Summary
The pharmacy Engineering Associate role will ensure all physical plant and property assets are managed and maintained in line with the vision of Baptist Health and requirements of regulatory agencies. This position will be responsible for the maintenance of the infrastructure and equipment of buildings and facilities. The Engineering Associate will support the Pharmacy Equipment Engineer in maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimizing pharmacy equipment across Central Pharmacy. This position is responsible for assisting with preventative maintenance activities, routing equipment inspections, troubleshooting equipment issues, and coordinating resolution for equipment that impact Central Pharmacy operations.Job Description:
Baptist Health is looking for an Engineering Associate for our Central Pharmacy plant to join our team at 1051 New Moody Lane, LaGrange, KY!
- Performs a variety of general maintenance tasks including performing preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance on a variety of equipment according to established procedures.
- Uses lean practices to drive increased usage of the automation systems in streamlining the workflows across various use scenarios.
- Able to identify and resolve problems ensuring compliance with safety and environmental rules.
- Collaborates with the pharmacy team to ensure consistent operation of all pharmacy equipment and automations within CPSC.
- Works closely with the engineering and pharmacy leadership at CPSC to ensure collaboration and communications are maintained between service departments and staff.
- Assists with designing, integrating, implementing, monitoring, reporting, and upgrading various systems ensuring integration into the automation system.
- Able to work with various computer-based systems.
- Maintains inventory control levels of supplies needed to operate/maintain different equipment.
- Maintains expertise with departmental policies, procedures, and practices. Assists with ensuring day-to-day operations of department take precedence and are uninterrupted.
- Attends all required safety training programs and can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, specific job-related hazards, and national patient safety goals.
- Provides support to departmental managers and leadership for the continual management and oversight of the facilities operations, safety, and security.
- Develops and implements policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the regulatory requirements of The Kentucky State Board of Health, Kentucky Pharmacy State Board, Federal Agencies, ACHC, URAC, OSHA, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Building Housing and Construction, and other standards and regulations.
- Assists with risk assessment and infection control risk assessment with appropriate disciplines.
- Assists with adequate post-repair inspection.
- Assists with site inspections and audits.
- Routinely performs scheduled testing, equipment calibrations, and repairs of devices / systems.
- Works with engineering and pharmacy leadership team to evaluate equipment needs.
- Works with appropriate parties and recommend improvement strategies.
Minimum Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent required.
- 5 - 7 years of related work experience.
- Knowledge of NEC, NFPA, KBC, BOCA, ASME, ASHRAE, OSHA, & KPC.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 5-7 years of related work experience
- Knowledge of NEC, NFPA, KBC, BOCA, ASME, ASHRAE, OSHA, and KPC
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
