Healthcare Facilities Network

High Reliability, the podcast that focuses on the world of healthcare facilities management, welcomes Stephen Terrano.  Stephen is presently Director of Engineering at the Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY.  Vassar Brothers is a member of the  Nuvance Health healthcare network. If you are soon opening a new hospital, or if you are just interested in stories from a career spent in Engineering, listen to Steve. Most recently, in 2021, Vassar Brothers Medical Center completed a $550 million expansion which doubled the number of available rooms. New building openings, in this case, the opening of a new Patient Pavilion, are never smooth, and Steve and I spend a great deal of time in the podcast discussing the opportunities and challenges in opening a new building.Prior to joining Vassar Brothers, Steve was a Director Of Engineering And Operations at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY. Steve has also owned his own MEP firm in New York City. He has worked for Carrier Corporation, Johnson Controls, and as an  Executive Vice President for Sodexo.   Topics in today's High Reliability include:Fatherly advice on joining healthcare to give back, and making mistakes  (3:30);Valuable insights on  working for yourself, working in contract services, and working as a direct hospital employee (13:00);Mission statements and core values (19:00)Lessons in opening up a new hospital building, including The Because List (24:00);Challenge the known and accept the unknown (32:00);The 90-Day Rule (44:00).As always, thank you for listening!Jobs, Jobs, JobsWe have many job opportunities we are recruiting for, including two Vice President roles and three Director roles, and a Director of Planning, Design, and Construction. See here.

High Reliability, the podcast that focuses on the world of healthcare facilities management, takes a look back at the month that was in healthcare facilities with The News in 5 for April 2022. This quick podcast sounds the alarm on the availability of experienced healthcare facilities management talent. Topics discussed include: The Market: We discuss some disturbing employee trends;The Organization: We look at large organizations, and the challenge of work/life balance while working in healthcare;Career Best Practice: Leadership lessons from World War II and B-24 Bomber veteran (and Hollywood legend) Jimmy Stewart via the book “Mission, Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe.”G/MA Nuggets1) We have many job opportunities we are recruiting for, including two Vice President roles and four Director roles. See here.

High Reliability welcomes Scott Hemingway to the podcast. Scott has an interesting and unique career journey, he is presently the Director Of Security and Parking at Signature Healthcare, in Brockton, Massachusetts.  Prior to joining Brockton Hospital in 2019, Scott spent 10 years with LifeSpan, a RI-based healthcare system.  Scott has a completely different professional life prior to beginning his healthcare employment. In  2008, he retired as a Lieutenant after 23 years of service to the Rhode Island State Police. Scott also has military experience which includes being a Staff Sergeant with the Rhode Island National Guard, where he was assigned to the 243rd Regional Training Institute as a Certified Instructor. Areas of instruction included Military Police School, Nonlethal Weapons, and Modern Army Combatives.  Scott owns his own consulting firm,  The Hemingway Group, located in Warwick, RI. More information on The Hemingway Group can be found below. In this episode, we discuss:A unique career path, from Military Police duty in the Philipines to delivering a baby with the RI State Police;Healthcare surprise: What Scott did not expect to find, but found, in his transition from law enforcement to healthcare  (18:00);Equipping staff to deal with combative patients and family members in a chaotic age of Covid (23:30);Hospital risk and security (35:00);The importance of Critical Thinking in today's workplace  (38:50);TJC emergency standards at the top of Scott's mind (56:30).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. About the Hemingway GroupThe Hemingway Group is a Security Consulting service that specializes in finding solutions to the multidimensional and asymmetrical security issues that continually plague all facets of Government, Businesses, Educational Institutions, and Healthcare Systems. THGLLC conducts Vulnerability/Risk Assessments, Threat Assessments, and Security Evaluations. Please find more information about the Hemingway Group here.New rolesGosselin/Martin Associates is working with Children's Wisconsin to fill their Vice President, CHW Campus & Support Service role, Bassett Healthcare Network to fill their Vice President, Non-Clinical Support Services, as well as Griffin Hospital in Connecticut, Holy Cross Hospital in Florida, and Everett Hospital in Massachusetts to fill their Director of Facilities Management roles. We are also forwarding interested candidates directly to the University of Vermont Medical Center for their open Plant Operator positions. See all jobs here. 

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 rolesGosselin/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. 

High Reliability welcomes Oluyemi Oshinowo to the podcast. Oluyemi is the Healthcare Facility Manager at the Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre and Specialist Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Oluyemi becomes our first guest from the Continent of Africa.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.  The Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre and Specialist Hospital provides Nigeria's first world-class, one-stop centre for the comprehensive treatment of cancer and specialist conditions. Marcelle Ruth was opened to provide easily accessible, world-class cancer treatment. Built on Victoria Island, Lagos, they offer the highest standards of care with the latest treatments and technology in comfortable surroundings.As Oluyemi and I discuss Nigeria and healthcare facilities management, we look at some similarities and some differences, including:The genesis of the Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre & Specialist Hospital, and some background on Lagos and local care;Career paths, making a move to healthcare facilities management (18:00);Creating change and learning (28:00);On facing challenges (50:00).Thanks to Oluyemi for appearing on the podcast!Links to further information on topics Oluyemi discussed on the pod1) To view Oluyemi's hospital, see here https://marcelleruth.com2) Oleyumi mentions two local items in the podcast; learn more here   https://nigerianfinder.com/how-to-know-original-shea-butter-in-nigeria/and https://www.allnigerianrecipes.com/fufu-recipes/pounded-yam/New rolesGosselin/Martin Associates is working with 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 at least one Vice President opportunity. Please check back in for the latest. 

