Healthcare Facilities Network

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.  Today we welcome Nicholas Derr, associate AIA, to High Reliability. Nick is Project Development Leader for Facility Optimization Solutions (FOS), a subsidiary of CannonDesign. Nick leads facility condition assessments, strategic asset investment planning, project development, capital planning, compliance, and life-safety survey programs throughout the United States for FOS.While we discuss FOS, this episode of High Reliability veers into multiple topic areas that impact all FM professionals, including: What is FOS and why is it relevant to you (7:30);Overcoming technology implementation barriers, and using technology (15:00);On the importance of data collection for good decision making (21:00)How to create an effective business case for the C-suite (31:00);Challenge creates opportunity, and the 80/10/10 Rule (43:00);Thanks for listening to the High Reliability Podcast.  Please visit Gosselin/Martin Associates'  Career Hub website at careers.gosselin-associates.com.To learn more about FOS at CannonDesign, please see hereSee Gosselin/Martin jobs here

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.  Today we offer a podcast I have looked forward to, speaking about education, college, and degrees: Specifically, is a 4-year degree necessary for success in leadership positions in healthcare facility management? We have 3 guests joining us and while the initial question is particular, the ensuing discussion delves into multiple areas. All professionals will get useful nuggets out of this discussion.  The guests joining High Reliability are: Steve Spaanbroek, CEO and Owner of MSL Healthcare Partners, Inc. an Illinois-based firm the assists healthcare organizations improve their physical environments and improve patient outcomes. MSL Healthcare Partners has been assisting companies since 2008. To learn more, see MSL Healthcare Partners.Jason Tate, Director of Plant Operations at MountainView Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces, NM. Cory Majszak, Director of Facility Operations at St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI.  St. Luke's is part of Advocate Aurora Health, a system based in Illinois and Wisconsin.My thanks to Steve, Jason, and Cory for their time and insight. Today's discussion topics include:Is a 4-year degree needed for success?Changing requirements of the director role (13:40);Has the role become too big for a single person (37:00);Channeling Rowdy Roddy Piper (47:00);Quick-hitting communication tips (54:30).Thanks for listening to the High Reliability Podcast.  Please visit Gosselin/Martin Associates' new Career Hub website at careers.gosselin-associates.com.See our open jobs here

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.  Today is a solo podcast with just me, and despite that, I hope you will listen, and I think you will find it interesting.  Today we tell some real-life stories from different organizations,  overlook the New York Jets football team, and provide some hospital culture and resume insight.   Topics include:Some open jobs;A cautionary tale on team interviews (4:30);Assessing with an organization's culture (8:30);An interesting career trend (13:00);Please accept this apology, NY Jet fans, and you will know why here (18:40);On the resume (19:50);Thanks for listening. Please visit Gosselin/Martin Associates new Career Hub web site at careers.gosselin-associates.com or the main site at gosselin-associates.comSee our open jobs here

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.  Today we talk leadership, including healthcare facilities management leadership, with Geoff Schuller, President GH Schuller & Associates in Mission Viejo, California. Geoff’s firm provides consulting, leadership, and solutions for facility accreditation and compliance for ongoing survey readiness.Geoff has a long career in the military and the private sector.  He has served as  Chief Engineer Facilities at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton (CA) and as  Acting Chief Engineer Facility Management Service at Loma Linda VA Health Care System (CA). Geoff retired from the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserves with 28 years of service, including 7 military tours in expanded roles.Today's topics include:A leadership journey, from Camp Pendleton to USC (3:00);Explaining the why and defining what leadership means (12:00);Good leaders reflect (21:30);Healthcare FM and Healthcare PDC leadership, what's the difference? (31:00);On managing employees who say “I’ve never done that before” and the importance of the Chain of Command (41:30).Thanks for listening. Please visit Gosselin/Martin Associates new Career Hub web site at careers.gosselin-associates.com or the main site at gosselin-associates.comSee our open jobs here

