Senior Clinical Perfusion Scientist

The Cardiothoracic unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital performs 700 adult cardiac surgical cases per annum. As well as the usual range of myocardial revascularization and valve replacement procedures, the case mix comprises complex thoracic aortic surgery, mini mitral valve repair, minimally invasive coronary and valve surgery, and off-pump coronary surgery., The Clinical Perfusion team are currently supporting our 6th and 7th Bristol MSc trainees as they enter their first year of training. The ability to provide mentoring and pastoral support to our students is a key part of this role., Key Dimensions

• Provide significant, highly specialist, autonomously managed, direct care delivery.
• Responsibility for the continual development and delivery of training packages related to perfusion science, specialist devices and specialist techniques to trainees and members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide highly specialist advice directly related to care delivery and technical aspects of treatment.
• Undertake significant out of hours commitment for autonomously managed, direct care delivery on a rota basis.
• Assist the Clinical Perfusion Manager directly in procurement, maintenance, servicing and troubleshooting of a range of high value equipment and specialist clinical devices.
• Allocation of daily duties appropriate to skill mix in the absence of the Clinician Perfusion Manager or Deputy Manager.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - theJohn Radcliffe Hospital,Churchill HospitalandNuffield Orthopedic Centrein Headington and theHorton General Hospitalin Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviors define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

The position is full time permanent contract based around a 4-day working week, but the department is optimized for work life balance and open to discussing part time or flexible and work patterns also. Participation in the on-call rota will be required - this is currently at a 1:6 frequency with some enhancements.