Medical Librarian Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Meet the librarian basic requirements through either one full academic year of graduate study in library science in addition to a bachelor's degree, or a qualifying combination of at least five years of college-level education, training, and experience demonstrating professional librarianship knowledge and abilities.
• Possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-09, or qualify through the stated graduate education alternative, or an eligible combination of education and experience.
• Specialized experience must demonstrate ability to perform, supervise, or direct one or more relevant functional areas; understand concepts, theories, developments, and relationships in related fields; and maintain current knowledge.
• Possess specialized knowledge of a subject-matter field and/or proficiency in one or more directly related foreign languages, as applicable to the position.
• Meet the librarian subject-matter qualification through the specified education, pertinent experience, qualifying combination, or demonstrated ability to read or translate relevant foreign-language information, as applicable.
• Current Federal employees and certain former Federal employees applying at GS-11 must meet the time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-09.
• Be a U.S. citizen.
• Complete the application, questionnaire, and required online assessment.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
• Complete a background/security investigation and online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program, or obtain a medical or religious exemption and wear a face mask.
• Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Submit transcripts if relying on education to qualify; foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.

Responsibilities

• Search specialized biomedical, nursing, allied health, and health management databases and the Internet.
• Provide advanced reference and literature research services, retrieve information from commercial and government databases, guide users in library and external information sources, and borrow materials from other Federal or private libraries.
• Conduct comprehensive and complex medical literature searches using National Library of Medicine and Library of Congress terminology and indexing schemes.
• Apply terminology across health care disciplines to interpret questions and complete reliable, comprehensive searches that support clinical and management decisions, research, and self-directed staff learning.
• Serve as TMS Domain Manager and implement VHA mandatory training requirements at facility, VISN, and national levels.
• Assign mandatory training classes to CVHCS staff in targeted occupations and positions.
• Train local or service-level TMS administrators, AOs, and supervisors on the TMS reporting function.
• Recommend revisions to courses as needed.
• Oversee contracts for the CVHCS Education and Learning Resources Service Line, including equipment maintenance, purchases, preventive maintenance, and simulation-lab training events.
• Serve as Contracting Officer’s Representative for CVHCS contracts.
• Manage vendor relationships, solicitations, bids, cost negotiations, and licensing.
• Oversee the annual information and simulation budget.
• Manage lab supplies and simulation equipment, including inventory, organization, ordering, restocking, and assessment of end-user needs.
• Coordinate with hospital logistics and pharmacy to acquire used, expired, or retired equipment, supplies, and medication in accordance with policy.
• Perform annual equipment inventory according to hospital procedures.
• Ensure preventive maintenance follows manufacturers’ recommendations and that warranties and service contracts are honored.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees receive access to a comprehensive benefits package for themselves and their families; specific eligibility depends on position type.