Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic experienced Clinical Perfusion Scientist to lead our highly skilled Paediatric perfusion team.

This is an exciting leadership opportunity to manage a team of specialists while overseeing the delivery of cutting edge perfusion services for neonatal and paediatric patients.

You will also be required to maintain you clinical skills in our adult/grown up congenital cardiac surgical speciality.

Reporting directly to the Principal Perfusionist, you will have a significant input into the clinical and strategic management of the perfusion department along with the deputy lead in adult perfusion.

The role comes with a pro-rata Recruitment and Retention Payment of £3500 divided over 12 months and a payment towards relocation expenses subject to the relocation policy.The department currently undertakes 1000 adult and 350 neonatal/paediatric surgical cases, along with 100 neonatal, paediatric and adult ECMO’s, and as such, you will be required to take part in a transport ECMO rota.

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 and 5 years post accreditation experience. It would be an advantage to be conversant with all relevant perfusion techniques including ECMO.

Participation in the department on-call rota is essential.

The department offers a 37.5 hour, 4 day and 3 day working week dependant on area of work.

Main duties of the job

You will lead by example as an expert and autonomous practitioner, while providing organisational leadership, clinical and professional perfusion services to the multi- disciplinary team.

The post holder will be expected to organise facilities and staff to enable the clinical group to meet its contractual and professional targets. In deputising for the Clinical Manger, you will be required to divide time between clinical and managerial responsibility as required, ensuring team, professional and personal development targets are met.

The post-holder will be required to deliver a wide–ranging and comprehensive extra-corporeal and life support service, including Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation, 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 by using 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, with or without technical support. In the absence of the Clinical Manager, he/she will lead the development of the protocols and techniques that enable the clinical group to function.

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: 

• high-quality care for all, 
• being a great place to work, 
• partnerships for impact, and 
• 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, 
• we are inclusive, and 
• we are one team 

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:

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/