Network Technician-(3281036) - Partners Healthcare System

As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community by leading innovation across our system. Founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Mass General Brigham supports a complete continuum of care including community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, a physician network, community health centers, home care, and other health-related entities. Several of our hospitals are teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School, and our system is a national leader in biomedical research.

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Our employees use the Mass General Brigham values to govern decisions, actions, and behaviors. These values guide how we get our work done: Patients, Affordability, Accountability & Service Commitment, Decisiveness, Innovation & Thoughtful Risk; and how we treat each other: Diversity & Inclusion, Integrity & Respect, Learning, Continuous Improvement & Personal Growth, Teamwork & Collaboration.

The Opporunity

The individual will report to the Community Hospital Digital Technicians Manager with supervision from Salem Hospital's designated manager/Supervisor. The position will reside at Salem Hospital's main campus and will generally support the computer hardware at this location and supported sites.

At the manager or supervisor's discretion, the individual may be required to travel to off-site locations in support of projects or provide support when needed. As a member of the Community Hospital Tech team, the individual might be asked to travel to other Community hospitals to help when needed. All travel from the main campus will be reimbursed at the MGB standard rate.

The individual will work the assigned shift and use the MGB time clocks at the start and end of the shift to document the hours worked. The Manager/Supervisor will be notified at least three days before any planned time off. If the individual needs to be out for sickness or an emergency, they will notify the Manager/Supervisor before the shift starts.

Individuals will be required to support all areas of the hospital, including locations that require the use of Personal Protection Equipment, and PPE. Individuals will be trained in its use and will follow all precautions requiring the use of PPE. Before entering any area that requires the use of PPE individuals will work with the clinical staff to ensure all policies are adhered to.

Under the direction of the Manager or Supervisor Desktop Technicians, the Network Technician provides level 2 technical support to Partners HealthCare Information Systems (IS) departments, medical practices and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) end-user community in regards to Partners HealthCare managed devices. Managed devices include, but are not limited to, desktop workstations, laptops, tablets, monitors, network printers, local printers, label printers, wristband printers, prescription printers, document scanners, barcode scanners and other peripheral devices.
Responsibilities include operational support for production systems, key business applications and desktop resources; the Partners eCare (PeC) environment, printer and workstation inventories and mappings; as well as, software installation, network connectivity testing, troubleshooting, hardware deployment, moves & changes and ticket documentation.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provides break/fix technical support for networked and stand-alone Partners managed devices to comply with Service Level Agreement. Prioritizes issues by level of urgency.
• Escalates unresolved issues to appropriate level 3 IS Support Services team.
• Collaborates with other Partners IS support groups as appropriate for support, troubleshooting of hardware, software, cabling, and network infrastructure problems.
• Provides setup and configuration of network devices using standard OS tools, Epic tools, and Partners developed tools. Complies with standard naming conventions and modifies existing equipment settings and environments in accordance with Partners standards.
• Participates in the execution of large hardware deployment projects or departmental moves.
• Performs scheduled preventative maintenance on desktop and laptop workstations including, reimaging build, data backup and restoration, cleaning physical hardware, replacement of broken or out of warranty hardware and cable management.
• Backup and restore primary user data stored on the local hard drive of private devices using data migration software User State Migration Tool (USMT).
• Documents work performed in the work log of Incident tickets and work order Tasks within ServiceNow service management software.
• Uses the Partners HealthCare values to govern decisions, actions and behaviors. These values guide how we get our work done: Patients, Affordability, Accountability & Service Commitment, Decisiveness, Innovation & Thoughtful Risk; and how we treat each other: Diversity & Inclusion, Integrity & Respect, Learning, Continuous Improvement & Personal Growth, Teamwork & Collaboration.
• Occasional after hours and weekend work for shift coverage or to perform tasks that cannot be done during business hours.
• Assumes on-call responsibilities on a scheduled rotation.
• Other duties as assigned.

• One year experience in a Customer Service focused environment, preferably in healthcare.
• Minimum six months experience with hands-on installation, configuration, troubleshooting and repair of workstations, laptops and printers.
• Ability to frequently lift and carry supplies and hardware weighing up to 25 pounds.
• CompTIA, Microsoft or ITIL certifications are a plus.

Skills/Abilities/Competencies Required:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize work demands
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to be flexible, versatile and adaptable in day-to-day activities
• General knowledge of desktop and laptop computers, printers and other computing equipment
• General knowledge of operating systems (e.g., Windows) and popular software solutions (e.g., Office 365, Internet browsers)
• General understanding of networking concepts and networking equipment including hubs, routers and cabling infrastructure
• General understanding of information security concepts and software (e.g., Windows Defender, McAfee AntiVirus, BitLocker, ForeScout Network Access Control)
• Commitment to providing superior customer service and delivering work in a timely and accurate manner following established company standards

Working Conditions:
Individual will reside at the MGH main campus and respond frequently to off campus MGH and PHS sites to support administrative offices and medical practices across the greater Boston area.

Mass General Brigham is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives, and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under the law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.