Clinical Applications – Service Desk

Deercreekseniorliving; Eagle (ID); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) with company match

Ongoing training & development

Job summary

The Pennant Group is seeking a Clinical Applications Service Desk Resource to support clinical software across our healthcare network. You will provide hands-on support by phone, email, and tickets, troubleshoot issues, and guide staff to effective solutions.

The role emphasizes customer service, training, and proactive problem solving, with a focus on security, compliance, and performance monitoring. Travel up to 50% to supported locations is required.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of general customer support, training, implementation, project management, or clinical application user experience in HCHB.
• Additional experience with Homecare Homebase, Forcura, Waystar, Medalogix, NVOQ, supply interfaces, medication interfaces, or other clinical applications is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute the timely and accurate resolution of service desk tickets related to clinical applications. Escalate issues as necessary.
• Provide hands‑on telephone, email, and ticket‑based technical support for clinical applications, including troubleshooting, configuration, and maintenance.
• Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction by maintaining clear and effective communication with agency staff, resources, and other stakeholders.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve service desk efficiency and effectiveness. Monitor and analyze metrics to identify areas for improvement.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of help desk processes, procedures, and resolutions.
• Monitor application performance, usage, and user reports to identify and resolve issues that impact daily operations.
• Implement and enforce security measures to protect applications and data from unauthorized access.
• Ensure all service desk activities comply with relevant regulations, policies, and standards.
• Stay updated with industry trends, new technologies, and best practices to continually enhance service desk operations.
• Coordinate and provide training for internal team and end‑users on clinical applications and related technologies.
• Identify support trends and recurring issues in local operations to create education and self‑support options for resolution.
• Foster strong relationships with end‑users across all departments and operational areas.
• Understand their needs and challenges, ensuring that the portfolio of clinical applications and the local use of specific applications meet their requirements and contribute to the organization’s overall success.
• Stay abreast of the latest developments in clinical software and technology, including new vendor software features and new‑to‑market services that achieve operational goals.
• Propose and implement innovative solutions that can further enhance operational efficiency and financial performance.

Skills

Customer support

Training

Implementation

Project management

Clinical applications (HCHB, Homecare,

Analytical skills

Tools

HCHB

Homecare Homebase

Forcura

Waystar

Medalogix

NVOQ

Job description

About the Company

Pennant Services is one of the most dynamic and progressive companies in the rapidly expanding senior living, home health, hospice, and home care industries. Affiliates of Pennant Services now operate 250 senior living, home health, hospice and home care operations across the United States! These operations have no corporate headquarters or traditional management hierarchy. Instead, they operate independently with support from the “Service Center,” a world-class service team that provides the centralized clinical, legal, risk management, HR, training, accounting, IT, and other resources necessary to allow on-site leaders and caregivers to focus squarely on day-to-day care and business issues in their agencies. Something else that sets us apart from other companies is the quality of our most valuable resources – our people! We are dedicated to living out our culture as defined by our core values, “CAPLICO”: Customer Second, Accountability. Passion for Learning, Love One Another, Intelligent Risk Taking, Celebrate, Ownership. By incorporating these principles at all levels of our organization, our employees feel valued and excited about their impact on our service center team members and operational partners. Our culture fosters excellence both personally and professionally and promotes development that leads to continued success.

Overview

The Clinical Applications Service Desk Resource role is designed to support the use of clinical applications within our healthcare organization, helping operations utilize systems and identify and correct issues in a timely manner. The Service Desk Resource will ensure the efficient and effective resolution of user issues, manage and maintain proactive support and self-support tools, provide guidance and training to staff, and maintain excellent customer service standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Support & Issue Resolution:
  Execute the timely and accurate resolution of service desk tickets related to clinical applications. Escalate issues as necessary. Provide hands‑on telephone, email, and ticket‑based technical support for clinical applications, including troubleshooting, configuration, and maintenance.
• Customer Service:
  Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction by maintaining clear and effective communication with agency staff, resources, and other stakeholders.
• Process Improvement:
  Develop and implement strategies to improve service desk efficiency and effectiveness. Monitor and analyze metrics to identify areas for improvement. Maintain comprehensive documentation of help desk processes, procedures, and resolutions.
• Performance Monitoring:
  Monitor application performance, usage, and user reports to identify and resolve issues that impact daily operations.
• Security Management:
  Implement and enforce security measures to protect applications and data from unauthorized access. Execute SOP’s consistently to ensure compliance with user account management, access, and usage policies and procedures.
• Compliance & Best Practices:
  Ensure all service desk activities comply with relevant regulations, policies, and standards. Stay updated with industry trends, new technologies, and best practices to continually enhance service desk operations.
• Training & Support:
  Coordinate and provide training for internal team and end‑users on clinical applications and related technologies. Identify support trends and recurring issues in local operations to create education and self‑support options for resolution.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Foster strong relationships with end‑users across all departments and operational areas. Understand their needs and challenges, ensuring that the portfolio of clinical applications and the local use of specific applications meet their requirements and contribute to the organization’s overall success.
• Innovation and Improvement:
  Stay abreast of the latest developments in clinical software and technology, including new vendor software features and new‑to‑market services that achieve operational goals. Propose and implement innovative solutions that can further enhance operational efficiency and financial performance.

Job Requirements

• 1+ years of general customer support, training, implementation, project management, or clinical application user experience in HCHB. Additional experience with Homecare Homebase, Forcura, Waystar, Medalogix, NVOQ, supply interfaces, medication interfaces, or other clinical applications is a plus. Strong problem‑solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.

Additional Information

We are committed to providing a competitive Total Rewards Package that meets our employees’ needs. We offer a comprehensive benefits package from a choice of medical, dental, and vision plans to retirement savings opportunities through a 401(k), company match, and various other features. We believe in great work, and we celebrate our employees' efforts and accomplishments both locally and companywide, recognizing people daily through our Moments of Truth Program.

In addition to recognition, we believe in supporting our employees' professional growth and development. We provide employees with a wide range of free e-courses through our Learning Management System, as well as training sessions and seminars.

Compensation

Compensation: Based on experience.

Type: Full Time

Travel: 50% to supported locations

About The Pennant Group

You can learn more about The Pennant Group at www.pennantgroup.com #Hybrid The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets.

More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com. Pennant Group is one of the most dynamic and progressive companies in the rapidly expanding senior living, home health, hospice, and home care industries. Affiliates of Pennant now operate more than 250 senior living, home health, hospice, and home care operations across 16 states and we are growing! These operations have no corporate headquarters or traditional management hierarchy. Instead, they operate independently with support from the “Service Center,” a world‑class service team that provides the centralized clinical, legal, risk management, HR, training, accounting, IT and other resources necessary to allow on‑site leaders and caregivers to focus squarely on day‑to‑day care and business issues in their individual agencies. More information about Pennant is available at https://pennantgroup.com/.

Something else that sets us apart from other companies is the quality of our most valuable resources – our people! We are dedicated to living out our culture as defined by our core values, CAPLICO: Customer Second Accountability Passion for Learning Love One Another Intelligent Risk Taking Celebrate Ownership By incorporating these principles at all levels of our organization, our employees feel valued and excited about their impact on our service center team members and operational partners. Our culture fosters excellence both personally and professionally and promotes development that leads to continued success.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.