Control Room Technician, full time, Overnights - Pennsylvania Hospital

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Control Room Technician to oversee critical building systems at a leading academic medical center. This role involves monitoring and maintaining essential operations, ensuring safety protocols, and fostering excellent vendor relationships. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about patient care, this position offers an opportunity to contribute to meaningful healthcare advancements while enjoying comprehensive benefits and a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits program

Prepaid tuition assistance

Employee wellness programs

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in a hospital or large facility required.
• Completion of a Trade school preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor various building systems from a central control center.
• Accept maintenance service calls and log incidents.
• Ensure patient and customer satisfaction through timely responses.

Skills

Building Automation Systems (BAS)

Medical Gas Systems

Pneumatic Tube Systems

Fire Alarm Systems

Customer Service

Education

H.S. Diploma/GED

Trade School Completion

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Control Room Technician, full time, Overnights - Pennsylvania Hospital

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Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Summary:

• The Control Room Technician at Pennsylvania Hospital is responsible for monitoring various building systems from a central control center. Systems include Building Automation, Temp Trac, Pneumatic Tube, Medical Gas, Electrical / Low Voltage, Fire Alarm and Life Safety systems. The Control Room Technician will accept maintenance service calls after hours, weekends, holidays, and dispatch as needed. The Control Room Technician will also monitor scheduled utility shutdowns, log fire alarm, log incidents and inform the next shift and Team Leader of the status and complete daily logs and reports. The Control Room Technician will also act as point of contact for vendors responding to service calls - logging their arrival and departure.

Responsibilities:

• OPERATIONS: Monitor BAS for proper operations, make adjustments as needed. If adjustments cannot be made, report alarms to the mechanics to make adjustments. If repairs to the BAS are needed contact Team Leader for follow-up action. Monitor the Medical Gas Systems, make adjustments as needed. If adjustments cannot be made, contact supervisors for follow-up action. Monitor the Pneumatic Tube System, make needed adjustments if possible. Notify the evening /night mechanics if issues cannot be repaired from the control room, escalate to outside service is needed. Monitor the Nurse Call System for proper operations, make adjustments as needed. If adjustments cannot be made, report it to the Team Leader for follow-up action. Receive Maintenance service calls after hours and on weekends and holidays. Monitor systems during scheduled utility shutdowns. Check in all outside vendors that are on site for service repairs. Monitor and log all the temp trac alarms, make adjustments and notify end users if alarm cannot be cleared.

Patient and Employee Safety: Participates in Entity and Department wide initiatives for Patient /Employee safety. Demonstrates an awareness of patient/ employee safety when carrying out daily responsibilities of their position. Validation of annual competencies required for the position.

Communication: Communicates with fellow employees, remembering the importance of patient and guest satisfaction and quality of care. Champions our successes and priorities for improving performance in meeting and exceeding patient and customer expectations in support of the UPHS mission.

Customer Satisfaction: Develop good working relationships with all contracted vendors. Ensures patient and customer satisfaction through timely and efficient response to work requests. Direct focus on integration of services within hospital operations to improve services to patients and customers.

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• H.S. Diploma/GED required.
• 2+ years’ experience in a hospital or large facility required.
• Completion of a Trade school preferred.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, or any other status protected by law.