Cardiovascular Perfusionist

Posted 7 days ago

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Job Details

Full Time

Location

Vancouver, BC

Salary

dollar sign 62.130 per hour

Job Description

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $62.13/Hr. - CAD $68.10/Hr.

Job Summary

Come work as a Cardiovascular Perfusionist with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), and you may be eligible for a financial recruitment incentive of up to $15,000. Incentives are time limited and conditions apply. Apply today to speak to a Talent Acquisition Advisor!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Perfusionist to join the Perfusion Services team at Vancouver General Hospital.

The team of 15 Perfusionists are looking for an individual interested in joining a highly engaged and supportive group assisting 5 talented surgeons, doing roughly 800 cardiac cases annually. This role also encompasses an ELSO platinum hybrid ECMO program, lung transplants, HIPECs, and standby TAVI support.

Voted one of Canada's top research institutes, this state-of-the-art facility will offer you flexibility, educational opportunities, and a chance to live the west coast lifestyle of the Pacific Northwest where endless world-class outdoor activities are at your doorstep.

Apply today to join our team! Relocation allowance is available!

As a Cardiovascular Perfusionist with VCH you will:

Work under the direct clinical supervision of the Anaesthesiologist and the Surgeon and provide technical support in the direct application of extracorporeal perfusion techniques.
Monitor physiological responses of patients undergoing open-heart surgery.
Ensure effective and safe patient care.
Demonstrate expertise and leadership in perfusion practice.
Operate, prepare and maintain perfusion equipment.
Maintain and advance your own clinical competence.
Participate on designated Hospital committees/teams and approved research projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Current certification by the Canadian Society of Clinical Perfusion (C.S.C.P.).
Graduation from an accredited school of Perfusion Technology and one year’s recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Knowledge & Abilities

Broad knowledge of theory and practice for cardiovascular perfusion procedures.
Broad knowledge and practice of safe work procedures with perfusion equipment.
Broad knowledge of research process and methodology.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with co-workers, medical personnel, other health care staff and students, both one-to-one and in-groups.
Demonstrated ability to organize and to establish workload prioritizes in collaboration with others.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events.
Demonstrated ability to deal with conflict situations.
Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and work direction.
Demonstrated ability to use departmental and hospital policy and procedure manuals.
Demonstrated skill in the use of medical and other supplies appropriate to the clinical area.
Demonstrated ability in CPR techniques.
Demonstrated ability to operate related equipment.
Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
Basic computer literacy to operate a computerized patient care information system.

About Vancouver Coastal Health

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is one of five regional health authorities that work under the Ministry of Health together, with the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), to provide high-quality, appropriate and timely health services to British Columbians. VCH is a world-class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering care to more than one million B.C. residents living in Vancouver, the North Shore, Richmond, the Sea-to-Sky corridor, Sunshine Coast and the Central Coast. We are dedicated to providing exceptional care across the full continuum in areas including public health, primary care, acute services, community-based long-term care and home health, mental health, substance use, and research. We are an organization fully committed to supporting healthy lives in healthy communities with the robust resources of more than 27,000 staff, 3,200 medical staff, 13 hospitals, 55 long-term care and assisted living sites, a number of urgent primary care centres, and 17 community health centres.