Senior Medical Planner
Core
Translate clinical strategy into data-informed space planning solutions that optimize patient flow, care team effectiveness, and operational efficiency in a leading academic medical center.
Role type
Senior individual contributor medical planner (healthcare facilities)
Builds
Code-compliant test fits, planning standards, system-wide coordination, and executive-ready presentations for complex healthcare environments
Domain
Healthcare facilities planning and design
Required skills
Healthcare facility planning methods, master planning, programming, regulatory and code compliance, architectural drawing interpretation, clinical workflow analysis, stakeholder facilitation, project documentation, budgetary input, mentorship
Preferred skills
Master's degree in Architecture, portfolio of built work, experience leading user groups and complex projects
Technologies
Microsoft PowerPoint, architectural drawings
Responsibilities
Analyze non-routine planning problems to develop viable solutions; gather and synthesize data (volumes, flows, adjacencies) to inform departmental layouts; develop test fits and visually compelling options for leadership review; lead programming, planning, and design phases for complex facilities projects; develop scope and program aligned with executive users; evaluate planning strategies assessing operational, financial, and clinical tradeoffs; manage communications, timelines, and deliverables across stakeholder groups; ensure compliance with health system policies and safety standards; maintain auditable project documentation; manage outside architect and consultant partners; serve as a planning subject-matter expert for governance committees; establish and evolve medical planning standards and best practices; lead development of innovative planning methodologies and tools; independently assess complex planning issues where no precedents exist; mentor junior staff and provide technical oversight to FPD leadership
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities