Medical Librarian

3 weeks ago


Boise, United States St. Luke's Health System Full time

Overview

The St. Luke's Health System in Boise, ID is seeking a Medical Librarian to join our Health System Library. This role will focus on the creation and delivery of instructional programming and outreach initiatives to support the information needs of the health system.

Preference will be given to applicants who will consider a hybrid position in Boise, ID. May consider remote work from Idaho or Oregon for ideal candidates.

Unit/Position Summary

The successful candidate will develop and deliver library workshops, create asynchronous teaching and training materials, provide coaching sessions, and create curated resource guides. As a member of the Library's professional staff, the Medical Librarian will conduct one-time and ongoing literature searches and serve as the liaison to assigned departments within the health system. The ideal candidate has a passion for hospital librarianship, is at ease and comfortable learning and using online educational tools and resources, and has excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

* Provides expert search services for physicians, staff, healthcare consumers, and other library users with knowledge of specialized biomedical, business, and education databases and information resources.
* Designs, delivers, and assesses outreach and education initiatives for health system physicians, providers, and employees to expand their current skills in navigating the information landscape.
* Leads the creation of instructional materials to facilitate provider and employee awareness of library services and resources.
* Provides timely, courteous, and efficient reference and research consultations to library patrons.
* Contributes to collection development.
* Keeps current on new educational technology and library trends.
* Participates in redesign and quality improvement of library processes and programs.
* Serves as primary backup for front desk reference and circulation functions as required.
* Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

* Education: Master's degree in library science from an ALA program with an emphasis on medical librarianship OR Bachelors + 2 additional years of experience
* Experience: 1 year of experience
* Licenses/Certifications: None



Why St. Luke's

A strong, talented staff is at the heart of St. Luke's Health System. We are the state's largest employer with more than 15,000 employees and a medical staff of more than 1,800 physicians and advanced practice providers. We're proud of our people who deliver skilled, compassionate care every day, and are looking to add dedicated individuals who will continue this same tradition of excellence.

About City

Known as the "City of Trees," Boise is Idaho's capital city-both a cultural center and a playground for those who love the outdoors. A vibrant downtown area affords fine dining, theatre, music, and college and semi-professional sports.  Downtown Boise's main attractions include the Idaho State Capitol, the classic Egyptian Theatre, the Boise Art Museum, Julia Davis Park and Zoo Boise.  The Greenbelt follows the beautiful Boise River corridor for more than 30 miles, and the Boise foothills are home to miles of hiking and biking trails.

Learn more about what the City of Trees has to offer you:

St. Luke's Health System | Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau | Boise Parks and Recreation | Boise Museum Association | Boise Music Festival | Boise Philharmonic | Downtown Boise Restaurants | Boise Valley Economic Partnership | Hyde Park events | Treefort Music Festival | First Thursdays | Alive After Five | Capitol City Public Market | Runs and Triathlons | Shakespeare Festival | Sawtooth National Forest | Visit Idaho.org

* St. Luke's is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.