Health Sciences Librarian & Instruction Specialist
Listed on 2026-06-04
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Education / Teaching
Health Educator, Medical Education -
Healthcare
Health Educator, Medical Education
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Work type: FT
Location: West Des Moines
Categories: Faculty
Join a dynamic academic health sciences environment where your expertise directly supports the success of future healthcare professionals. In this role, you will advance teaching and learning by delivering curriculum-integrated instruction, promoting evidence-based practice, and providing high-impact reference and research support. You’ll collaborate closely with faculty, clinicians, researchers, and students across a range of health disciplines, contributing meaningfully to both academic and clinical excellence.
As a non-tenure track faculty member, you will play an active role in teaching, service, and scholarly activity, helping to shape an innovative and collaborative educational experience.
What you’ll do:
- Design and deliver curriculum-integrated instruction in evidence-based practice and health sciences information literacy across multiple learning formats.
- Collaborate with faculty and academic leaders to develop competency-aligned learning experiences and interprofessional education initiatives.
- Provide expert reference, research consultation, and literature search support to advance education, research, and patient care.
- Develop digital learning tools and lead workshops to enhance teaching, learning, and research effectiveness.
- Contribute to scholarly activity, institutional service, and strategic initiatives, including committees, professional organizations, and program development.
What we are looking for:
- Master’s degree in library science from an American Library Association-accredited institution required.
- Minimum one year of teaching experience in a health sciences or higher education library setting, with demonstrated ability to clearly communicate information literacy skills and concepts, required; 2 or more years preferred.
- Experience working and teaching in a graduate-level health sciences library preferred.
- Minimum one year of reference assistance experience in a health sciences or higher education library setting required; 2 or more years preferred.
- Experience with integrated library systems, Springshare platform, bibliographic management tools, and presentation/video creation technologies preferred.
- Familiarity with Evidence-Based Medicine/Practice (EBM/EBP) models preferred.
- Knowledge of best practices in information literacy education, reference assistance services, and collection management and development.
- Experience using biomedical and interdisciplinary resources such as Pub Med/MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Scopus preferred.
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Total Rewards:
DMU offers competitive salaries. For this position, the anticipated starting salary is in the mid- to upper- $60,000 range, with the final offer determined based on the selected candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience.
Our employees are what make DMU special, so we treat them well! Our Total Rewards reflect this commitment. Qualified faculty and staff enjoy a generous employer contribution towards the medical plan, 10% retirement match, flexible work arrangements, community service time, tuition assistance, professional development funding, and access to wellness facilities with programs that promote a well-balanced lifestyle. Visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). to learn more about our benefits.
DMU is proud to offer employees generous benefits and perks, paid time off, free use of wellness facilities, and a host of employee engagement and recognition programs throughout the year.
About:
Founded in 1898, Des Moines University is a premier medical and health sciences institution comprising three colleges– College of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, and College of Health Sciences – offering ten graduate degree programs.
Our mission is to improve lives in our global community by educating diverse groups of highly competent and compassionate health professionals.
It is an exciting time to join DMU. In 2023, we relocated our primary academic and operational offices to a new 88-acre campus in West Des Moines, Iowa, while maintaining an active clinic on our…
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