Summer 2025

Summer Intern

Software Engineering

Posted on 4/15/2025

Vizient

Vizient

1,001-5,000 employees

Healthcare performance improvement and supply chain

Compensation Overview

$24/hr

Chicago, IL, USA

In Person

Category
Software Engineering (2)
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Requirements
  • Enrolled in a four-year accredited college, university, or graduate program in good academic standing.
  • Must have completed the sophomore year as an undergraduate before the start of the internship or recently completed your degree.
  • Basic understanding of working in a hybrid environment, workplace ethics, and effective communication.
  • Good organization and planning skills, and demonstrate effective project coordination, facilitation, and implementation based on past work or school experiences.
  • Effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to analyze and synthesize information for problem-solving are preferred.
  • Strong interpersonal skills for interacting across the team and potentially with internal Vizient business partners, external members, and suppliers.
Responsibilities
  • Contribute to High Priority Projects
  • Utilize Advance Technologies
  • Support Operational Efficiency Initiatives
  • Analyze and Solve Business Problems
  • Gain Hands-On Experience with Emerging Tools
Desired Qualifications
  • Effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to analyze and synthesize information for problem-solving are preferred.

Vizient helps healthcare providers improve efficiency and patient outcomes through data-driven solutions. It serves academic medical centers, health systems, community and rural hospitals, and ambulatory care providers. Its offerings include supply chain management, clinical and operational performance improvement, and strategic consulting, delivered through a membership model with access to analytics and expert guidance. By combining data analytics, industry insights, and scale, Vizient aims to help members reduce costs and deliver high-quality, cost-effective care.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$2B

Headquarters

Irving, Texas

Founded

1977

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What believers are saying

  • Empierus expands IT spend management in cybersecurity, cloud, and AI contracting.
  • Kaufman Hall deepens strategic advisory capabilities across cost and market performance.
  • PrefTech OR and Safe & Reliable broaden workflow and high-reliability offerings.

What critics are saying

  • Hospitals keep more procurement work in-house, pressuring Vizient's savings-based fees.
  • Heavy dependence on acute-care providers creates concentration risk and renegotiation exposure.
  • Integrating multiple acquisitions strains sales motions, delivery models, and cross-sell execution.

What makes Vizient unique

  • Member-owned platform serving 97% of U.S. academic medical centers.
  • Combines purchasing, analytics, advisory, and software across healthcare operations.
  • Network scale gives benchmark data across $140 billion annual purchasing volume.

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Benefits

Five weeks (25 days) of PTO

Nine paid company holidays & one floating holiday

Four weeks to work from anywhere in the U.S.

High-deductible health plans

Dental and vision coverage

Health savings account with company contribution

Flexible spending accounts

Headspace wellness app

401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 5 percent

Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance

Short-term illness and long-term disability coverage

Tuition assistance program

Discounts on cell phone plans, movie tickets, hotels & much more

Company News

Business Wire
Jun 26th, 2024
Vizient to Acquire Kaufman Hall, Expanding Advisory Expertise for Healthcare Industry

Vizient announced that it has exercised its option to acquire the remaining interest in Kaufman Hall, a strategic advisor to the healthcare industry.

Business Wire
Oct 31st, 2023
Vizient Announces Acquisition of PrefTech OR, a Next-generation Physician Preference Card Management Technology

Vizient announces it has acquired PrefTech OR's next-generation, cloud-based preference card management software for healthcare providers.

Business Wire
Aug 2nd, 2022
Vizient Acquires Safe & Reliable Healthcare, Creates New Streamlined Solution for Sustained Delivery of Safe Healthcare

Vizient has acquired Safe & Reliable Healthcare, a leading provider of high reliability services for sustained delivery of safer patient care.

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