High Reliability welcomes Lamar Davis to the podcast. Lamar is the Director of Facilities Engineering & Support Services at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in Chicago, IL.  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. Lamar has had a lengthy career in healthcare facilities management in the Chicagoland area. In addition to the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Lamar has worked in facility leadership roles at  Access Community Health Network, Provena Health, and Advocate Health. Lamar has volunteered nationally and locally with the American Society of Healthcare Engineering. He has mentored individuals throughout his career.   Our far-ranging conversation speaks to the soft skills needed in healthcare facilities management, to which Lamar offers several insights. Additional topics covered include:About the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, and unique challenges directing a facility located in America's third-largest city;Working with staff to find and cultivate interpersonal skills (13:00);The Great Resignation, and creating an Apprenticeship program to help alleviate  (23:00);Lamar's strategic career path, and having fun while navigating it (27:30);The changing nature of the facilities discipline, and Lamar's thoughts on the balance of soft skill versus hard skills needed in leadership positions (44:00);Mentors, taking on a mentoring role, and overcoming the thought that I will be replaced if I share what I know  (47:00).Thank you for listening to the High Reliability podcast. To learn more about the Ability Lab, please see https://www.sralab.orgComing AttractionsPlease stay tuned to our website for our latest job promotions. In the next week, we will be promoting:Director, Facilities for Griffin Hospital in Connecticut  A Vice President opportunityA  Director, PDC opportunity While you wait for these roles to appear, check out our new website, our Partnered Search Program, and the revamped  Gosselin/Martin Career Hub.

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. This episode discusses healthcare lessons gleaned from the Tom Hanks produced  12-part miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon. Released in 1998 on HBO, the series explores the origins and milestones of the Apollo lunar landing program, its mission,  and those whose lives and careers were impacted by NASA's journey into space. Many parallels can be drawn from NASA's quest to get to the moon to today's healthcare landscape, and we will discuss them, including: Framing leadership at NASA in the 1960s and healthcare leadership in 2022;Apollo 1, discussing the deadly fire and the subsequent investigation by NASA and the US Congress: How does it tie into navigating politics in healthcare and preventable patient deaths (13:00);Apollo 8, the importance of imagination, and taking and minimizing risk (31:00);Apollo 12, the value of the team, and examining the roles of the wives of the astronauts through  Episode 11, "The Original Wives Club" (49:30); Apollo 11, the dynamic to be the first person on the moon, and dealing promptly with "we before me" (1:00:00). I want to thank my three guests for their time and research. The same movie crew joined me for our Band of Brothers leadership podcast released last November. Like me, they appreciate American history and the lessons learned. My guests are:  Thomas Elliott: Director of Facilities, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, CAGeoff Schuller: Owner, GH Schuller Consulting, Mission Viejo, CA  Steve Spaanbroek: CEO, MSL Healthcare PartnersThanks for listening. We hope you enjoy it, and if you know Astronaut Frank Borman, he's mentioned often in this podcast, so ask him to please give us a listen!More from the new Gosselin/Martin Associates website Check out the Partnered SearchCheck out the Gosselin/Martin Career Hub

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. In this episode of High Reliability, we are joined by Jonathan Hart, Technical Lead, Fire Protection Engineering at NFPA. Jon is the technical expert for the NFPA in fire protection systems and health care facilities. Jon  was the staff engineer responsible for NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, for several years. Jon’s NFPA 99 oversight extended to 8 technical committees with over 225 members.Jon is well known to many in healthcare facilities management. He is a frequent contributor in all things NFPA 99. He is always visible at conferences across the country, including the ASHE Annual. In this episode, Jon and I discuss:Fire beginnings (5:00);What is Jon’s role as Techincal Lead (13:00);On the need to be neutral, and a glimpse behind the Codes and Standards process, including a look at NFPA 99  (20:00);Some tales from the front and NFPA resources that assist FM pros in codes and standards management (36:00);Dates, issues, and heads up for the FM Pro in 2022, including planning for post-Covid hazards and some lessons from Covid (48:30):Our thanks to Jon for appearing on High Reliability, and as always, thank you for listening.Visit our new website, and investigate our new Partnered Search and Career Hub programs!  

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. In this first episode of 2022 and the first of High Reliability Season 3, we are pleased to welcome Brittany Remec. Brittany is a Construction Project Lead at Advocate Aurora Health. The Advocate Aurora System has hospitals and offsites throughout Illinois and Wisconsin.Brittany, a millennial, offers an interesting perspective on healthcare facilities management and discusses her unique career path, from college to her most recent construction role with Advocate Aurora.  She has accumulated a great deal of experience in a relatively short period and we discuss some of the lessons she has learned as she has advanced. Topics covered include:   An interesting story on how Brittany arrived at her career path and how incidents of her life helped set her on her way, including a brother, a lift company, and Purdue University (2:30);On gaining  financial consensus, and leading through difficult situations   (13:20);Learning about facilities management by "accidentally falling into it," and transitioning from construction to healthcare facilities management  to healthcare construction (20:00);Building a career, and changing perspectives and goals (43:00);Views for millennials, and others, considering a healthcare career and the importance of mentorship  (47:00).Our thanks to Brittany for appearing on High Reliability, and as always, thank you for listening!Visit our open jobs at https://gosselin-associates.com/job-listings/ 

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. It's our final 2021 episode of High Reliability and today's show is guestless, but interesting nevertheless.  Facilities Management topics covered in this episode include: * Cautionary words for organization's seeking candidates, and some Interview gotchas;* A concerning trend, and it's not about retirements; * A discussion on degrees, and cautionary words for the future;* Thoughts on new programs and podcasts;* Searching Best Practices. As always, thank you for listening. Visit our open jobs at http://gosselin-associates.com/jobs