Senior Medical Planner

Federal Healthcare Facilities Planning And Design Specialist

This position is responsible for master planning, programming, and detailed design development of federal healthcare facilities, including hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, rehabilitation centers and support functions. The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to create federal healthcare facility designs and to optimize healthcare delivery for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Specialize in healthcare planning, programming, and facilitate hospital, clinic, and other healthcare facility planning discussions.
• Familiar with benchmarking and participation in lean operational planning.
• Familiar with facility master plans for federal healthcare campuses, with an emphasis on VA Medical Centers and both inpatient and outpatient facilities.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage both Federal and non-Federal clients, clinical users, and project stakeholders on Federal Healthcare work.
• Conduct research, complete data analyses, and develop reports. Be responsible for technical coordination for specific aspects of project work and for consultants to the project.
• Conduct analyses of long-term federal healthcare facility needs and develop solutions involving construction of new facilities and major rehabs of existing facilities.
• Conduct analyses of space utilization, determine space requirements for expanding, and create solutions to meet evolving space needs.
• Contribute to the success of project assignments and achieve overall office goals.
• Assist in securing Owner approvals throughout design process and document key decisions during project planning.
• Establish and nurture client relationships, including responsibility for customer satisfaction.
• Coordinate with various creative and technical disciplines and consultants for all aspects of the project, with particular focus on coordination specific to inpatient and outpatient federal healthcare facilities.
• Prepare functional and space programs for federal healthcare facilities. Conduct client and user group interviews for needs assessment and implement master planning and medical planning documentation.
• Ability to translate clinical and operational requirements into practical, efficient, and patient-centered design solutions. Follow on oversight and coordination related to medical planning as projects progress through design phases
• Travel for client and user meetings is required.
• Support the Federal Market Leaders and business development team in responding to solicitations as it relates to Federal Healthcare write ups, interviews, business development functions and conferences, client facing business development activities.
• Mentor staff and contribute to the growth of the firm's healthcare planning practice.

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience in the planning of federal healthcare inpatient and outpatient facilities.
• Participated in and led user meetings.
• Knowledge of technical aspects relating to federal healthcare planning and design, including the Whole Building Design Guide, Federal Guidelines Institute, and VA Technical Information Library criteria.
• Knowledge of clinical workflows and functional operations of a hospital, including an understanding of important adjacencies.
• Special consideration will be given to candidates that have experience with VA Patient-Aligned Care Team space models.
• Knowledge of healthcare facility exterior and interior circulation, with an emphasis on accessibility and privacy.
• Knowledge of furnishing, fixtures, and equipment necessary in inpatient and outpatient spaces.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Efficient in Revit, Bluebeam and other software used for design and production.
• Experience in working in a collaborative environment.
• Understanding of LEAN process.

Salary range for this position varies between $115,000 – $175,000, depending upon applicable experience.

LEO A DALY offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance your health, financial stability, and work-life balance. Highlights include affordable medical, dental and vision plans, retirement savings with company matching and supplemental benefits such as:

• Accident and Critical Illness
• HSA + FSA options
• Commuter Benefits
• Company paid life insurance
• Short-term and Long-term disability options
• Parental Leave

At LEO A DALY, you will become part of a collaborative design culture and do work that matters. As an integrated design practice, we believe that a diversity of perspectives generates better solutions. We trust and support each other, ask hard questions and solve complex problems. Guided by a spirit of inquiry, we design for people at every scale, creating spaces that elevate individuals, their communities, and the institutions that serve them. Join LEO A DALY - help us transform the world.