Medical Librarian

Defense Health Agency Civilian Corps, Falls Church, VA•Tacoma, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Empower the future of military medicine through the power of information. Madigan Army Medical Center is seeking a highly skilled Medical Librarian to support our graduate medical education programs, clinical researchers, and healthcare professionals. In this critical role, you will do more than manage collections—you will be an essential partner in evidence-based practice, conducting expert literature searches, and ensuring our medical staff has the precise data they need to deliver world-class care to our service members and their families. Join us at the forefront of military healthcare.

Requirements

Must be a US Citizen
Option A (Education): A completed Bachelor’s degree plus at least one full academic year of graduate study in Library Science from an accredited college or university (transcripts required).
Option B (Combination Path): A minimum of five years of combined college-level education, training, and professional library experience. This must conclusively demonstrate a mastery of library science theories, principles, and information resources.
Demonstrated ability to direct core library operations, understand emerging developments in related fields, and maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends.
One year of specialized experience that includes: Medical Reference Services: Serving as a librarian providing clinical/reference support specifically to a medical or nursing school, teaching hospital, or academic health science center.
Personnel Leadership: Supervising, leading, or directing staff, including delegating work and documenting employee performance for leadership action.
Instructional Presentation: Developing and delivering formal educational training and presentations to diverse audiences.
Advanced Research Support: Designing and managing complex database searches to support research projects, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses.

Responsibilities

Provides functional and administrative leadership to a team of library professionals, technicians, and volunteers.
Conducts performance evaluations, identifies training needs, and mentors staff in advanced biomedical research techniques.
Manages shift schedules and workflow distribution to ensure seamless library operations that support a 24/7 military medical center environment.
Actively enforces federal and Department of Defense (DoD) human resources policies, including Merit System Principles and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) guidelines.
Fosters a professional, harassment-free work environment, integrates diversity and inclusion into hiring and volunteer recruitment practices, and ensures full compliance with installation and agency mandates.
Serves as the primary ambassador for Knowledge-Based Information (KBI) as defined by The Joint Commission (TJC).
Actively markets library services, conducts customized literature search orientations, and integrates library resources directly into the clinical workflows of physicians, nurses, Graduate Medical Education (GME) residents, and affiliated healthcare students.
Continuously assesses and defines the library’s physical and digital collections to align directly with Madigan’s specialized medical, surgical, and educational missions.
Manages the lifecycle of resources—acquiring cutting-edge medical databases and weeding outdated clinical texts—to maintain clinical accuracy and support specialized residency program accreditations.
Exercises full autonomy over the library’s operational and budget planning.
Forecasts annual funding requirements for high-cost biomedical databases and journals, justifies expenditures to hospital leadership, manages vendor contracts, and aggressively pursues alternative funding sources or Unfunded Requirements (UFRs) to support facility modernization.
Acts as a visionary leader within the military medical library community by developing and implementing innovative informatics strategies and digital asset management solutions.
Solves complex operational problems and shares these best practices and standard operating procedures (SOPs) with other DoD/DHA library managers to elevate the enterprise.