About the Position: This position is located at Madigan Army Medical Center, with the Directorate of Medical Library. Advance in Hire may be authorized. This is only available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

Duties

Searches biomedical (medical, nursing, dental, and allied health) databases such as PubMed or Ovid to retrieve literature to support patient care. Instructs physicians, residents, another health care professionals to teach how to search and use a variety medical library resource. Information and Communications Technology - Instructs health care providers on the search of databases remotely or via the command intranet. Improves the clinical medical library’s web presence, access, display, and the customer’s utilization of online and print support of clinical and research information resources across the enterprise. Educational and Professional Development - Ensures efficient operation of clinical medical library services and jointly develops and measures goals for the improvement of library services. Collaborates with other librarians on development, identification, implementation and improvement of information or knowledge based systems and services.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Immunization screening may be required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Librarian (Medical): Degree: Completed one full academic year of graduate study in library science from an accredited college or university, in addition to completion of all work required for a bachelor's degree. (NOTE: You must attach a copy of your transcripts) OR A total of at least five years in a combination of college-level education, training, and experience. (NOTE: to qualify on this basis, the applicant must establish conclusively that the education, training, and experience provided a knowledge and understanding of the theories, principles, and techniques of professional librarianship; a knowledge of literature resources; and the knowledge and abilities essential for providing effective library and information services. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes working as a librarian providing reference services to a medical or nursing department or school (e.g. School of Medicine) at a teaching hospital, university hospital, or academic health sciences institution; developing educational programs that support the practice of evidence-based medicine or evidence-based practice, including teaching classes and giving orientations in a variety of settings; applying evidence-based medicine/evidence-based practice to critically appraise biomedical literature; performing clinical searches for direct patient care queries through PubMed and Ovid Medline; and performing and managing searches for research projects, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). For Librarian (Medical): Applicants must also possess specialized knowledge of a subject-matter field and/or proficiency directly related to the position being filled. Such knowledge is required for the position, an applicant's education or experience must have included or been supplemented by the requirements specified in the paragraphs below: A full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university that meets all academic requirements for a bachelor's degree that included at least 24 semester hours in the specialized field for which the applicant is being considered, e.g., physical science, biological science, social science; or that included any combination of subjects with at least 15 semester hours in a major subject (such as physics or chemistry) that is especially applicable to the position for which the applicant is being considered. OR Four years of pertinent experience of such nature and level to provide a knowledge of the basic principles, theories, practices, techniques, terminology and expressions of the appropriate discipline or subject-matter field; an understanding of the standard methods, procedures, and techniques of research and analysis in the subject-matter field; ability to acquire additional information about the field and related fields; and some knowledge of literature resources in the field. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Information Technology Research and DevelopmentOral CommunicationResearch and Data Analysis

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD83DE DHA PUGET SOUND MKT-MADIGAN DO NOT MAIL Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA 98431 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk