Desktop Support Intern
A Desktop Support Specialist (Co-Op / Intern) career at PatientPoint is rewarding and exciting as you will collaborate with all facets of the organization. The primary focus of the role is to provide extremely high-level customer service while solving technical issues involving information technology. We are all about supporting the doctor-patient engagement better and you could be a part of our journey!
What You’ll Do:
- Assist in Provides on-site IT (Information Technology) support for the Cincinnati office and other remote offices.
- Assist in at least one major project during the term where they are accountable and responsible for specific areas of that project.
- Meet with mentor weekly.
- Track efforts and accomplishment for final slide deck for presentation to stakeholders at end of term.
- Performs installations, repairs, upgrades, and maintenance on hardware and equipment.
- Onboarding / Offboarding responsibilities.
- Answers customer questions and resolves issues.
- Manages and maintains ticket queue(s).
- Acts as a liaison with customers on administrative and technical matters for assigned projects. Share best practices and benefit from those of your colleagues through collaboration.
- Performs analyses and prepares reports on system problem trends and issues. Autonomously manage and troubleshoot issues.
- Autonomously manages and troubleshoots issues while taking initiative and ownership.
- Maintain inventory and address all related IT processes through continuous improvement efforts.
- Develop thorough knowledge and understanding of customer challenges, expectations, and success measures where IT support is involved.
- Develop ongoing documentation of inventory via CMDB, processes and practices related to IT policy and directives to support the organization.
- Work collaboratively with all teams, vendors, consultants, and other stakeholders.
- Build and maintain knowledge of PatientPoint products and services.
- Willing to tackle additional tasks / competencies as needed to support the organization.
What We Need:
- Must be a current student enrolled in a college or university
- Highly motivated, self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills
What You’ll Need to Succeed:
- Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining high-performing and trusted customer relationships.
- Professional demeanor to successfully represent and serve as part of the PatientPoint brand.
- Ability to quickly learn and align with the PatientPoint organization, locations, and mission.
- Curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning.
- Motivated self-starter who proactively takes initiative.
- Poise under pressure and ability to work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment.
- Highly effective problem-solver with the ability to quickly acknowledge when issues should be escalated.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills – ability to establish and maintain influential relationships, utilize empathy, and collaborate closely across multiple teams.
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to juggle competing priorities.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Teams, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Willingness to learn how to support a multitude of applications / operating systems and how they interact within the IT framework of the organization.
- Jira and Slack familiarity a plus.
- Server background a plus.
- Understanding and experience in cloud, data centers, and server infrastructure a plus.
- Great organizational skills a must.
- Great interpersonal skills to work with customers.
- Great analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Willingness to go above and beyond to assist the organization improvement efforts for IT.