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.  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.  Today we welcome Justin Givens to the High Reliability podcast. Justin is Director of Facilities Services at SUN Behavioral Kentucky in Erlanger, KY.  Justin has the distinction of being the first healthcare facility management professional who we have talked to who comes from the behavioral health world.Justin gives great insight into working in behavioral health. Having worked in an acute care hospital before transitioning into behavioral health, he offers his perspective into the differences and behavioral health challenges. It is an interesting podcast, so please give it a listen.  Today's topics include:Becoming a CNA, and then entering healthcare FM with a clinical background (4:00);Patient interactions, and differences between acute care, behavioral health, and senior living (7:30);Experiences that shape a career path, and finding answers (17:00);Changing mindsets (22:00);Behavioral health construction (41:30).Thanks for listening. Please visit Gosselin/Martin Associates new Career Hub web site at careers.gosselin-associates.com or the main site at gosselin-associates.comSee our open jobs here

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. Today,  we welcome Dave Dagenais to High Reliability.  Dave is currently the Senior Director of Plant Operations, Clinical Engineering, Emergency Management, and Safety Officer at Wentworth Douglas Hospital in Dover, NH.  Dave is a former ASHE President (2015) and a former Life Safety Surveyor for The Joint Commission. Dave sits on many NFPA code-making committees and serves on the NFPA Codes and Standards Review Committee for Healthcare; Dave is a  faculty member for NFPA and ASHE. We cover many areas, from advocacy to controlling your destiny to cows, in this multi-topic podcast:  Making career decisions, from an early age (4:00);Making a move to healthcare and starting on the road to advocacy (18:30);How do FM professionals Control their Destiny (31:00);NFPA advocacy, FGI guidelines, and knee-jerk reactions (38:00);Something you may not know about being the ASHE President (50:00); The business of healthcare facility management, and what's required to succeed (56:00).Thanks for listening. Please visit Gosselin/Martin Associates new Career Hub web site at careers.gosselin-associates.com or the main site at gosselin-associates.comSign up for our free 45-minute Webinar,  the Healthcare Facility Professional's Toolbox on March 25.....at  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsfuysrzwsHt15UeieYEQcSoNXDA947J8h  

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. Today we welcome Beth Edwards. Beth has been a healthcare facilities management market leader for more than 15 years, and she has an interesting career path to business ownership.She is the founder and CEO of HFM Cornerstone, located in Portland, OR. Beth works with and for healthcare facilities and healthcare facility providers daily.  She started her business just a few months before the Covid pandemic began, a difficult time indeed. This podcast is a bit different from the ones that we have done in the past. It is still healthcare facility management-focused, but if you are thinking of starting your own business, or you are just interested in healthcare facilities management and how business ideas evolve, this is the podcast for you.  It is an interesting discussion.  In this episode, we cover the following topics:Astronauts and sanitation workers (2:30);"I never thought I'd have the guts to do it," on creating your own business (11:00);Follow the gnaw, and the challenges starting a business (17:00);On finding your business niche (30:00);For more information, please see https://hfmcornerstone.com Thanks for listening. Please visit Gosselin/Martin Associates new Career Hub web site at careers.gosselin-associates.com or the main site at gosselin-associates.comSign up for our free 45-minute Webinar,  the Healthcare Facility Professional's Toolbox at  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsfuysrzwsHt15UeieYEQcSoNXDA947J8h  

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. Today we welcome David Luce, Director, Building Operations for Regional Enterprises, Inc in Ashland, WI. In his role, David has oversight of 2 hospitals:  Memorial Medical Center in Ashland, WI and Hayward Area Memorial Hospital in Hayward, WI.David has been a healthcare facility leader for more than 20 years, but today's conversation doesn't focus on David's full-time role. In addition to his healthcare facilities management role, David works as a consultant to a law firm on healthcare facility management cases, adding his knowledge and expertise to the legal case.In this episode, we discuss:Healthcare facilities management and the law (4:00);Where  unseen risk may lie in your facility (11:30);You have been served - changing perceptions on the law, FM, and rugs (26:00);Some memorable cases, and why (35:00);On AEM and the law (40:00).Thanks for listening. Please visit Gosselin/Martin Associates new Career Hub web site at careers.gosselin-associates.com or the main site at gosselin-associates.com      

