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Information Specialist - Education

Posted on June 5, 2025

  • Full Time

Information Specialist - Education

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Position Details

Posting #: 31454
Department: Hospital Library - Charlton
Employee Type: Regular, Full Time
If Temporary, Number of Weeks:
Union: Non-Union
Openings Remaining: 1

Schedule

Work Days: Monday to Friday
Time of Day: Days
Shift: 7.5 hour
Shift Start: Hours are subject to change based on operational requirements.
This position may be scheduled at any of the following sites: Charlton Campus (Hamilton Downtown), West 5th Campus (Hamilton Mountain)

Application Dates

Opening Date: 05/06/2025
Closing Date: 12/06/2025 Applications must be received online by 12:00 midnight on the Closing Date

Position Description

POSITION SUMMARY:
Develop and provide knowledge-based information services based on clients needs. Supports the Centre for Education, Learning and Simulation (CELS) and its initiatives.

QUALIFICATION:
  • Masters Degree from a Library and Information Studies (MLIS) program accredited by the American Library Association required
  • Minimum of one-year professional experience in a health sciences library environment preferred
  • Expert literature searching experience, preferably using MEDLINE/PubMed and other key health sciences databases
  • Experience developing and delivering information literacy instruction
  • Familiarity with systematic review search methodology
  • Familiarity with the concepts of evidence-based practice
  • Experience developing and providing customized training on bibliographic database search skills
  • Substantial knowledge of health sciences resources, scholarly communication issues and trends including: open access, metrics, publication ethics, journal selection, reporting
guidelines, authorship etc.
  • Proficiency in the use of common computer software applications and specialized library technologies with experience using bibliographic databases, library discovery systems,
Microsoft Office products, citation management tools, web content management systems (for example LibGuides).
  • Proven success in providing outreach or marketing services to library customers
  • Demonstrated ability to operate as an effective member of a team
  • Demonstrated ability to multitask, balance competing priorities and meet deadlines
  • Project management skills to plan, organize and coordinate various activities
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
  • Demonstrated ability to work creatively, collaboratively, and effectively and to promote teamwork, diversity, equity, equality and inclusiveness
  • Strong customer service orientation
  • Ability to keep current with and embrace new technologies
RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Establishes relationships with clients from designated programs, units and departments across the network
  • Advises clients on information monitoring strategies (e.g. alerts) to ensure all hospital staff, learners and physicians are accessing the most appropriate and timely knowledge in
their individual fields at all times
  • Collaborates with clients on high level and complex research and knowledge synthesis projects (such as systematic reviews, scoping reviews, narrative reviews, rapid reviews,
clinical evidence summaries), and other projects that directly inform clinical practice or support new and ongoing research
  • Provides effective expert literature searching and quality systematic review collaboration: works with scientists, staff, students & clinicians to develop workable protocols, creates
and documents expert literature searches utilizing a variety of bibliographic databases
  • Validates and peer reviews information retrieval strategies. Validates and peer reviews information retrieval strategies
  • Remains current about and provides advice on scholarly publishing and research impact metrics that calculate productivity and citation impact of publications (i.e. the h-index) to
help and/or teach researchers how to manage their scholarly profiles
  • Contributes to collaborative grant opportunities; serves as a member of grant application teams especially, but not exclusively, on knowledge synthesis grants
  • Supports the activities of the Department of Education & Learning
  • Develops and delivers educational programs and services in information and knowledge management, health resources and bibliographic research
  • Remains current about trends in health, education, the principles of adult education, and online learning
  • Collaborates with colleagues and supports the facilitation of simulation training, innovation and artificial intelligence initiatives
  • Strives to ensure that there is equity of access to training across the network, while also responding to meet the unique needs of specific client groups
  • Creates and adapts learning/curricula for remote interactive videoconferencing delivery (for example, via Teams)
  • Participates as a member of the Department of Education & Learning Executive Education Committee
  • Recommend resource expenditures for approval by the Director, Education & Learning
  • Develop an information technology plan for support services
  • Promote services hospital-system wide
  • Ensure ongoing evaluation and improvement of resources and services
  • Ensure accreditation and professional standards are fulfilled
  • Perform other duties as required to support education and clinical mandate


St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) is an equal opportunity employer and strives for equity, inclusiveness, and diversity in all our programs, practices, facilities, and people. We foster a culture of patient and staff safety where all positions comply and work in conjunction with the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of SJHH.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. SJHH is committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process - please inform us should accommodation be required at any point in the recruitment process.


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