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As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA
- The incumbent provides oversight and management of all aspects of the space planning and project scoping process.
- Elements of success include maintenance of positive relationships, professional and timely processing of invoices, upholding standards of safety and quality, effective time management, and budget control.
- This position works with organizational leaders to successfully scope projects and strategically manage space requests.
- This position is not responsible for providing direct patient care.
Licenses Required
- Current licensure to practice as an Architect in the State of Utah
Benefits (ProRated based on FTE):
- Save 50% on Tuition (Tuition reduced for eligible employees attending the University of Utah)
- Health Coverage, Dental Coverage, Life Insurance
- Retirement
- Paid Time Off
- 11 Paid Holidays per year
Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.
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Responsibilities
- Assists with the planning and management of the organization's space needs.
- Works with staff to identify objectives, prioritize needs, formulate options, and develop project scopes of work, schematic level plans, preliminary schedules and budgets that can be used for executive approvals and further design development.
- Facilitates interactions between users, affected departments, and outside consultants to resolve architectural programming/planning problems.
- Serves as client contact with authority to conduct healthcare planning activities.
- Researches and applies best practices of planning efforts.
- Prepares internal facing materials including reports, studies and presentations.
- Translates strategic planning objectives into proposed space utilization.
- Develops planning standards and methods including lean design and evidence-based design methodologies.
- Participates in making decisions regarding planning and design concepts, including application of life-safety and building codes.
- Scopes and conducts facility capital project space and budget requests.
- Performs critical thinking and data analysis.
- Experience in medical planning.
- Demonstrated excellence in design and innovation.
- Experience in leading healthcare projects from programming/concept design through design development.
- Experience working in a collaborative environment with design teams, consultants, and clients.
- Skills in leadership and management of user group engagements and development of deliverables.
- Familiarity with issues surrounding innovative healthcare strategic planning, MP, and programming.
- Exceptional presentation skills.
- Ability to collaborate with others across organizations and departments to promote a strategic perspective.
- Ability to translate strategy into space requirements.
- Continued education through seminars and participation in professional organization activities.
- Demonstrated knowledge of healthcare related codes and standards.
- Experience working with end users to outline process flows and critical adjacencies of clinical spaces to create department floor plan concepts and functional program documents reflective of operations and strategic direction.
- Current licensure to practice as an Architect in the State of Utah
* Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.
Qualifications (Preferred)- 10 + years specifically in Architecture
- Healthcare background
Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.
- This position involves very physical work that may exert up to 100 pounds and may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or moving heavy equipment and/or supplies. The position may involve above-average agility and dexterity with the ability to hold, grasp and manipulate small parts, and use hand and power tools. The position involves the ability to handle physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, walking, bending, crouching, stretching, reaching or similar activities.
Skills Required
- Current licensure to practice as an Architect in the State of Utah
- Experience in medical planning
- Experience leading healthcare projects from programming or concept design through design development
- Experience collaborating with design teams, consultants, clients, and organizational departments
- Experience managing user group engagements and developing deliverables
- Knowledge of healthcare-related codes and standards
- Experience outlining clinical-space process flows and adjacencies to create floor plan concepts and functional program documents
- Design and innovation skills
- Leadership and management skills
- Exceptional presentation skills
- Ability to translate strategic objectives into space requirements
- Ability to collaborate across organizations and departments
- At least 10 years of architecture experience
- Healthcare background
University of Utah Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about University of Utah and has not been reviewed or approved by University of Utah.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded retirement contributions on both the academic campus and U of U Health are notably strong, with automatic contributions and additional voluntary savings options. This emphasis makes long-term financial benefits a distinctive part of the total compensation offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan choices, robust mental-health support through the Employee Assistance Program, and wellness programs create a comprehensive health offering. Network options and wellness incentives further enhance coverage quality.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave policies provide options for fully paid periods or extended partial-pay leave for staff, with parallel provisions at U of U Health. Separate frameworks for faculty include modified duties and leave arrangements during family transitions.
University of Utah Insights
What We Do
The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 31,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 72 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders. The University of Utah became a member of the PAC-12 conference in July 2011. Technology and Commercialization The University of Utah is tops in the country for creating start-up companies from university research, according to a ranking by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). See http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-of-utah-no-1-for-startups for more information. Forbes magazine’s recent ranking of the “Best States for Business” pointed to “an educated labor force” as a big reason Utah came in at number one. The U supplies many of the employees for companies that keep expanding their operations in Utah, such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Omniture, Oracle, Ebay and many others. http://pac12info.utah.edu/commercialization-of-innovation/ Healthcare University of Utah Health Care recently ranked first in the nation in a prestigious national study. The University Health System Consortium’s 2010 Quality and Accountability Study compared 98 of the nation’s top academic medical centers and ranked them based on core quality measures, patient safety indicators, mortality rates, re-admission rates, and patient satisfaction scores. See more about University of Utah Health Care at http://healthcare.utah.edu/index.php
