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Job Title

Physical Environment Compliance Manager

                        

Location

Beachwood

                    

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Administrative Campus

                     

Department

Facilities Regulatory Compliance-Operations

                      

Job Code

T30050

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-4:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and make a lasting, meaningful impact on patient care. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As Physical Environment Compliance Manager, you will oversee compliance with all regulatory, accreditation, and AHJ requirements for the healthcare physical environment. This includes ensuring facilities, life safety systems, and PE programs meet standards set by the Joint Commission (JC), CMS, state and local regulators, and applicable codes. You lead monitoring, documentation, and improvement of processes such as life safety, fire protection, utilities management, emergency preparedness, and building maintenance, while partnering with Facilities, Safety, Infection Prevention, Clinical Operations, and external inspectors to maintain readiness and proactively address compliance risks.

A caregiver in this position works Monday – Friday from 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. or 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m. Must be able to travel to different sites both in state and out of state on short notice.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Develop, implement, and manage the Physical Environment (PE) program and risk mitigation activities for the enterprise which includes but is not limited corrective action planning, conduct internal audits and tracers, interpret regulatory updates, and support staff education to ensure a safe, compliant, and survey‑ready environment.
• Serve as a liaison with all levels of the organization and outside Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ’s) agencies.

• Oversee the PE Training Series for the enterprise.
• Lead and perform PE Mock Surveys, Life Safety Assessments, physician integration rounding, and pre-acquisition reviews for both domestic and international locations.
• Ensure enterprise systems are updated and evaluate trends to maintain continuous readiness mindset.  
• Assists with enterprise AHJ surveys within the Survey Operations Center (SOC) structure.
• Perform pre-construction and post-construction surveys as applicable and provide a comprehensive deficiency report. Perform construction design sign offs as applicable.
• Provide coverage when Director Facilities Compliance Services is unavailable.
• Review and monitor adherence to enterprise policies and corporate compliance procedures.
• Audit appropriate records, regulatory agency processes, and ensure facility managers submit accurate documents to surveyors by established deadlines.
• Perform training activities and assist with capacity planning for staff and contract labor.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor's degree in Compliance, Engineering, Environmental Science, Safety, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field Or ten years of experience may offset degree requirements
• Six years of experience working with compliance for agencies such as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportations (DOT), National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA), building officials, JC, departments of health, CMS or the like
• Certification as a Certified Safety Healthcare Professional (CHSP), or Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM), or other similar safety certification
• Ability to work with employees, interdepartmental teams, and organizational leadership across the enterprise to effectively complete goals
• Demonstrated team, leadership, organizational and problem-solving abilities
• Strong computer base knowledge

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Master’s degree
• Healthcare experience

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment.
• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods.
• Ability to travel to various locations throughout the health system Must have normal or corrected vision.
• Must be able to clearly communicate verbally by phone or in person. 
• Must have own transportation to travel to multiple sites. 
• Periodic international travel is required.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster. 

                  

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.