Chief Perfusionist

BJC HealthCare • St. Louis, MO

7h • Onsite

About The Position

Barnes Jewish Hospital is a 1500-bed level one trauma center where 70% of cases are scheduled. The Perfusion team consists of 17 Perfusionists. The role offers comprehensive benefits and an exciting and challenging atmosphere with complex cases, supported by a strong Perfusion Team with a diverse set of backgrounds and experience. Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Its staff includes full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows, and other medical professionals. Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, recognizing its excellence in nursing care. At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Perfusionists operate in a fast-paced environment that tests professional judgment and critical thinking skills, encouraging tremendous growth. It is an exhilarating place to build a career, working with world-renowned surgeons and anesthesiologists, assisting on unique and complex procedures, utilizing the latest technologies and treatments, and playing a vital role in developing new procedures and treatment protocols. Patients from across the nation and the world seek Barnes-Jewish for its surgical specialties.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience: <2 years
• Supervisor Experience: <2 years
• Cert Clinical Perfusionist
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Licensed Perfusionist

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree
• Experience: 2-5 years
• Supervisor Experience: 2-5 years

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in the planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and evaluating of perfusion services at BJH.
• Perform all responsibilities of a staff perfusionist providing cardiopulmonary and mechanical circulatory support for patients with emphasis on complex procedures including support for heart failure and non-cardiac procedures and level 1 trauma support.
• Manage perfusion services at busy 24/7 level 1 trauma Hospital with over 1600 perfusion cases annually, with the Chief directly overseeing 100+ cases annually.
• Manage BJH perfusionists including but not limited to: hires, trains, assigns work, manages & evaluates performance, conducts professional development plans.
• Ensure that the productivity and actions of the BJH perfusionists meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department leadership.
• Maintain optimal communication, close cooperation and consultation with attending physicians in the extracorporeal perfusion process.
• Oversee program including the heart-lung machine and extracorporeal units used during open heart surgical procedures and documentation of activities on the perfusion record.
• Ensure quality of care of the perfusion process by implementing, communicating, and/or developing philosophies of standards of care, enforcing adherence to organizational, departmental and outside regulatory requirements and monitoring and/or measuring financial, operational and clinical outcomes against standards.
• Direct and ensure the delivery of safe, appropriate patient care through effective leadership skills.
• Oversee the design, implementation and participation of the education and training programs for cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal support specialists, physicians and critical support personnel.
• Direct education of perfusion students through clinical affiliations (accredited perfusion education programs).
• Lead the development of departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets and having direct responsibility for adhering to those goals.
• Respond to changes in the business which may affect the ability to achieve the budget goals.
• Manage training and support of staff in use of variety of heart failure and ventricular support devices transplants (heart, lung, liver) as well as, handling high dose chemo therapeutic cases, aortic dissections and aneurysms and the support for clinical trials and investigational devices.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees