The Need:

The Nebraska Medical Center is the teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska Medical Center.  With this affiliation and sharing the same campus, it is necessary for the two institutions to work collaboratively; especially from a facilities management perspective.   Therefore, Martin Carmody, FACHE, Executive Director of The Nebraska Medical Center, wanted to create the right strategic direction and operational groundwork before filling the important position of Director of Facilities Management and Planning which had been open for some time.   Once his strategy and blueprint for facilities management and planning was in place, he turned to the President of the American Society of Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) for advice in finding the best person for the job.  Without hesitation, ASHE’s President recommended Gosselin Associates. 

Our Solution:

Gosselin Associates was retained to first conduct an operational audit and secondly to find the right person for the position.

Gosselin Associates conducted a comprehensive and detailed operational audit that helped to define the job description and needed skills and abilities of the incoming Director of Facilities Management and Planning.  Additionally, the assessment provided a professional, third party review of facilities operations, compliance, and the soundness and quality of delivery systems; producing a document that would help the new person to get started on a fast path to productivity.

Then, with a clear view of the person needed for the position, including the characteristics for the right fit with the institution’s culture, Gosselin Associates conducted a nationwide search and found the right person for the job.

The Result:

According to Carmody, “The outcome was excellent.  Our Director of Facilities Management and Planning is highly experienced and seasoned, a strong leader, fully capable of working in a major academic setting, a good collaborator and he meets our succession planning needs.  Jack knew what questions to ask up front, learned what we needed and leveraged his network and insight to find the right person.”