Senior Architect

Job Title: Senior Architect
Salary: -45,000 - -50,000
Location: Manchester

Our client is a highly respected Manchester-based architectural practice specialising in healthcare design. With a growing portfolio of strategic NHS commissions and a reputation for delivering clinically led, evidence-based design, they work closely with Trusts from the earliest stages of scheme development.

They''re now looking for a Senior Architect with front-end acute healthcare experience to join their team. This role focuses on RIBA Stages 0-3, where you''ll be shaping how hospitals function, translating clinical needs into viable spatial solutions and supporting business case submissions.

The Role
You''ll be leading and contributing to early-stage planning and briefing on acute healthcare schemes, with responsibilities including:

• Developing departmental layouts, test fits, and adjacency studies
• Translating clinical service models into spatial solutions that work operationally
• Supporting Strategic Outline Case (SOC) and Outline Business Case (OBC) submissions
• Preparing and testing option studies through to RIBA Stage 2
• Collaborating directly with NHS Trust Estates & Capital Teams, clinical leads, Project Managers, and Quantity Surveyors
• Contributing to planning-stage risk management, including operational and decant considerations
• Supporting wider bid, competition, and framework work where required

What We''re Looking For
Essential:

• Solid experience delivering acute healthcare projects at RIBA Stages 0-3
• Proven capability in departmental space planning, clinical flows & adjacencies, and departmental stacking
• Experience supporting SOC / OBC level work
• Strong working knowledge of Health Building Notes (HBNs) and Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs)
• Confidence working directly with clinicians, NHS Trust Estates teams, and multi-disciplinary consultants

Desirable: Experience across departments such as Emergency Departments (ED / A&E), Operating Theatres, Imaging & Diagnostics, Inpatient Wards, Critical Care, or Elective Hubs would be advantageous.

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