Infrastructure/Comm Engineer
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
1 day ago
Remote
United States
Automation
About Children’s Minnesota
Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrensMN.org.
Children’s Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023’s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.
Position Summary
The Patient Care Infrastructure and Communications Engineer performs system design, operational support and maintenance for multiple large, distributed patient care infrastructure systems, applications; nursecall system, critical alert and notification systems, staff safety and real-time location services (RTLS) systems, contact center (CCaaS) system and other patient care communication systems. This role is responsible for advancing continuous improvements in metrics related to availability, reliability, quality and efficiency in service restoration, resource provisioning and time-to-production. Measures and optimizes system performance to advance our capabilities, get ahead of customer needs and continuously innovate. Documents actions and problem resolutions so findings can be turned into repeatable solutions that can be automated. Collaborates, mentors and shares knowledge of advanced skills, complex processes with other staff. Troubleshoots and debugs issues across various business and IT services and associated systems and applications. Participates in governance processes and programs such as project management, change management, incident management, project management and on-call activities.
Location (e.g. remote or on-site)\: Remote
DHS Background Study Required? No
License/Certification/Registration required? No
Education\:
*BA/BS/MS or equivalent work experience, including 5+ years of infrastructure experience.
Experience\:
*Experience working in Microsoft Office365 environment is required.
*Experience working within a ServiceNow incident management (ticket) environment is desired.
*Experience working with and supporting Nurse Call systems like Rauland Responder Nurse Call and Overhead Announcement / Intercom systems is preferred.
*Experience working with and supporting Staff Safety systems like PinPoint is preferred.
*Experience working with and supporting Critical Event Management systems like Everbridge is preferred.
*Experience working with and supporting Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) like Stanley, Centrak is desired.
*Experience working with and supporting modern Contact Center solutions like Avaya, TalkDesk or NICE InContact is preferred.
*Experience working with and supporting Clinical Communications and Collaboration systems like Cerner CareAware, PerfectServe Telmediq and/or Vocera is preferred.
*Experience working with and supporting enterprise paging systems like Spok and Code Blue is preferred.
*Experience with infrastructure observability, logging, monitoring and tracing platforms is preferred.
*Experience with disaster recovery architectures, high availability, redundancy, failover/failback processes, backup solutions, etc. is preferred.
*Experience managing vendor relationships is desired.
*Experience collaborating on procurement and contract negotiations is desired.
*Experience working in a Healthcare environment is desired.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities\:
*Strong technical knowledge of enterprise hardware and software systems for integrations, communication routing, automated messaging, patient nurse call and security workflows.
*Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
*Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
*Strong written and verbal communication skills.
*Ability to read blueprints and construction drawings.
*Ability to present ideas in human-readable, audience appropriate language.
*Strong technical documentation creation skills.
*Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
*Willingness to work scheduled on-call hours as part of team rotation.
*Commits to continuous learning/improvement in diversity, inclusion and cultural competence.
Physical Demands
Please click here to view the Physical Demands
The posted salary represents a market competitive range based on salary survey benchmark data for similar roles in the local or national market. Annual salaries displayed are based on full-time employment (40 standard hrs per week). Annual salaries for part-time positions will be prorated based on the employee’s scheduled weekly hours in relation to the full-time standard. When determining individual pay rates, we carefully consider a wide range of factors including but not limited to market indicators for the specific role, the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate, internal equity and organizational needs.
In addition to your salary, this position may be eligible for medical, dental, vision, retirement, and other fringe benefits. Positions that require night, weekend or on-call work may be eligible for shift differentials or premium pay.
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment, drug screen, background investigation, and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
Children’s Minnesota is proud to be an equal opportunity employer whose staff is representative of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrensMN.org.
Children’s Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023’s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.
Position Summary
The Patient Care Infrastructure and Communications Engineer performs system design, operational support and maintenance for multiple large, distributed patient care infrastructure systems, applications; nursecall system, critical alert and notification systems, staff safety and real-time location services (RTLS) systems, contact center (CCaaS) system and other patient care communication systems. This role is responsible for advancing continuous improvements in metrics related to availability, reliability, quality and efficiency in service restoration, resource provisioning and time-to-production. Measures and optimizes system performance to advance our capabilities, get ahead of customer needs and continuously innovate. Documents actions and problem resolutions so findings can be turned into repeatable solutions that can be automated. Collaborates, mentors and shares knowledge of advanced skills, complex processes with other staff. Troubleshoots and debugs issues across various business and IT services and associated systems and applications. Participates in governance processes and programs such as project management, change management, incident management, project management and on-call activities.
Location (e.g. remote or on-site)\: Remote
DHS Background Study Required? No
License/Certification/Registration required? No
Education\:
*BA/BS/MS or equivalent work experience, including 5+ years of infrastructure experience.
Experience\:
*Experience working in Microsoft Office365 environment is required.
*Experience working within a ServiceNow incident management (ticket) environment is desired.
*Experience working with and supporting Nurse Call systems like Rauland Responder Nurse Call and Overhead Announcement / Intercom systems is preferred.
*Experience working with and supporting Staff Safety systems like PinPoint is preferred.
*Experience working with and supporting Critical Event Management systems like Everbridge is preferred.
*Experience working with and supporting Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) like Stanley, Centrak is desired.
*Experience working with and supporting modern Contact Center solutions like Avaya, TalkDesk or NICE InContact is preferred.
*Experience working with and supporting Clinical Communications and Collaboration systems like Cerner CareAware, PerfectServe Telmediq and/or Vocera is preferred.
*Experience working with and supporting enterprise paging systems like Spok and Code Blue is preferred.
*Experience with infrastructure observability, logging, monitoring and tracing platforms is preferred.
*Experience with disaster recovery architectures, high availability, redundancy, failover/failback processes, backup solutions, etc. is preferred.
*Experience managing vendor relationships is desired.
*Experience collaborating on procurement and contract negotiations is desired.
*Experience working in a Healthcare environment is desired.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities\:
*Strong technical knowledge of enterprise hardware and software systems for integrations, communication routing, automated messaging, patient nurse call and security workflows.
*Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
*Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
*Strong written and verbal communication skills.
*Ability to read blueprints and construction drawings.
*Ability to present ideas in human-readable, audience appropriate language.
*Strong technical documentation creation skills.
*Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
*Willingness to work scheduled on-call hours as part of team rotation.
*Commits to continuous learning/improvement in diversity, inclusion and cultural competence.
Physical Demands
Please click here to view the Physical Demands
The posted salary represents a market competitive range based on salary survey benchmark data for similar roles in the local or national market. Annual salaries displayed are based on full-time employment (40 standard hrs per week). Annual salaries for part-time positions will be prorated based on the employee’s scheduled weekly hours in relation to the full-time standard. When determining individual pay rates, we carefully consider a wide range of factors including but not limited to market indicators for the specific role, the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate, internal equity and organizational needs.
In addition to your salary, this position may be eligible for medical, dental, vision, retirement, and other fringe benefits. Positions that require night, weekend or on-call work may be eligible for shift differentials or premium pay.
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment, drug screen, background investigation, and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
Children’s Minnesota is proud to be an equal opportunity employer whose staff is representative of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.