Senior Healthcare Planner
$120,000–$140,000 year
On-siteSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
Job Summary
Lead healthcare planning and programming for hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, and complex healthcare environments by translating clinical workflows and operational requirements into functional programs and space allocations. Facilitate stakeholder engagement sessions, user-group meetings, and planning workshops with healthcare clients to evaluate delivery models, patient flows, and future growth needs. Interpret regulations, accreditation standards, FGI Guidelines, and life-safety requirements while collaborating with architects, engineers, and design teams throughout all project phases. Present planning recommendations to clinicians, administrators, and executive leaders, and mentor team members to strengthen firm standards and technical capabilities. Support client presentations, interviews, and business development efforts. Contribute immediately to a significant acute-care hospital project currently in design while helping shape the continued growth of the firm's healthcare practice.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master's degree in architecture from an accredited program
- Approximately 10 or more years of relevant healthcare planning and design experience
- Demonstrated leadership responsibility on complex healthcare projects
- Experience planning hospitals or other complex healthcare facilities
- Experience working directly with healthcare clients, clinical user groups, and multidisciplinary design teams
- Significant experience leading healthcare programming, planning, and clinical workflow analysis for complex healthcare facilities
- Strong knowledge of healthcare delivery models, clinical operations, facility planning, and healthcare design best practices
- Comprehensive knowledge of healthcare codes, licensing requirements, accreditation standards, FGI Guidelines, life-safety requirements, and healthcare building systems
- Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, consensus-building, and client relationship skills
- The ability to communicate complex planning concepts clearly through verbal, written, graphic, and presentation formats
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing competing project priorities
- Strategic judgment and a collaborative approach to solving complex healthcare design challenges
- Familiarity with Revit, BIM-based project delivery, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office, and related planning and documentation tools
Desired Qualifications
- Additional experience in acute-care hospital projects, healthcare master planning, architectural licensure, executive presentations, design-build delivery, or healthcare credentials such as ACHA, EDAC, or LEED AP
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