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Planning Director

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Management or planning-related degree from an accredited university.
  • 12 years of progressive experience in planning, research, design, and construction across various facility developments, including 5 years focused on the healthcare industry.
  • Preferred: Architecture or Interior Design License, AIA, NCIDQ, LEED AP, EDAC, or CHC member.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Mercy's planning and design direction to achieve brand objectives.
  • Collaborate with teams and strategic partners on budgets, schedules, and design guidelines.
  • Work with clinical and service line leadership to create future operational and design models.

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Full time
  • Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
  • Project Director
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Planning
  • Budgeting
  • Scheduling
  • Social Skills
  • Collaboration
  • Team Building
  • Leadership
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Mercy

Hospitals & Health Care

Mercy, one of the 25 largest U.S. health systems, serves millions annually with nationally recognized quality care and one of the nation’s largest Accountable Care Organizations. Mercy is a highly integrated, multi-state health care system including more than 40 acute care, managed and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has 900 physician practices and outpatient facilities, 3,400 Mercy Clinic physicians and advanced practitioners, as well as more than 40,000 co-workers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.Mercy’s Virtual Care Center is the world’s first such facility dedicated to care outside its own walls, monitoring patients 24/7/365 across the country, using high-speed data and video connections and medically intervening when and where patients need it with a comprehensive team approach. Visit MercyVirtual.netMercy was among the first health care organizations in the U.S. to have an integrated electronic health record (EHR) connecting all points of care. Mercy Technology Services’ broad use of its EHR has been recognized at one of the highest possible levels by Epic. Visit MercyTechnology.net.For information about Mercy's social media policy, please visit https://www.mercy.net/footer/website-terms-and-privacy/#social. Please note: many of the images and videos featured on our page were taken before the COVID-19 pandemic. Rest assured, we are following all necessary guidelines at this time, whether it's in photos and videos here, or in person at any of our Mercy facilities. For more information, visit Mercy.net/COVID19.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryHospitals & Health Care
Company size10001

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Job description

Find your calling at Mercy!

The Planning Director will lead Mercy's planning and design direction for keeping Mercy on the industry leading edge while working closely with Mercy planning, design and construction and strategic partners to assure Mercy's brand objectives are accomplished. This role involves collaborating with various teams and strategic partners in review of, or creating budgets, schedules, building design guidelines and assuring brand and strategic objectives are consistent in projects across the ministry. This position, in collaboration with clinical and service line leadership shall be part of creating the future operational and design models for Mercy including workflow efficiencies, new technologies, designs of the future and their implementation.

Position Details:

Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Management or planning-related degree from an accredited university.
Experience: 12 years of progressive experience in planning, research, design, and construction across various facility developments, 5 of those years are specifically focused on the healthcare industry, involving both existing facilities and large-scale replacements.
Certification:

Preferred Qualifications:
License: Architecture or Interior Design License or procuring is preferred.
Certification: Any or combination of AIA, NCIDQ, LEED AP, EDAC, or CHC member.

Other Skills, Knowledge, Abilities: 
•    Demonstrates knowledge of basic healthcare codes, regulations, and construction methods.
•    Ability to travel 25%.
•    Ability to develop and implement consistent planning and design models, and gain acceptance from various teams and senior leadership.
•    Strong interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with project teams, local and senior leadership, and strategic partners.
•    Collaborative skills to work with others in establishing and tracking operational efficiencies and pioneering new initiatives with advanced technologies.
•    Skills in training and developing strategic partners and team members on brand and operational initiatives, as well as team building.
•    Leadership skills to facilitate meetings, create and deliver presentations, solve problems, set goals, and develop implementation plans.

Why Mercy?

From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, tuition support, and matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.

Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion. As we grow, you'll grow with us.

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