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Duties include but may not be limited to the following:

Coordination of VHEI Initiatives and Program Development:
Recruits, interviews, and selects intern applicants, coordinates hiring of interns with the Human
Resources Department, provides supervision of interns, including writing evaluations.
Modifies and improves existing programs by updating content and instructional methodology.
Evaluates on-going programs for effectiveness.
Coordinates the continued evolution of electronic patient education documentation through the service's program analysts.
Promotes and ensures appropriate documentation among the staff who provide education to patients and families.
Ensuring the necessary interdisciplinary input to plan, implement, and evaluate Veterans health education services across the facility's continuum of care.
Collecting and analyzing facility and patient data sources to determine gaps or needs in Veterans health education programs, services and products.

Information Services:
General Learning Resources Center responsibilities:
Applies knowledge and expertise in Library and Information Sciences, particularly medical libraries and
specifically hospital libraries in order to direct day-to-day operations of the Learning Resources Center.
Evaluates collections in all formats, identifies gaps in the collections, organizes librarians to select authoritative resources to fill those gaps, and proactively identify and remove outdated materials from the collection.
Applies broad knowledge of hospital operations, the information needs of various health disciplines and knowledge of health- sciences publishing to develop targeted collections, highly relevant to client needs.

Education of health professionals:
Develops the Learning Resources Service's teaching programs with particular emphasis on developing user-centered
strategies for educating clinical staff in the use of numerous health-related databases including, but not limited to MEDLINE, CINAHL, Psyc Info, Cochrane Collaboration, UpToDate, and other point of care information products.
Applies in-depth knowledge of the related disciplines of health care as well as expertise working with hospital clinicians to design and maintain educational programs specific to the information needs and sensitive to the occupational challenges of clinicians.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.
Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• May be required to serve a probationary period
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: All Librarians must meet the requirements for professional education in library science or possess equivalent experience and education as follows: To qualify for this position, you must meet the Basic Requirements as well as the additional qualification requirements.

Basic Requirement Education: Having one (1) full academic year of graduate study in library science in an accredited college or university, in addition to completion of all work required for a bachelor's degree. (Copies of transcripts are required at the time of application).
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Basic Requirement Combination of Education and Experience: Having a total of at least five (5) years of a combination of college-level education, training, and experience. To qualify on this basis, the applicant must establish conclusively that the education, training, and experience provided a knowledge and understanding of the theories, principles, and techniques of professional librarianship; a knowledge of literature resources; and the knowledge and abilities essential for providing effective library and information services. (Copies of transcripts are required at the time of application).
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ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirement above, you must also meet one of the following additional education and experience requirements for this Librarian position at the GS-11 level.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-11: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-9 grade level in the Federal Service. Qualifying specialized experience includes: knowledge of all aspects of the library principles, concepts, methodology, operations, and management to direct assigned library functions in the facility library and the general information needs of patients, staff and a variety of other users; maintains a comprehensive understanding of the policies, procedures, systems, and interrelationships of the organization and military patrons served in order to assess patron information needs, provide comprehensive reference, research, and advisory services, and to assist and instruct patrons on the content, nature, and use of library resources; understands library work processes, terminology, bibliographic utilities (e.g. on-line computer systems), and library and ADP standards and policies to plan, analyze, and evaluate the effectiveness of automated systems and procedures and to recommend and acquire new generation software and equipment.
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SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE GS-11: (Transcript Required): Having successful completion of three (3) full years of progressively higher level education in library science or doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) related to the position. One (1) year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent one (1) year of full-time study. If that number cannot be obtained from the school, eighteen (18) semester hours should be considered an academic year of graduate study. Transcripts must be submitted with application. Education cannot be credited without documentation.
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COMBINING EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE GS-11: (Transcript Required): Equivalent combination of successfully completed related graduate level education and specialized experience as described above, to meet the total experience requirements for this position at the GS-11 level. Transcripts must be submitted with application. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Communication
• Education and Training
• Technical Competence
• Veteran and Customer Focus

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Your responses to the assessment questionnaire will be reviewed along with the information provided in your resume and supporting documentation to determine if you are qualified for the position. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating may be lowered and/or you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Candidates who apply under All U.S. Citizens announcements will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The categories are defined as follows:

• Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
• Highly qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the requirements of the job;
• Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
• Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.