Medical Librarian - Fulltime - Days - Providence Southfield
General Summary
The Medical Librarian supports the information needs of physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, residents, researchers, students, hospital leadership, and others by providing highly specialized professional library services. This position provides general research assistance, expert searching, library resource training, document delivery services, and day-to-day oversight of a regional library. This is an on-site position. The Medical Librarian works under the direction of the System Director, Libraries & Archives.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
· Responding to information and reference requests from physicians, researchers, clinical service providers, hospital leadership, and other team members.
· Researches complex customer inquiries. Requires proficiency with searching PubMed/Medline and other biomedical databases such as CINAHL and Embase. Requires familiarity with the MeSH vocabulary.
· Consults with clinicians and research teams conducting systematic reviews. Has proficient knowledge of the latest systematic review guidelines and maintains the ability to plan and execute appropriate search strategies. Has a basic understanding of research methodologies.
· Uses document services and interlibrary loan functions to provide requested materials to users. Implements appropriate systems to support the provision of interlibrary loan functions.
· Handles the day-to-day operations of a regional campus library under minimal supervision. This may include providing reference services, document services, and patron services such as circulation and electronic resource support.
· Maintains the library’s print resources in coordination with system collection development policies; includes selection and cataloging of materials.
· Provides library instruction and outreach in-person and online.
· Develops relationships with hospital departments and stakeholders; working collaboratively on projects when required.
· Promote and market library services and resources through excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
· Familiarity with citation management software (Endnote).
· Ability to create and maintain research guides and utilize other Springshare tools.
· Ability to work both independently and effectively within teams.
· Performs other related duties as assigned.
Education/Experience Required
· Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) from an ALA-accredited program or equivalent degree.
· Certification with the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) is required within one year of employment.
· Minimum of two years of professional (post Masters) library experience, or one-year professional (post Masters) library experience in a medical or an academic library setting.
· Solid technology background, including proficiency with Microsoft Office.
· Strong interpersonal, teamwork, communication, and customer-service skills.
· Enthusiasm to explore and implement innovative technologies and trends in medical librarianship to enhance library services.
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.