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Additional Information About the Role

Barnes Jewish Hospital

1500-bed level one trauma center

70% of cases are scheduled
17 Perfusionists
Comprehensive Benefits
Exciting and challenging atmosphere with complex cases. Strong Perfusion Team with a diverse set of backgrounds and experience.

Overview

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. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of 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. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Perfusionists find the kind of fast-paced environment that will test their professional judgment and critical thinking skills, and encourage tremendous growth. It's an exhilarating place to build a career. Here, you'll work with world-renowned surgeons and anesthesiologists assist on unique and complex procedures, work with the latest technologies and treatments and play a vital role in developing new procedures and treatment protocols. In fact, people from all over the nation and the world come to Barnes-Jewish for our surgical specialties.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provide leadership in the planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and evaluating of perfusion services at BJH as well as 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. Manages perfusion services at busy 24/7 level 1 trauma Hospital with over 1600 perfusion cases annually with the Chief directly overseeing 100 cases annually.

Responsibilities

Manages BJH perfusionists including but not limited to: hires, trains, assigns work, manages & evaluates performance, conducts professional development plans. Ensures that the productivity and actions of the BJH perfusionists meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department leadership.

Maintains optimal communication, close cooperation and consultation with attending physicians in the extracorporeal perfusion process.

Oversight of program including the heart-lung machine and extracorporeal units used during open heart surgical procedures and documentation of activities on the perfusion record.

Ensures 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.

Directs and ensures the delivery of safe, appropriate patient care through effective leadership skills. Oversees the design, implementation and participation of the education and training programs for cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal support specialists, physicians and critical support personnel. Directs education of perfusion students through clinical affiliations (accredited perfusion education programs).

Leads the development of departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets and having direct responsibility for adhering to those goals. This includes responding to changes in the business which may affect the ability to achieve the budget goals.

Manages 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.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience

<2 years

Supervisor Experience

< 2 years

Licenses & Certifications

Cert Clinical Perfusionist

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Licensed Perfusionist

Preferred Requirements

Education

Master's Degree

Experience

2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

2-5 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

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

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

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