Posted 10/1/2009: Medical Librarian 1, LaBioMedical Research Institute Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California

Job Title : Medical Librarian I
Job Code : 112
Location : Torrance CA US 90502
Job Type : Full Time
Education : Master's Degree
Job Requirements :

Monday-Friday.  The Medical Librarian I requires Master's degree with major in Library Science.  Experience with a Medical clientele preferred.  Must have library experience including computerized searching of the medical literature and Internet is preferred. Excellent oral and written English communication skills required.
Job Description :

    * Provide reference help to medical, nursing, allied health and administrative staff in
       a courteous and effective manner
    * Develop content for the Parlow Library web site and the online public access
       catalog
    * Provide book, journal, index, data base, or Internet information appropriate to
       the inquiry in a timely manner
    * Search for relevant medical information on the NLM Medline or Orion database
       system on the personal computer or through the network
    * Formulate and execute database searches in an effective manner to locate
       citations which answer the patron’s inquiry
    * Assist medical,nursing, administrative staff with hardware problems at UCLA to
       resolve compatibility and search problems
    * Process Docline and other interlibrary loan requests in a timely manner
    * Train librarian staff and patrons on the basics of the Internet
    * Search  the Internet for relevant medical or library topics;
    * Develop teaching tools relevant locations and teach search strategy and
       mechanics

The hiring department will contact qualified applicants for interview.
No relocation available for this position.
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (www.labiomed.org/) is proud to be an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action/Drug-Free Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, pregnancy, age, sexual preference, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or disability (reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request).
No one will be hired until they complete a LABioMed Employment Application.
This position requires a successful criminal conviction search for employment.

http://www.labiomed.org, click on Employment

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