Healthcare Designer and Medical Planner

Mahlum • Portland, OR

1d • $90,000 - $125,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for an experienced Healthcare Designer and Medical Planner to join Mahlum’s collaborative, award-winning healthcare practice in our Portland Office. In this role, you will guide complex healthcare projects from early programming and planning through design and construction. In this role, you will create thoughtful planning and design solutions that support patients, caregivers, staff, and communities. You will work closely with clients, clinical users, project managers, designers, and technical team members. Depending on your experience and interests, you may also take on increasing responsibility for project coordination, client communication, and project management. This position may be filled at the Design Staff IV or Design Staff V level, depending on experience and depth of healthcare expertise.

Requirements

• 10 years of professional architectural or interiors experience, including significant experience delivering complex healthcare projects.
• Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or Architectural degree from an accredited school
• Professional architectural license (preferred registration in Oregon or Washington) or a Registered Interior Designer (NCIDQ certified)
• Strong medical planning experience includes healthcare programming, departmental planning, clinical groups, workflows, and planning decisions.
• Experience contributing to complex healthcare projects through multiple phases of design and construction.
• Ability to support design excellence while balancing clinical, technical, operational, budget, and schedule requirements.
• Experience with construction documentation, construction administration, quality review, and multidisciplinary consultant coordination.
• Knowledge of FGI Guidelines, ADA requirements, NFPA standards, building and life safety codes, and healthcare regulatory processes.
• Familiarity with Oregon and Washington healthcare facility licensing requirements and coordination with Authorities Having Jurisdiction.
• Interest in developing additional project leadership or project management responsibilities. Prior experience coordinating scope, schedules, staffing, fees, or client communication is valued but is not required at the level of a dedicated Project Manager.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, diagramming, and visual storytelling skills.
• Proficiency in Revit, Bluebeam, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Guide complex healthcare projects through programming, planning, design, documentation, permitting, construction administration, and closeout.
• Lead medical planning, clinical programming, departmental planning, and user group discussions.
• Translate clinical workflows and operational needs into clear planning and design solutions.
• Champion design excellence by helping teams connect planning, user needs, technical requirements, and sustainability targets with broader project goals.
• Develop space programs, room inventories, adjacency studies, departmental layouts, stacking and blocking options, and medical planning diagrams.
• Facilitate client meetings, planning workshops, presentations, and collaborative decision-making.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and provide quality review of project documentation.
• Mentor colleagues, strengthen medical planning knowledge across the firm, and contribute to proposals, interviews, and client relationships.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) plan with immediate employer matching
• PTO available upon hire
• Annual continuing education stipends
• Paid membership dues
• Paid licensing costs
• Paid community service time
• Charitable donation matching
• Financial assistance for commuting by public transit, bicycle, on foot, or carpooling

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree