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Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to being an “employer of choice” offering our staff superb benefits, looking after their wellbeing, and providing access to high-quality education, training, career progression and support which enables them to provide “Healthcare at its best with people at our heart”.

Contact

Address: Freeman Hospital; Freeman Road; High Heaton; Newcastle upon Tyne; Tyne and Wear; NE7 7DN
Contact Number: 0191 282 0999 option 2

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Ref: 317-2022-24-06-DR Vacancy ID: 4324624

Perfusionist / Senior Clinical Perfusionist Scientist

Closed for applications on: 8-Jul-2022 00:01

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 8-Jul-2022 00:01

Location

Site: Freeman Hospital
Town: 317 01 Freeman Hospital
Postcode: NE7 7DN
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (emergency on call)

Salary

Salary: £40,057 - £63,862 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 7/8b)

Specialty

Main area: 317 Heart/Lung (Perfusion) - FH

Interview date: 20/07/2022

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Band 7

As an autonomous practitioner a Clinical Perfusionist should offer a
comprehensive specialist clinical and technical service during both routine and emergency procedures as a vital member of the multidisciplinary team during cardiac surgery. Train to become competent in all aspects of neonatal and paediatric perfusion. Participate in the emergency on-call rota. The clinical
perfusionist will also participate in the education of trainee perfusionists and contribute to departmental research.
Safely perform a range of highly specialised perfusion techniques on adult patients during routine and emergency cardiopulmonary bypass.
Construct, prime and operate the cardiopulmonary bypass machine to maintain “life support” for the period of cardiopulmonary bypass according to local and occupational clinical policies and protocols.
Assess the patient’s relevant medical history, pathology and diagnosis and make appropriate decisions concerning conduct of the procedure.
Administer drugs including colloid/ crystalloid fluids, vasoactive drugs, cardioplegia solutions, potassium, anticoagulants, haemostatic drugs, sodium bicarbonate and osmotic diuretics as clinically indicated.
Prepare and deliver cardioplegic solutions to arrest the heart and give a still bloodless field in which the surgeon can perform heart surgery. Deliver multiple doses of antegrade and/or retrograde cardioplegic solutions to optimise myocardial preservation during open heart surgery.
Maintain patient’s blood pressure at adequate level whilst on cardiopulmonary bypass, by mechanical and pharmalogical means.
Maintain adequate levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in patients’ bloodstream using an artificial lung (Membrane Oxygenator)
Manipulate on a second-to-second basis the patient’s cardiovascular system whilst on cardiopulmonary bypass.
Monitor a wide range of highly complex and routinely conflicting clinical information on a minute to minute basis such as blood oximetry, cardiac output, systemic vascular resistance, ventilation and anticoagulation whilst observing renal status and blood glucose levels and take appropriate autonomous action.
Undertake, analyse and interpret arterial/venous blood gases and coagulation status.
Take where appropriate, delegated responsibility for the delivery of a highly specialist perfusion service, ensuring the service is effective and well-coordinated.
Advise clinicians on the suitability of equipment and persuade clinicians on appropriate course of action.
Determine the requirements for and perform where clinically indicated, haemofiltration and blood transfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass.
Set up and manage, where appropriate; antegrade/retrograde cerebral perfusion, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and mechanical support devices.
Assist senior clinical perfusionist in construction and management of
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (long term cardiopulmonary bypass)
Undertake retrieval and preservation of donor organs (heart and/or lungs) from hospitals in our retrieval sector
Ensure quality control, calibration and maintenance of complex medical equipment in Clinical Perfusion and their safe use incompliance with Near-Patient testing Policies.
Assisting when necessary with education of trainee clinical perfusionists.
Training of nursing and medical personnel in use of blood gas analysers
Participating in Clinical Perfusion 24hr emergency on-call rota as second on-call

Band 8b

Perform cardiopulmonary bypass procedures on neonatal, paediatric and adult patients using specialised and highly skilled perfusion techniques. Perform ECMO on neonatal, paediatric and adult patients.
Participate in the education and training of student, trainee and registered Perfusionists and contribute to departmental research.
Act as a lead person with a designated area of responsibility within the perfusion service.
Participate in the emergency on-call rota as the primary Perfusionist
Lead Areas - Each Senior Perfusionist will have several designated areas of responsibility. Each senior will develop an experience covering their lead area whilst deputising for colleagues lead roles in their absence to provide a seamless service.

Areas of responsibility include: -
Medical Devices
Equipment/Maintenance/Servicing
Stock Control
Paediatric Perfusion
Thromboelastograph
Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)
Protocols and Perfusion Documentation
Information Technology
Heater Coolers
Infection Control
Point of Care Testing
Risk Assessment & Health and Safety

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful

Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Meets All Band 7 Criteria

Essential criteria

To have attained Accreditation of the Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland.
To be a registered member of the College of Clinical Perfusion scientists and achieve the re-accreditation criteria at the predetermined time intervals
Requires highly specialised knowledge acquired through a unique mixture of theoretical and practical work, which is over a significant training period
Must possess excellent communication skills and work well as an integral team member in the perfusion department and also in the multidisciplinary theatre team.
Able to work independently and participate in departments 24 hour emergency on-call rota as the secondary Perfusionist.
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and a commitment to professional development.

Meets All Band 8b Criteria

Essential criteria

Educated to Master’s Level in Perfusion Science or an equivalent/qualification equivalent experience.
Registered member of the Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland and achieve the re-accreditation criteria at the predetermined time intervals with the College of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland.
Highly developed specialist knowledge acquired through a unique mixture of theoretical and practical work, which is over a significant training period.
To have post accreditation experience as a clinical perfusionist.
Be fully conversant in all aspects of adult, paediatric and neonatal perfusion and ECMO.
Ability to teach and train student, trainee and registered Perfusionists in all perfusion techniques
Possess excellent communication and team-working skills
Able to work independently and participate in department 24-hour emergency on-call rotas as the primary perfusionist.
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and a commitment to professional development

Desirable criteria

To possess teaching qualification or be studying towards obtaining recognised certificate
Be self-motivated and take an interest in research and development programmes
Be fully conversant with IABP managemen