Inova Health System is seeking a Perfusionist for a job in Dunn Loring, Virginia.
Job Description & Requirements Specialty: Perfusionist Discipline: Allied Health Professional Start Date: ASAP Duration: Ongoing Shift: flexible Employment Type: Staff
Chief Pediatric Perfusionist
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is seeking a Chief Pediatric Perfusionist.
This role is full-time.
We offer a competitive salary, pay based experience and on-call pay as well as Relocation + Sign-on Bonus for qualified candidates!
Plus, don't forget about our other amazing benefits and perks!
Inova Benefits and Perks:
- Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
- Tuition reimbursement and Educational Assistance
- Student loan assistance – up to $10,000!
- State-of-the-art medical and training facilities
- Paid parental leave for birth/adoption of a child
- Retirement benefits with match from day one
- Free Parking to all employees
- Exclusive savings opportunities to in-store events, theme parks, discounts, movie tickets and local offerings and so much more!
Requirements for consideration:
- Bachelor's Degree in Perfusion technology
- Five years' experience as a clinical Perfusionist performing complex cases
- Certified Clinical Perfusionist required upon start.
- Basic Life Support by AHA required upon start.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with both adults and pediatrics cases
- Previous experience in leadership
Job Responsibilities including but not limited to:
- The Chief Pediatric Perfusionist ensures the effective and efficient functioning of the pediatric unit and the achievement of optimal patient outcomes.
- Delivers safe, high quality and cost-effective perioperative services.
- Serves as the pediatric chief clinical leader and resource for the pediatric perfusion unit while ensuring unit compliance with quality, safety, regulatory requirements and the Joint Commission standards.
- Ensures practice improvements by providing direction and guidance to others regarding preoperative services and specialty.
- Utilizes the Joint Commission standards, peer reviewed evidence-based literature and AMSECT guidelines to support a surgical care delivery system that produces quality care with optimal outcomes.
- Collaborates with leadership on pediatric unit participation for emergency preparedness activities.
- Conducts education and coordinates emergency/trauma surgical skill training in addition to participating in pediatric unit-specific drills.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
The Inova Children's Heart Center has been established in Northern Virginia for over 30 years, serving patients in Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C.
The Heart Center has recently recruited a new chief of pediatric cardiac surgery.
With that, the number of surgical cases is expected to increase to 250 pump cases per year, including complex neonatal operations and single ventricle palliation.
Ventricular assist devices and heart transplantation are also part of the future plan.
Inova is seeking a chief pediatric perfusionist with experience and leadership skills to be able to mentor and help the pediatric perfusionist team along the program expansion.
Inova Job ID #660513.
Posted job title: chief pediatric perfusionist