The IT Communications Specialist is responsible for the overall coordination of one or more of the Service Management processes, measuring the performance and compliance to targeted service levels ensuring the quality and availability of critical OU Health IT services.
Essential Responsibilities
Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position.
- Monitoring and ensuring adherence to OU Health Service Management processes
- Participation in the continued enablement of core Service Management processes on OU Health supporting systems
- Monitoring the complete logging, prioritization, response and tracking of all IT service requests, interruptions or changes
- Working with OU Health’s other core service managers and their respective processes
- Ensure the provision of process performance reporting
- Assist in the identification and management of Major Incidents or Changes affecting critical OU Health services or impacting patient safety
- Attend and monitor OU Health Operations Huddle
General Responsibilities
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
Experience Requirements
- 0-3 years of experience working in an IT Service Management environment required.
- Experience working as a fulfiller on a ServiceNow platform and in supporting IT services within a healthcare environment preferred.
License/Certification/Registration Requirements
- Current version of ITIL Certification required within 1 year of hire
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required:
- Demonstrated knowledge and familiarity of ITIL service management processes enabled on an automated ticketing system
- Knowledge of the working with ITIL processes
- Ability and desire to absorb the experience and knowledge of more experienced Service Managers.
- Ability to shift priorities and manage change with a positive outcome
- Provide outstanding client service, meet high quality standards for services and meet or exceed client expectations. Proactive in seeking innovative ways in which to help others
- Strong reactive problem-solving and resolution skills, takes initiative and uses good judgment, excellent follow-up skills
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of the ETS organization and collaborate well in a team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written), professional demeanor and presentation
- High attention to detail, outstanding organizational skills and the ability to manage time effectively
- Requires the ability to assist and participate under pressure to meet strict deadlines, effectively prioritize multiple tasks
- Recognize confidential, sensitive, and proprietary information and maintain such information as confidential
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 0-3 years of experience working in an IT Service Management environment
- Current version of ITIL certification within one year of hire
- Experience as a fulfiller on a ServiceNow platform
- Experience supporting IT services within a healthcare environment
What We Do
OU Health is the state’s only comprehensive academic health system of hospitals, clinics and centers of excellence. With 11,000 employees and more than 1,300 physicians and advanced practice providers, OU Health is home to Oklahoma’s largest doctor network with a complete range of specialty care. OU Health serves Oklahoma and the region with the state’s only freestanding children’s hospital, the only National Cancer Institute-Designated OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center and Oklahoma’s flagship hospital, which serves as the state’s only Level 1 trauma center. Becker’s Hospital Review named University of Oklahoma Medical Center one of the 100 Great Hospitals in America for 2020. OU Health’s oncology program at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center was named Oklahoma’s top facility for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report in its 2020-21 rankings. OU Health also was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as high performing in these specialties: Colon Surgery, COPD and Congestive Heart Failure. OU Health’s mission is to lead healthcare in patient care, education and research.
