High Reliability welcomes Patrick Rhinehart to the podcast. Patrick is the System Director of Environment of Care & Life Safety at Northside Hospital in Georgia. The Northside System spans 25 counties with five acute-care hospitals, more than 580 outpatient facilities, 4,100 providers, and 25,500 employees.

Episode 5 of "So, You Want to Be..."
In this episode of High Reliability, we re-introduce So, You Want to Be..., a podcast episode dedicated to exploring the various roles available in healthcare facilities management. Patrick became our first Director of Environment of Care and Life Safety guest. He grew his career at Northside, becoming Sr. Project Engineering Coordinator, then Manager of Compliance, and presently the System Director of Environment of Care & Life Safety.

In this episode, we discuss:

Firefighting and landing on the healthcare career path;
Expanding your knowledge base to do your job (13:00);
Learning to enjoy teaching (24:30);
Soft skill versus technical skill breakdown in the EOC/LS role (39:45);
How do I become a System Director? (47:00).

High Reliability, The Healthcare FM Podcast is brought to you by Gosselin/Martin Associates. Our show discusses the issues, challenges, and opportunities within the Facilities Management (FM) function.

New roles
Gosselin/Martin Associates is working with Children's Wisconsin to fill their Vice President, CHW Campus & Support Service role, and Griffin Hospital to fill their Director of Facilities role; see all jobs here.

We anticipate several new jobs to roll out within the next week or so on our site, including another Vice President opportunity. So please check back in for the latest.

So You Want to Be...a System Director of EOC & Life Safety