Regional Facilities Management Director
The Regional Facilities Management Director provides leadership within a defined region for ongoing TJC readiness, compliance with local, state, federal, and regulatory requirements, and maintenance of compliance documentation. The role provides completion of annual audits of hospitals within the assigned region and additional audits outside the region as required. The Regional Facilities Management Director is responsible for helping to create an environment and culture that enables hospitals to fulfill the mission by meeting or exceeding its goals, conveying the organization's mission to staff, holding staff accountable for performance, and motivating staff to improve performance.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
- Provides facilities management leadership to hospital administration, facilities management staff.
- Provides technical advice to hospital administration and facilities management staff.
- Provides input for the development/revision of policies and procedures for area of responsibility.
- Acts as a subject matter expert on environment of care, life safety, and emergency management programs.
- Provides support on a proactive basis with accreditation and regulatory compliance activities.
- Assists facilities management staff with Life Safety Code assessment of hospital buildings.
- Assists facilities management staff with preparation of Statement of Conditions.
- Assists facilities management staff with ongoing monitoring of Plan for Improvement progress.
- Develops and directs programs for internal and external building maintenance.
- Shares best maintenance practices with facilities management.
- Serves as liaison between regional hospitals and corporate contacts for area of responsibility.
- Coordinates between parties with respect to capital projects, physical facility maintenance, and performance improvement and cost control initiatives.
- Assists individual hospital design/build teams as needed with capital projects.
- Understands all aspects of capital projects, from initial planning through funding approval and project execution.
- Networks with individual Directors of Facilities Management on operational and logistical plans.
- Consults on long-range planning, capital equipment replacement, construction, renovations, alterations, and hospital/clinical needs.
- Measures and monitors performance against the region's strategy, goals, and operational agenda.
- Seeks to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Interacts with regional/national contacts on priority initiatives/consistency/standardization.
- Travels within the region as required.
- Meets position requirements and performs essential functions.
- Completes mandatory training and courses required by completion date.
- Reports questionable or potentially unsafe situations, concerns, complaints or harassment.
- Interprets blueprints, works from sketches or verbal instructions.
- Possesses explicit knowledge of building-specific Life Safety Code requirements in order to appropriately oversee construction activities, maintain Code compliance, and administer the Statement of Conditions reporting function.
Qualifications
License or Certification:
- Membership in State or National Healthcare Engineering Association preferred
- CHFM Preferred
- Valid Driver's License
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and/or 5-7 years of hospital maintenance and/or construction experience in a healthcare setting required.
- Minimum of 5 years supervisory experience with 5 years current experience in facilities equipment and systems operation (chiller, steam boilers, hydronic systems, building controls, electrical, and air handlers) in a health care institution.
- Broad knowledge of TJC Standards, OSHA, EPA, NFPA and other government, state, and local regulatory agencies standards.
- Leadership skills to lead a diverse workforce with varying abilities and skills.
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