Job summary
- Main area
- Staff Perfusionist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 358-6985581-RRC
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Glenfield Gospital
- Town
- Leicester
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Perfusionist
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
The role comes with a payment towards relocation expenses subject to the relocation policy.Ìý
We are looking for a motivated Perfusion Scientist to join our friendly team of around 20 colleagues of Perfusionists and Surgical Care Practitioners. We are one of the few Centres in the UK to deliver Adult, Paediatric and ECMO services, which will provide you with a vast range of skills and experiences.
Our Centre is busy, exciting and dynamic and we are proud to be the recipients of the 2022 Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland best Perfusion Team of the year award.
You will be a qualified, autonomous practitioner who is keen to participate in all aspects of the service and able to deliver a wide–ranging and comprehensive extra-corporeal life support service to patients undergoing open heart surgery and/or other related procedures. You will use a broad range of vital, complex and specialised procedures requiring skilled performance with a high level of individual responsibility applied to a variety of situations.
The Centre currently undertakes 1000 adult and 250 neonatal/paediatric cases, along with 100 neonatal, paediatric and adult ECMO’s and IABP support. participation in an on call rota is essential.
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Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be a qualified and autonomous practitioner required to deliver a wide–ranging and comprehensive extra-corporeal and life support service, including Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (in-house and transport), IABP support and cell salvage to patients undergoing open heart surgery and/or other related procedures in Operating Theatres, Adult, Paediatric and General Intensive Care Units, Cardiac Investigation Laboratories, and Coronary Care and High Dependency Units.
The candidate will use a broad range of vital, complex and specialised techniques requiring skilled performance with a high level of individual responsibility applied to a variety of situations, and within the overall responsibility of the Manager, Clinical Perfusion.Ìý He/she will participate fully in the development of the protocols and techniques to enable the clinical group to meet its contractual and professional targets
The department currently undertakes 1000 adult and 350 neonatal/paediatric cases, along with 100 neonatal, paediatric and adult ECMO’s and IABP support.Ìý
You must be accredited by the Society of Perfusionists of Great Britain & Ireland and registered with the College of Clinical Perfusionists of Great Britain & Ireland. It would be an advantage to be conversant with all relevant perfusion techniques. However training will be given in Paediatrics and ECMO if only Adult trained and vice versa.
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:Ìý
- high-quality care for all,Ìý
- being a great place to work,Ìý
- partnerships for impact, andÌý
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,Ìý
- we are inclusive, andÌý
- we are one teamÌý
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýIn conjunction with the Deputy Manager, Clinical Perfusion, ensure the provision of extracorporeal circulation, life support systems, ventricular assist devices, haemoconcentration, cell salvage, and autonomous assessment and maintenance of physiological parameters.
- Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Assists in formulating policies for the smooth running of the Clinical Perfusion Department and makes recommendations for improvement and development. The post-holder will provide clinical and scientific advice, and provide interpretation of results to clinicians throughout the Trust and to external agencies. Draw on knowledge of a range of theories to inform practice.Ìý Assist in developing strategies for the management and delivery of care for the patient group.
- Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýSetting up, priming and running cardiopulmonary bypass equipment for cardiac surgery procedures, according to the perfusion procedures and protocols and to play a full role in the routine cardiac surgery programme.
- Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ensure quality control, calibration and maintenance of expensive and complex medical equipment, ensuring accurate and safe use during clinical procedures.
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(Please refer to the job description/person specification for further details on the role)Ìý
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Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Accredited
Desirable criteria
- 2 years experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- PGDip in perfusion
Desirable criteria
- MSc in Perfusion
Experience
Essential criteria
- Adult experience
Desirable criteria
- Adult and Paediatric experience
Experience
Desirable criteria
- ECMO Experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Gavin Majithia-Beet
- Job title
- Principal Perfusionist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0116 2563069
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Paget house, 2 West street
Leicester
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LE1 6XP
- Telephone
- 0116 502 7298
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