Associate Chief of Perfusion

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt Health is the region's largest comprehensive academic health system, with eight hospitals and over 180 clinics. We are committed to providing world-class care, advancing medicine through patient care, education, and research, and fostering a collaborative and supportive community. This role is within the Perioperative Service Perfusion department, which is a national leader in healthcare, achieving significant milestones including operating one of the nation's busiest critical care centers, the world's busiest heart, lung, and liver transplant program, a successful NRP program for organ procurement, and an established ECMO program. Vanderbilt Health is also a hub for cutting-edge biomedical research and has a record-breaking transplant program. The Jim Ayers Tower represents VUMC's largest expansion to date, featuring new inpatient beds, state-of-the-art operating rooms, radiology, and acute care facilities, and an expanding heart and lung transplant program. This position is responsible for evaluating and assuring clinical education effectiveness, including regular contact with clinical affiliates, student oversight, participation in simulation sessions, and didactic instruction. Allied health professionals are crucial to Vanderbilt Health's reputation for excellence, providing supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic healthcare services. Vanderbilt Health is dedicated to treating patients with dignity and compassion, making it a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.