Medical Planner📣 Job Ad

Job Summary

Dar Al Riyadh (دار الرياض) is seeking a dedicated and experienced Medical Planner to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position requires a professional with over 10 years of experience in medical planning and healthcare facility design.

Role Purpose

The Medical Planner will lead comprehensive medical planning and space programming for a range of healthcare facilities, including hospitals, clinics, and specialized medical centers. This role involves translating complex clinical workflows into efficient, patient-centered designs that adhere to stringent industry standards and regulatory requirements.

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 Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• Professional certification or specialized training in healthcare facility planning or healthcare design guidelines is an advantage.

Required Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management abilities.
• Proficiency in presentation skills.
• Effective multidisciplinary coordination skills.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, requiring active participation within a collaborative and multidisciplinary project team.