Advanced Surgical Consultant - Huntsville, AL - Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Heart Recovery
About The Position
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. We are searching for an Advanced Surgical Consultant to support clients and patients in the Huntsville, AL and North Mississippi/North Alabama region. This is a field-based role. Our Cardiovascular team, fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke, aiming to elevate standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients. Heart Recovery, a rapidly growing medical device company, is expanding its focus and device line-up to support Cardiac Surgeons and Heart Failure Cardiologists across the US. The Advanced Surgical Consultant will work closely with Surgical Account Managers and the Commercial Sales and clinical team to drive growth. Through the Impella® product portfolio, this role will enable physicians and staff to recover hearts and save patients’ lives.
Requirements
- If a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree, must have 5+ years of direct patient care in a cardiac transplant, ECMO or LVAD center CVICU or direct (at the table) experience in CVOR.
- If advanced degree, 3+ years of direct patient support in a cardiac transplant, ECMO or LVAD center CVICU or CVOR.
- Direct patient management experience (not including experience as an Abiomed field clinical) in one of the following scenarios: Cardiothoracic ICU caring for post-op tMCS (including Impella devices, CentriMag and/or ECMO) or Durable MCS (including HeartMate, HeartWare, and/or Berlin Heart) or Direct experience assisting in the CVOR
- Confidence, expertise and familiarity of cardiac surgery and OR protocol.
- Willingness to travel
- Availability to take call for emergent patient care.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- A valid driver's license issued in the United States.
- Conduct duties and responsibilities in accordance with all state and federal laws and regulations governing the medical device industry.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree: Registered Nurse First Assist (RNFA), Nurse Practitioner (NP), Surgical Physician’s Assistant (PA), Critical Care Physician’s Assistant (PA) or Perfusionist licensure
- Direct (at the table) experience in Cardiac Surgery/Perfusion, 5+ years preferred.
- Hands on Impella support experience strongly preferred.
- ECMO patient care experience.
- Experience delivering clinical demonstrations and successful trainings.
- Ability to advance sales process with customers.
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to advocate with physicians.
Responsibilities
- Train, educate, and support combined CT/Heart Failure programs on the proper use of the Impella.
- Full customer immersion (ie. input on patient selection and subsequent surgical support) within 5.5 sites to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
- Device expertise and support on Impella to assist with the adoption of the full portfolio beyond 5.5 commercial launch responsibilities.
- Surgical implant and unit support readiness including training and education at existing sites.
- Internal collaboration with the Surgical Leadership Team, Training Team, Engineering Team, Marketing, Professional Education, Clinical, as well as with R&D.
- Participate in On Call support rotation
- Maintain contact with all customers to evaluate clinical and educational needs.
- Performs device training on full Impella Device line-up.
- Be a functional expert and provide advanced acumen on the durable, acute, and hemodynamic medical device landscape and best practices in the management of those devices.
- Cultivates close relationships with strategic business partners and key opinion leaders.
- Call point(s): Cardiac Surgeons, Heart Failure Cardiologists, OR teams, Intensivists, Perfusionists, and ICU/ Step Down Unit teams.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
