David Tate

Dispatcher at Swedish Medical Center providing infrastructure support for five hospitals, two free standing emergency rooms and approximately 150 specialty and primary care clinics. This includes: “1,512 licensed beds and over 12,000 employees” (Swedish facts and figures web.2015). • Receive process and prioritize facilities engineering, construction, environmental service and biomedical equipment service calls by phone and online using, “Maintenance Connection” work order system. • Use phones, radio's, paging systems, email and text messaging to fill service requests. • Use multiple building automation systems to monitor utility and life safety systems. • Initiate appropriate internal and external responses in building emergencies, coordinate facility responders, local PSAP, hospital incident command and contracted vendor services as needed. • Union delegate and member of 2015 bargaining team representing over 7,000 workers.