Medical Equipment Planner I

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DESCRIPTION:

The Medical Equipment Planner successfully plans and manages the medical equipment scope for healthcare projects ensuring client satisfaction throughout the planning process. This position ensures all planning activities are performed in a manner consistent with documented processes while adhering to planning schedule and budget and ensuring data accuracy with equipment lists. Facilitating the planning process to ensure a successful new construction or renovation project that meets the client's expectations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
* Provide professional customer interface and client relations.
* Attend off-site, remote client planning meetings, and virtual meetings.
* Participate in user group meetings as required for all phases of the project (Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Construction Administration and Procurement & Equipment Management).
* Assist with the development and communicate to the design team the Medical Equipment Responsibilities Matrix.
* Participate in OAC meetings as required by the construction process and the contracted fee.
* Participate as needed in vendor presentations and vendor site visits at the client's request.
* Assist in analysis on RFP's as required by the client.
* Assist in medical equipment inventories
* Conduct a content review of equipment on a room by room level for each department, using proprietary software, ESP.
* Request and implement existing client standards during the planning and specification of equipment.
* Obtain quotes for updating budgets.
* Set daily priorities to meet established project deadlines.
* Review project drawings and coordinate equipment requirements on the plans.
* Generate project equipment lists within established standards and guidelines.
* Research emerging technologies and products.
* Track equipment budget for the project, review and enter purchase orders, and resolve issues pertaining to purchase orders.
* Ensure customer sign-off has been obtained for selected medical equipment.
* Source medical equipment for quotes and compare pricing when contracted.
* Assist in the delivery, storage, and installation of all medical equipment when contracted.
* Generate close-out package of all final reports at project completion.
* Participate in any move management projects as required

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:

KNOWLEDGE
* Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
* Basic knowledge of hospital and clinic procedures and department functions to be able to participate in user group meetings
* General understanding of architectural drawings
* Basic knowledge and how to create and maintain budgets

SKILLS and ABILITIES
* Interpersonal Skills - ability to interact positively and work effectively with others
* Comprehension - ability to understand information, ideas, and direction presented in writing and/or verbally communicated
* Written Communication Skills - ability to clearly deliver a message through written words using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation
* Speech Clarity - ability to speak clearly and in a common language so that others can understand you
* Active Listening Skills -practices attentive listening with the patience to hear people out; can accurately restate the opinions of others even when they disagree
* Detail-Oriented - ability to achieve accuracy and thoroughness when accomplishing a task; pays attention to details and is able to understand the cause of a certain outcome
* Judgement and Decision-Making Skills - ability to make reasoned judgments that are logical and well thought out; constructively questioning and analyzing information in order to make the best conclusion
* Organizational Skills -can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish goals; arranges information and files in a useful manner
* Customer Focus - dedicated to meeting expectations and requirements of internal and external customers

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* Bachelor's degree and / or related experience in the Healthcare environment and / or Clinical arena
* 1-2 years of medical equipment planning experience or related experience preferred
* Experience planning small projects in the acute care setting
* Basic understanding of building design and construction schedules
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
* Frequently use a computer for several hours at a time
* May need to periodically maneuver over, under, and around barriers
* Frequently travel by car and plane in order to visit job sites and attend meetings, conferences, and events
* Requires the ability to climb stairs, move around a job site and stand for several hours at a time

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

(The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
* Indoors in a normal office environment with some exposure to excessive noise, darkness/poor lighting, fumes, or dust
* Travel to and navigate construction sites, some of which may be small spaces with dirt or dust particles
* Frequent overnight travel (around 20-40% of the time)

SSR is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

EOE including Disability/Veteran

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