CHIEF PERFUSIONIST

UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Job Description
The Chief Perfusionist manages daily operations of the Perfusion Division of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center, promoting a positive working environment and striving to maintain high-quality patient care. The position involves operating extracorporeal circulation and autotransfusion equipment, providing standby support, and mentoring team members.

Requirements

  • Operates extracorporeal circulation and autotransfusion equipment during adult cardio-thoracic procedures
  • Provides standby support for cath lab procedures
  • Operates autotransfusion equipment during liver transplant procedures
  • Operates ECMO equipment and provides expert support to nursing ECMO specialists
  • Operates cardiac assist devices in the operating room setting
  • Shares equal on-call duties with all members of the perfusion team
  • Develops, reviews and implements perfusion protocols
  • Identifies, reviews and implements innovations in the field of perfusion to further improve clinical outcomes
  • Mentors new and experienced team members
  • Provides staff with the resources necessary to perform their duties safely and competently
  • Identifies opportunities for improvement in operational efficiencies and establishes a plan for development and implementation of remedies
  • Communicates and ensures that team members are informed of and adhere to the goals of the department
  • Oversees and coordinates patient care daily by assigning workload to team members
  • Maintains a staffing plan and schedule that meets patient care and departmental needs
  • Oversees the creation and maintenance of the perfusion team's on-call schedule
  • Authorizes leave of absence for team members
  • Ensures ongoing maintenance of staff's continuing education, board certification and state licensure
  • Evaluates travel budgets, for attendance of continuing education events, in advance of final review and approval by the Chief of the department
  • Provides annual performance evaluations of team members to promote personal and professional development
  • Manages perfusion case database
  • Creates monthly billing information for the Division of Perfusion
  • Creates and manages an annual budget for the Division of Perfusion
  • Establishes and manages vendor relationships to improve negotiations in sourcing of capital equipment and consumables
  • Works with Materials Management personnel to ensure product inventory levels meet requirements
  • Represents the Division of Perfusion in the capital equipment acquisition planning process
  • Performs other duties as assigned
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