Medical Research Manager

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. seeks a capable Librarian to manage its Medical and Scientific Resource Center. The role supports attorneys and staff with medical and scientific materials, trials preparation, and research services.

The librarian will oversee budgets, acquisitions, and vendor relationships, while maintaining bibliographic databases and promoting electronic and print resources across the firm.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing budgets and financial controls.
• Ability to coordinate with attorneys, staff and vendors.
• Strong literature research and resource development abilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Medical and Scientific Resource Center operations and planning.
• Prepare and monitor budgets with cost-recovery options.
• Oversee acquisitions and collection development of textbooks and journals.
• Prepare materials for trials and maintain bibliographic databases.
• Liaise with Health Sciences Library Network and interlibrary loan services.
• Promote library tools and training to staff and attorneys.

Skills

Communication

Budget management

Liaison with vendors

Literature research

Tools

Internal bibliographic databases

Electronic and print research tools

Job description

Coordinates and manages medical/scientific research services and provides medical and technical research assistance to attorneys and staff.

Manages and directs Medical and Scientific Resource Center operations, including establishing short and long term plans, goals, objectives and policies and procedures for the Medical and Scientific Resource Center.

Assists with the preparation of the Medical and Scientific Resource Center's budget. Manages and monitors the budget and maintains financial controls for expenditures, including cost recovery options.

Provides oversight of the acquisitions process at all stages.

Coordinates requests with tobacco partners regarding the tobacco medical book/journal budget.

Reviews materials selection and provides collection development of textbooks and journals for the Medical and Scientific Resource Center. Evaluates the collection of core titles and litigation specific needs.

Maintains statistical reports of primary responsibilities, database content, and literature retrieval of the Medical and Scientific Resource Center.

Works closely with litigation teams and the trial coordinator to prepare medical/scientific materials for trials, including important and historical documents. Maintains schedules and content information on the trials.

Routinely evaluates the Medical and Scientific Resource Center's physical space and makes decisions and recommendations for housing the collection.

Serves as the primary liaison between the Medical and Scientific Resource Center and its vendors. Ensures pricing and payment schedules are commercially advantageous to the firm.

Oversees extensive collection of internal bibliographic databases in order to maintain control over historic collection of medical literature collected to support client services.

Markets and promotes the library through orientations and training for legal and administrative staffs to maximize effective use of electronic and print research tools and related technologies.

Conducts and/or monitors special projects, assignments and activities. Collects, compiles and analyzes information from various sources on issues related to trial preparation, exhibit lists, locating potential experts and large literature projects.

Coordinates and manages medical/scientific literature alerts on topics and experts for firm attorneys and analysts.

Acts as a liaison for the firm to the Health Sciences Library Network of Kansas City in order to maintain good relations with area health science libraries and to preserve interlibrary loan services. Provides services and leadership to the network.

Creates, implements, and evaluates library policies. Evaluates and determines staff training and development needs. Reviews work methods and procedures and develops changes to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Routinely keeps track of time in specified intervals and submits time records daily.

Attends workshops, continuing education programs, library conferences and other professional training opportunities.

Maintains a neat and orderly workplace.

Uses excellent communication skills, written and verbal, and is courteous and professional at all times.

Uses adequate safety procedures while carrying out all duties.

Keeps supervisor abreast of current issues and potential problems as they develop; seeks advice as needed.

Benefits Statement

Shook, Hardy & Bacon provides a competitive salary and comprehensive salary and benefits package for professional staff which includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement plan with a generous contribution plan, and paid time off.