Description

Reporting to the Associate Director for Clinical, Academic, and Research Engagement (CARE), this position partners with healthcare professionals to advance evidence-based practice, support patient care, and strengthen clinical education and research. The Liaison Librarian for Clinical Library Services serves as the primary liaison librarian to the clinical enterprise of UT Health San Antonio, which includes the UT Multispecialty & Research Hospital, the Mays Cancer Center, UT Health Physicians, UT Dentistry Clinical Operations, UT School of Nursing, and clinical residents and fellows. In this role, the liaison librarian develops and fosters collaborative relationships with clinical departments; integrates library expertise into healthcare environments; ensures access to high-quality medical information that improves outcomes for patients, providers, and the institution; and develops, delivers, and assesses clinical library services. The position is part of the CARE team-based liaison model within the Health Science Center Libraries who are responsible for outreach and engagement across the institution's clinical, academic, and research enterprises. The liaison team includes four librarians, with each of the six academic schools and the clinical enterprise having an assigned liaison who work collaboratively to promote information literacy and access to collections, tools, and expertise that support teaching, learning, research, and clinical care.

Requirements

Qualifications

Working knowledge of library services and practices related to reference, instruction, outreach, and collection management, ideally in an academic or health sciences library.

Strong knowledge of health science information resources including databases such as PubMed, CINAHL, UpToDate, etc., and evidence-based medicine.

Ability to provide high-quality services to diverse library patrons to meet their academic, research, and clinical information needs.

Demonstrated organizational and project management skills and ability to balance multiple priorities, schedule constraints, and deadlines.

Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team and to develop and maintain strong working relationships with library patrons and university colleagues.

Working knowledge of standard productivity software (Microsoft Office); citation management software; integrated library systems and library-related platforms (ExLibris Alma, Koha, Springshare, etc.); electronic resource systems and research platforms (ORCID).

Ability to develop and execute a variety of advanced and complex search strategies coupled with knowledge to evaluate research for accuracy, validity, and clinical relevance.

Working knowledge of information literacy competencies and frameworks, data literacy, and health informatics.

Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication and ability to think critically, problem solve and collaborate.