Sr. Medical Planner

Overview:

Responsibilities:

• Creates and plans the conceptual design of healthcare projects in coordination with the design team
• Develops a comprehensive understanding of a client's programmatic requirements, standards and policies for incorporation into the design solution
• Leads the planning process by generating concepts and layout of internal departments, including assisting the users in clinical workflow
• Works closely with administrators, doctors, nurses and other medical personnel to reach consensus on departmental layout
• Coordinates the work effort of multiple planning teams on large projects
• Works closely with the client to schedule and develop agendas for user group meetings
• Advises the client on meeting cadence, duration and required stakeholder involvement
• Gathers open items and develops action items from user group meetings
• Develops, modifies and/or reviews medical planning concepts and design solutions and may develop client program
• Applies governing regulatory codes and hospital licensing standards, and validates that those requirements for assigned segment of project are met
• Prepares and modifies implementation documents and communicates planning concepts for project team members, both verbally and through graphic and written reports
• Leads project team interaction internally and externally to effectively understand and implement design solutions and project plans from conceptual design to design execution
• Prepares and presents for client meetings
• Responsible for preparing and/or reviewing meeting minutes and other appropriate documents for client and consultant coordination meetings
• Travel will be required

Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• Accredited professional degree in Architecture or related field
• Typically 10+ years of experience with a healthcare design and planning experience background

Licenses and Certifications

• Architectural Registration strongly preferred
• ACHA accreditation and/or EDAC accreditation preferred
• Sustainable design accreditation preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Advanced – expert-level experience, knowledge or skills

Intermediate – experience, knowledge or skills required to produce high-quality solutions or work

Basic – familiar with primary concepts or capabilities and may perform elementary functions depending on role

• Intermediate skills in Bluebeam required
• Basic skills in Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper and Dynamo required; intermediate preferred
• Intermediate skills in MS Office Suite required
• Basic skills in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign required
• Intermediate knowledge of sustainability and integrated design guidelines required
• Advanced knowledge of current healthcare planning and programming concepts including patient safety and evidence-based design principles required
• Advanced knowledge of guidelines for design and construction of healthcare facilities required
• Advanced knowledge of materials, construction techniques, building codes architectural building systems, accessibility guidelines and QA/QC process required
• Advanced ability to research and apply/incorporate into implementation documents required
• Advanced presentation, graphic and visualization skills to communicate design ideas required
• Advanced experience with the entire project lifecycle, through post-occupancy required
• Advanced organizational skills and the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time required
• Advanced ability to maintain existing client relationships and build new client relationships required
• Advanced ability to communicate in a clear, concise and professional manner both verbally and in writing required
• Advanced ability to problem solve and apply innovative solutions required
• Advanced ability to collaborate and encourage collaboration in a team environment required
• Advanced ability to effectively meet deadlines at expected quality required

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