General Summary

The Building Automation Technician (BAT) is responsible for monitoring various critical hospital systems, initiating emergency codes (Blue, BERT, OB STAT, RRT, etc), taking telephone calls from staff, physicians, visitors, and patients, and dispatching calls for service to various departments. The BAT ensures 24-hour coverage of the department and communicates regularly with hospital leadership, staff, visitors, and patients.

I. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

Critical Systems Monitoring - Follows established policies and procedures to actively monitor, manage, and dispatch staff for numerous hospital life safety systems, including:

• Fire Alarm
• Building Automations / Critical Space Temperature and Humidity Monitoring Systems
• Code Blue / Medical Alert Systems
• Infant Protection
• Panic Alarms
• Access Control / Security Systems
• Medical Gas Alarms
• Emergency Call Boxes
• Pneumatic Tube System