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Job Title: Senior Architect
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000
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 requiredWhat 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.

If you're interested in being considered for this role, please use the link provided to apply now, or get in touch with Tom Brown via email or (phone number removed) to discuss further.

Calibre Search promote equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age. We act as both an employment agency and employment business

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