1. Careers in health care facility management

2. What is health care facility management?

3. When you think about hospitals, you think of…
Doctors
Nurses
Patients
Emergency rooms
X-rays
Lab tests
Surgery
Patient rooms

4. Have you ever thought about…
A hospital’s air conditioning?
A hospital’s heat?
How surgical instruments are sterilized?
What happens in a power outage?
What happens if a water main breaks?
What protects the hospital against fire?
Who maintains medical gas systems?
Who repairs the building and clinical equipment?
Who manages new construction and renovation?
Facility management handles these important issues!

5. Core elements of facility management
Personnel management
Life safety
Energy management
Emergency management
Regulatory compliance
Maintenance
Construction
Infection control

6. Opportunities in the field

7. Levels of management and typical requirements
Vice president
Master’s degree
CHFM certification
10+ years experience
Director
Bachelor’s/master’s degree
5-8 years experience
Manager
Associate’s/bachelor’s degree
5+ years experience
Supervisor
High school/GED + trade school 3-5 years experience

8. Other opportunities Engineers Architects Project managers
Fire safety professionals
Emergency management professionals
Support roles
HVAC technicians
Biomedical technicians
Plumbers
Carpenters
Mechanics
Locksmiths
Painters

9. A great field to enter
Average age of facility managers is in the mid-50s
Health care organizations are strong employers
Job opportunities for various education levels
Be part of the hospital team
Rewarding work = opportunity to help provide safe, healing environments for vulnerable patients
Average facility manager salary: $98,950
Average salary for those with CHFM certification: $110,585
Source: 2015 HFM/ASHE Salary survey

10. Take the next steps

11. More resources
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