Job Description
Job Title: Architect / Healthcare Planner (Contract)\n Hourly Rate: £30 - £35 per hour\n Location: Manchester\n Contract Duration: Negotiable\n\nOur client are a well-established Manchester-based practice with a strong track record in healthcare design. Working predominantly with NHS Trusts and healthcare providers, they deliver thoughtful, clinically focused design solutions across acute and community settings.\n Due to increased workload on strategic healthcare commissions, they're looking for an experienced Healthcare Planner to join them on a contract basis. This is a front-end focused role, where you'll be instrumental in translating clinical requirements into spatial briefs that inform design development.\n\nThe Role\n You'll be working on early-stage feasibility and briefing for healthcare schemes, with your day-to-day including:\n\nLeading stakeholder engagement workshops with clinical teams, Trust Estates, and operational staff\nDeveloping functional content briefs, room data sheets, and schedule of accommodation\nPreparing departmental adjacency diagrams and space planning studies\nSupporting Strategic Outline Case (SOC) and Outline Business Case (OBC) submissions\nProducing operational flow analysis and capacity planning asses...