Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead medical planning and space programming for healthcare facilities, including hospitals, clinics, and specialized medical centers.
• Develop functional layouts for clinical departments such as Operating Rooms (OR), Intensive Care Units (ICU), Imaging, Emergency Departments, Outpatient Clinics, Inpatient Units, Laboratories, and Administrative Areas.
• Collaborate with clinicians, hospital administrators, architects, engineers, and consultants to translate clinical workflows into efficient and patient-centered designs.
• Prepare space programs, adjacency diagrams, room data sheets, and departmental planning documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable healthcare design standards, building codes, and regulatory requirements, including NFPA, ADA, JCIA, and local healthcare regulations.
• Coordinate medical equipment planning with architectural, MEP, and engineering teams.
• Review architectural and engineering drawings to ensure alignment with healthcare planning requirements.
• Participate in all project phases from concept design through schematic, detailed design, construction documentation, site coordination, and commissioning.
• Support design reviews, technical workshops, and client presentations.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize healthcare facility functionality, patient safety, operational efficiency, and future flexibility.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Interior Architecture, Healthcare Design, or a related field.
• Master's Degree in Architecture, Healthcare Planning, Healthcare Administration, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Professional certification or specialized training in healthcare facility planning or healthcare design guidelines is an advantage.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in healthcare planning, hospital architecture, or medical facility design.
• Proven experience in space programming and planning for hospitals, medical centers, and healthcare facilities.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare design standards, including NFPA 99, ADA, JCIA, and applicable local healthcare regulations.
• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office applications; experience with Smartsheet is an advantage.
• Familiarity with medical equipment planning software and data-driven space planning tools.
• Ability to interpret clinical workflows and develop efficient, code-compliant healthcare facility layouts.
• Good understanding of healthcare MEP coordination, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, health, safety, and environmental (HSE) requirements.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, presentation, and multidisciplinary coordination skills.

Preferred candidate

Years of experience

1+ years

Degree

Bachelor's degree / higher diploma