Healthcare Planner

Guidon Design is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and a leader in sustainable Architecture+Engineering. As multidisciplinary designers, we collaborate to develop creative, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions that help meet our clients’ goals. Our services include Architecture, Interior Design, Sustainability Consulting & Designing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Plumbing Design. Project types include healthcare, government, housing, federal, and education facilities. We elevate communities through design and development, solving complex challenges with clear solutions while being responsive to how spaces impact people and their communities.

About the role

The Healthcare Planner is responsible for working collaboratively on a team to execute technical healthcare planning projects for entire campuses and/or major construction projects for the federal government. Guidon is well established in federal healthcare planning work for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense Health Agency clients. The position will work closely with firm leadership and the Federal Healthcare Practice Leader to institute or redefine Guidon’s planning standards.

Qualifications

• Professional Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree and experience working in healthcare systems (work experience is more relevant than the specific degree).
• Experience working closely with multi-disciplinary teams to execute design/construction projects.
• Advanced knowledge of healthcare adjacencies, department planning criteria, design process understanding, cross-discipline knowledge, and collaboration.
• Familiarity with federal healthcare criteria/standards and commercial standards including FGI and NFPA 99.
• A working understanding of computer applications used in a professional design office such as Photoshop, AutoCAD/Revit, and SketchUp.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary campus healthcare planning projects.
• Work within established project schedules, tasks, and milestones to accomplish long-term planning projects.
• Support marketing efforts to secure planning projects through solicitation responses, interviews, and client meetings.
• Participate in and facilitate design meetings that culminate in recommended long-term campus plans for expanding healthcare services through design/construction projects.
• Develop space programs and provide input on functional department layouts and adjacencies.
• Represent the firm on design and design process-related issues to diverse stakeholders.
• Engage in and support staff development through project engagement, staff training, and education.
• Travel to client healthcare sites as required.

Skills

• Experience conducting early healthcare project planning and programming.
• Experience applying LEAN principles to healthcare operations and design.
• Strong communication skills: ability to effectively communicate graphically, in writing, and orally with a variety of stakeholders, including employees, clients, leadership, and government officials.
• Proactive and assertive problem-solving approach.
• EDAC (Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification).
• Ability to lead client design meetings.
• A strong work ethic and drive to exceed client expectations.
• A team-oriented professional willing to invest in their future.

Professional Development

• Establish annual education and training plans and goals for self.
• Meet or exceed professional standards of work.
• Actively pursue personal continuing education.

Core Behaviors

• Wash the Dishes: Do the small stuff. Helping one another permeates all areas of our culture.
• Follow-Up on Commitments: Do what you say. Keeping our word is important internally and externally.
• Solve Problems Proactively: Come with solutions. Identifying problems is crucial, but engaging with potential solutions is even better.
• Lead Through Listening: Listen first, talk second. This prioritizes empathy and assumes nothing.