Health Sciences and Applied Research Librarian - Full Time, East Falls

at  Jefferson East Falls PA

ABOUT JEFFERSON

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow’s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

EDUCATION:

• MLS or MLIS from an ALA-accredited school.

EXPERIENCE:

• Two (2) years or more experience teaching or leading workshops on information management skills in an academic library setting, preferably in the health sciences and related research subjects.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including effectively collaborating with colleagues, students, and faculty on various projects and library services.
• Collaborative approach to outreach, problem-solving, and working across organizational departments to meet user needs.

MINIMUM CERTIFICATIONS, REGISTRATION OR LICENSE REQUIREMENTS:

• AHIP: Academy of Health Information Professionals (preferred)

COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED):

• Knowledge of medical and health literature databases, evidence based medicine and systematic reviews, required.
• Experience with advanced literature searching techniques, essential.
  In addition to applying through the Jefferson portal, please email your resume and cover letter to davonne.armstrong@jefferson.edu to be considered for this position.

JOB SUMMARY

The Health Sciences and Applied Research Librarian (HSAR) supports the information literacy and collection development needs of programs in the College of Health Professions, College of Life Sciences, and College of Rehabilitation Sciences, as well as subjects related to health sciences like clinical psychology. This librarian will focus primarily on programs on the Jefferson University East Falls/New Jersey campuses. In addition, this librarian will provide information and resource support for applied research on the East Falls campus. The HSAR Librarian collaborates with Information Services librarians at all Jefferson Libraries on outreach initiatives and responsibilities relating to information literacy instruction, research support, scholarly publishing, and collection development, as well as other programming related to student and faculty success.

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Provides information services and instruction (both in-person and online, synchronous and asynchronous) to the Thomas Jefferson University community.
• Provides liaison, instruction, and collection development services to the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Life Sciences, the health sciences and health professions programs on the East Falls campus (and New Jersey).
• In collaboration with Jefferson Library colleagues, create workshops that build information literacy and citation management skills for Jefferson students and faculty on the effective use of information resources, including but not limited to search engines, AI, and bibliographic management software.
• Assists the East Falls Campus community with systematic reviews
• Stays abreast of new platforms, technologies, methods, and trends for reference, information literacy, and scholarly communications and research.
• Develop and maintain specialized knowledge of health sciences librarianship such as evidence-based practice, critical appraisal, open access publishing, NIH Public Access Policy, and social networking.
• Executes mediated database searches using a variety of bibliographic vendors.
• Develops library collections to support curriculum in assigned liaison areas.
• Provides reference services within and outside liaison area. Provides research consultations within liaison area.
• Designs and maintains learning materials and tools, including but not limited to the Springshare suite of products; collaborates with Scott Memorial Library librarians to streamline and maintain learning materials.
• Promotes and encourages Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the workplace and throughout the University Community.
• Potential weekends
• Other duties as assigned