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The Quillen College of Medicine Medical Library at East Tennessee State University is now recruiting for a Clinical and Reference Librarian to be located in Johnson City, TN. This is an excellent opportunity for an early career medical librarian. The description is posted below; potential applicants should go to https://jobs.etsu.edu and locate posting number #0602337. Founded in 1911 (as East Tennessee State Normal School), East Tennessee State University serves over 15,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. ETSU has eleven colleges and schools, including health sciences, liberal arts, education and business & technology. ETSU is centered on a warm and friendly residential campus nestled in the secure and beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of northeast Tennessee. As part of the ETSU community, you will enjoy all the region has to offer, including snow-skiing, various festivals, numerous golf courses and lakes, popular national and state parks, whitewater rafting, the Appalachian Trail, and much more. I'm happy to answer any questions about the position or the region. Rachel R. Walden, MLIS Associate Dean/Associate Professor, Learning Resources: Medical Library, Biomedical Communications, and Information Technology Quillen College of Medicine East Tennessee State University www.facebook.com/QuillenLibrary<https://www.facebook.com/QuillenLibrary<http://www.facebook.com/QuillenLibrary%3chttps:/www.facebook.com/QuillenLibrary>> www.twitter.com/qcomlib<http://www.twitter.com/qcomlib<http://www.twitter.com/qcomlib%3chttp:/www.twitter.com/qcomlib>> General Description: Reports to the Assistant Director of the Medical Library in the Department of Learning Resources. Primary responsibilities include clinically and research-oriented reference and outreach work on behalf of the Quillen College of Medicine Library. Duties are associated with providing medical information to students, clinicians, researchers, and the general public. Develops and implements training for the College of Medicine faculty, staff and students and performs mediated searches of the medical literature for physicians to assist them in providing evidence-based patient care. Attends clinical rounds or meetings to address complex patient care questions through integration of clinical knowledge and expert searching techniques. Contributes to the library's outreach and research agenda, strategic planning, and service development and evaluation. Essential Functions: -Serves as a medical information expert for the clinicians and researchers of the Quillen College of Medicine and other health sciences graduate programs -Plays an active role in planning, providing, and evaluating public services -Works to initiate and support services targeted at clinical healthcare providers and biomedical researchers -Attends clinical rounds, morning report, grand rounds, or other sessions and provides answers to clinical questions to inform patient care -Serves as a liaison to committees, departments, clinics, or research teams as assigned -Conducts expert searches of the biomedical literature and evaluates, summarizes, and provides findings -Guides new students and residents in use of essential library services and conducts annual new student orientations and other training sessions -Contributes to the research agenda of the library and develops materials for publication and presentation -Ongoing professional development related to clinical evidence, medical concepts and terminology, technology, library practices and services, scholarly publishing, and related issues -Proposes, creates, markets, and teaches an assortment of training classes -Contributes to consumer health initiatives and proposes/executes new offerings and services as appropriate -Conducts training workshops for library staff, ETSU faculty and staff, students, and community professionals -Contributes to the strategic direction of the library -Contributes to ongoing assessment of current programs to measure their effectiveness and implement changes as needed Secondary Functions: -Designs and conducts activities to promote library use and services -Contributes to collection development for the library by providing input on resource addition and deselection -May provide some supervision or training of support staff; contributes to ongoing staff development -Explores possible partnerships between the Medical Library and Biomedical Communications -Contributes to library facility evaluation and planning. -Performs other duties as assigned Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: -Firm understanding of principles of evidence-based medicine -Familiarity with issues in and the conduct of biomedical research and clinical care -Demonstrable knowledge of expert searching in biomedical literature databases including PubMed -Knowledge of medical reference works and practice, including competent reference interview techniques -Awareness of high quality consumer health resources and principles for evaluating online health information -Knowledge of library circulation and interlibrary loan operations; -Knowledge of computers and various software packages including -Microsoft Office and citation management tools -Attention to detail and strong analytical skills -Knowledge of grant writing policies and procedures, including NIH and other public access requirements -Ability to research publications and make presentations -Ability to work as part of a team -Excellent oral and written communication skills; well-organized speech and writing -Instruction and presentation skills -Commitment to professional ethics and privacy -Occasional travel and weekend/evening work may be required Minimum Qualifications: ALA-accredited master's degree in library and information science. Demonstrated experience with health sciences information resources and biomedical literature searching. At least two years of experience in a health sciences or hospital library including support of clinical and evidence-based medicine or research initiatives. Experience in instruction, reference, circulation, and customer service. Preferred Qualifications: Work Hours: Typical full-time schedule is 37.5 hours per week, generally between 8 am and 4:30 pm. Occasional travel and/or evening or weekend work may be required. Special Instructions to Applicants: Please review ETSU's Application Process before applying. In addition to the references provided on your application, for this position you will be required to provide the names and email addresses of at least 3 references (you may choose to provide the same references you listed on your application, or you may list different references). The references provided in the "Provide References" section of the application process will be automatically contacted by the eJobs system and asked to provide a letter of recommendation on your behalf. Human Resources cannot edit or add additional references once you have completed the application process. We recommend you contact references before submitting their information to insure the reference is willing and able to complete the reference process, and that you double check all email addresses before submitting them (they cannot be corrected, once entered). If your references are unable or unwilling to use the electronic system to submit a letter of recommendation, you may advise them to send the letter directly to the hiring department at: Clinical and Reference Librarian Search, Learning Resources, ETSU, PO Box 70693, Johnson City, TN 37614 Posting Date: 11-16-2015 Closing Date: Open Until Filled Required Applicant Documents: Cover Letter Curriculum Vitae Unofficial Transcript East Tennessee State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer (or AA/EOE)