Associate Director for Education and Research Services. The successful candidate will be one of two clinical information librarians assigned to the Medical School, and will collaborate with colleagues in HSL as well as with librarians and staff from diverse communities and cultures across the University Libraries.
We are seeking an outgoing, proactive, engaged professional who can develop collaborative relationships with faculty, staff, and students in designated departments, research centers and institutes within the Medical School (http://www.med.umn.edu/), and create new tools, programs, and initiatives that respond to information trends in medical education, practice and research. Areas of responsibility include the integration of content, evidence-based practice and health literacy into the curriculum and eLearning environment, effective use of research networking systems such as Experts@Minnesota, the management of research data, and the application of methods to measure research impact.
The individual will also contribute to the knowledge base of the profession through research, publication, and professional engagement, while working toward continuous appointment status.
The University of Minnesota’s Academic Health Center (AHC, http://www.health.umn.edu/) is one of the nation’s few comprehensive centers encompassing programs in medicine, nursing, dentistry, public health, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and allied health, as well as a number of interdisciplinary programs that serve the entire University. A new Health Sciences Education Center is being planned, and a new Health Sciences Library will be a key element of the Center. In addition, the University of Minnesota and the Libraries have a strong record of outreach and service to the state and region.
Responsibilities of the Clinical Information Liaison:
• Forge relationships with clinical care teams in assigned departments of the Medical School providing consultation and collaboration with a diverse community of clinical faculty, trainees and health professions staff on a wide range of topics including evidence-based practice, scholarship, and research.
• Coordinate and participate in hospital rounds, morning report, case conferences, and other clinically relevant forums within assigned departments of the Medical School.
• Work with clinical care teams in the University’s experiential learning sites to understand workflow and clinical information requirements, and identify how knowledge-based resources can be integrated into clinical research and practice.
• Collaborate with researchers to develop effective and efficient strategies in managing clinical research data and information.
• Seek opportunities to partner with researchers in projects or grants that require deep expertise in information science and data management.
• Collaborate with library colleagues on developing and offering research services such as systematic reviews and research impact reports.
• Develop and teach classes and workshops based on user needs, developing learning objects and integrating them into the online learning environment. Classroom teaching includes for-credit classes such as FMCH 7600 (Family Medicine Clerkship, required clerkship course for all 3rd & 4th year medical students).
• Promote new modes of scholarly communication and recruit institutional scholarly output for inclusion in the University Digital Conservancy (http://udc.umn.edu) and the Data Repository for the U of M (DRUM, http://z.umn.edu/drum).
• Provide leadership for and contribute to library-wide projects.
• Contribute to the knowledge base of the profession through research, publication, and professional engagement.
This is a full-time, 12-month, continuous-appointment track, academic professional position with probationary appointment at Assistant or Associate Librarian.
How To Apply
Applications must be submitted online. To be considered for this position, please click the Apply button and follow the instructions. You will have the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and resume.
Please attach the following documents in Word or PDF Format: (DO NOT copy and paste.)
• Resume.
• Cover Letter (identify cover letter with UL374).
• Names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three current references.
Additional documents may be attached after application by accessing your “My Activities” page and uploading documents there.
This position will remain open until filled.
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