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.  Today we welcome three facility management professionals to the show to discuss Covid and Covid burnout relative to FM and the employees working in FM. There has been much said and written about it, but now 10 months in, we thought it would be good to check in with boots on the ground to ask how they and their team have fared.   Clay Ciolek is Facilities Manager at St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, WA. St. Peter is part of Providence Health & Services, a Washington-based system. Clay has more than 30 years of healthcare experience in the Pacific Northwest, and he is also the Immediate Past President of the Washington State Society for Healthcare Engineering. Cory Majszak is Director of Facility Operations at St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI. St. Luke's is part of Advocate Aurora Health, a system based in Illinois and Wisconsin; Cory has more than 20 years of healthcare experience.Richard Schoder was Director of Plant Ops/Safety Officer for Select Medical in Mt. Clemens, MI, until late 2020. At that time, Rick left Select Medical, he and his family relocated to North Carolina and Rick is seeking a new healthcare facility management opportunity.In this episode, we discuss:Transitioning from biomedical engineering into healthcare facilities management (2:00);Covid beginnings in March 2020, what were you thinking? (5:00); On the importance of providing accurate information to staff and teams (11:30);Assessing staff outlook, March 2020 versus February 2021 (18:00);Managing yourself so you can manage your team (32:00); Shifting FM perceptions (45:00).Thanks for listening. Please visit Gosselin/Martin Associates new Career Hub web site at careers.gosselin-associates.com or the main site at gosselin-associates.com

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.  Today we welcome Gary Scott to the show. Gary is Vice President, Hospital Services, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, VT. Gary has been a healthcare facilities management professional for more than 9 years. Prior to his transition into healthcare, he worked in various high-level facilities management roles, including at the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Southern Company.Gary is a Board Member for the African Children’s Mission and has been performing missionary services in Uganda since 2009.Gary has his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and he has a Masters of Business Administration. Today's episode is far-reaching and covers many topics beyond healthcare facilities management, but including healthcare facilities management:A conversation on race, healthcare, opportunity, and COVID's impact on minority communities, offered non-politically  (4:00);On transitioning into healthcare (16:00);The most valuable lesson for a healthcare facility management professional to learn (20:00);Leadership pillars needed to work in a healthcare organization (29:00);On the African Children's Mission and volunteering in Uganda (36:30);Daily life, procuring food, and volunteering with your sons (43:20);Repairing wells and building houses (51:00);Sponsoring children and expanding your family (56:00).Thanks for listening. Please visit Gosselin/Martin Associates new Career Hub web site at careers.gosselin-associates.com or the main site at gosselin-associates.comIf you would like to donate to Gary's work in Uganda, please see below. $500 can help rebuild a well for 20 years and $250 can build a home.Option 1: Send a check payable to The International Foundation.  Attach a small note to your check saying that the donation is for Account 508-002 - Grants to Cornerstone/Uganda. You will get a tax-deductible receipt for your donation. Below is the address:The International Foundation PO Box 23813Washington, DC  20026-3813 This foundation charges a 4% administrative fee for processing donations and sending them to Gary's account, so if you send $100, $96 will make it to the account.  Option 2: Send a check payable to the National Christian Foundation.  Attach a small note to your check saying that the donation is for Account 2608405 – Cornerstone Development African Fund. You will get a tax-deductible receipt for your donation. Below is the address:National Christian FoundationAttn: Contribution Services11625 Rainwater Drive, Suite 500Alpharetta, GA 30009 This foundation charges a 1% administrative fee for processing donations and sending them to Gary's account, so if you send $100, $99 will make it to the account. For anyone who donates, please send Gary a text or email to ensure the funds are directed to the proper location.Gary Scott214.862.5841Gdscott72@gmail.comFor more information on the African Children's Mission, please visit africanchildrensmission.org