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Your experience mattersÂ
At Sycamore Springs, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. In your role, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members. We believe that our collective efforts will shape a healthier future for the communities we serve.
 What we offer
Fundamental to providing great care is supporting and rewarding our team. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:Â Â
- Health (Medical, Dental, Vision) and 401K Benefits for full-time employees
- Competitive Paid Time OffÂ
- Employee Assistance Program – mental, physical, and financial wellness assistance
- Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance for qualified applicants
- And much more...
About UsÂ
People are our passion and purpose. Sycamore Springs is a 48 bed hospital located in Lafayette, IN and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters
How you’ll contributeÂ
Plant Operations Director ensures the maintenance of a safe, functional, and clean physical environment for patients, employees and guests. Director performs and oversees various tasks, such as painting, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, equipment maintenance, grounds work, and janitorial duties and dietary functions with minimal supervision. Conducts and supervises maintenance and repair projects. Performs all scheduled inspections, testing, and drills, documents these and reports on them. Obtains quotes and oversees special projects as assigned. Director is responsible for ensuring the physical plant meets all TJC, CMS, NFPA and state regulations to ensure the safety of patients, staff and visitors. Leads dietary function to meet all state and federal guidelines, ensures quality of food, service and clean, safe environment..
 Essential Functions:
- Develops and implements departmental goals, plans, and standards consistent with the clinical, administrative, legal, and ethical requirements/objectives of the organization.
- Keeps disaster preparedness plans up to date and holds regular in-services to educate staff.
- Collaborate with all departments is developing accurate risk management planning. Reports risk management updates on schedule and makes necessary changes to monitoring criteria as appropriate.
- Maintains knowledge of local codes as applies to environment of care and safety issues. Involves all staff/all shifts in monthly fire and safety drills.
- Directs and evaluates departmental operations, including patient care delivery, information technologies, service level determination, and complaint management, to achieve performance and quality control objectives.
- Inspects safety of all patient areas, bathrooms, outside areas, etc., and ensure all proper documentation of such in accordance with policy and procedures.
- Prepares, monitors, and evaluates departmental budgets, and ensures that the department operates in compliance with allocated funding.
- Coordinates and directs internal/external regulatory audits to ensure compliance to all standards.
- Aware of necessary Joint Commission, CMS, State regulations and shows ability to use resources to seek needed information. Â
- Ensures department stays focused on their important role in the continuum of care.
- Regular and reliable attendance.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and requirementsÂ
Previous experience in plant operations in a hospital/healthcare setting required. Strong understanding of regulatory requirements preferred..
Bachelor's Degree in related field preferred
Applicable work experience may be used in lieu of education
EEOC Statement:
Sycamore Springs is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans' status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.
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