Information Services Internship – Summer 2024

Description

The Northwestern Medicine Information Services Summer Internship presents a valuable opportunity for associates, undergraduate and graduate students to gain an experiential education and for Northwestern Medicine to benefit from the service, skills and knowledge that undergraduate and graduate students can offer. 

These 10–12-week paid summer internships are hosted at our downtown Chicago campus. The IS internship provides an unparalleled experience for select aspiring healthcare IT leaders throughout the Northwestern Medicine system. 

The summer intern responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: 

• Uphold the mission, vision, and values of Northwestern Medicine. 
• Successfully complete projects and work tasks assigned. 
• Develop a working knowledge of hospital operations to a degree that allows for the successful completion of projects supporting a variety of hospital operations. 
• Develop working relationships with staff and management that allows for successful business interactions across all levels of the organization. 
• Participation in activities designed for development of interns during their assignment at Northwestern Medicine; which include: 
• New Employee Orientation 
• Networking Opportunities with Senior Leadership 
• Networking Opportunities with other college internship groups within the Northwestern Medicine hospital system  
• Professional Workshops 
• Departmental Presentations led by IS leadership 
• Completion of Intern Innovation Challenge Project & Individual Presentation 

The Northwestern Medicine IS Internship program is broken up into 6 domain areas: 

1 Development 

Opportunities include: 

• Research and Development 
• Software Development 
• Automation 

Candidate should possess the skills or have a passion in developing skills related to the following: 

• Web Development – C#, ASP.Net, .Net Framework, Net Core 
• Web Services – Web (API) WCF, REST 
• Front End Frameworks – Angular, Razor, React, etc. 
• Cloud Azure, GCP, or AWS
• PowerApps 

2 Infrastructure Services 

Opportunities may include but not limited to: 

• Cloud Operations 
• Identity Access Management
• Cybersecurity

Candidate should possess the skills or have a passion in developing skills related to the following: 

• Public Cloud Technologies (e.g. Azure) - Infrastructure as code, containerization, devops, automation, etc. 
• Scripting 
• Security 

3 Data Analytics 

Opportunities may include but not limited to: 

• Epic Reporting 
• Data Ingestion 
• Data Operations 
• Data Analytics 

Candidate should possess the skills or have a passion in developing skills related to the following: 

• SQL, R, Python 
• Data Warehousing 
• Statistics/ Mathematics 
• Tableau/ Power BI 
• Data Modeling 

4 Network Services 

Opportunities may include but not limited to: 

• Voice Services 
• Network Delivery
• Network Security 

Candidate should possess the skills or have a passion in developing skills related to the following: 

• Device and Network troubleshooting 
• Python

5 IS Business Operations  

Opportunities may include but not limited to: 

• Service Management 
• Monitoring 
• Configuration Management 
• Quality Assurance/ Release Management 

Candidate should possess the skills or have a passion in developing skills related to the following: 

• ServiceNow 
• Programing 
• Scripting 
• OS 
• Azure 
• CMDB 
• Identity Management 
• Service Management 
• Visio 
• Agile 
• Cybersecurity 
• API 

6 Clinical Application Support 

Opportunities may include but not limited to: 

• Epic (EMR)
• Imaging 
• OR Technician 
• Diagnostic Services 

Candidate should possess the skills or have a passion in developing skills related to the following: 

• Healthcare administrative management
• Healthcare operations 
• Project management 
• Communication 

Qualifications

Required:

• Current enrollment in an undergraduate program.

Preferred:

• Completion of at least the sophomore year of study.

Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.