Chief Perfusionist, Acute Care – Permanent Full Time (1.0)
Company
CHEO
CHEO is a globally recognized health institution dedicated to providing exceptional care and support to children, youth, and their families across a vast region. From Canada's capital to eastern and northern Ontario, western Quebec, and Nunavut, we serve over half a million patients each year.Forbes has twice named us the best place to work in Canadian healthcare. We are a team of over 6,500 – staff, clinicians, scientists, researchers, and volunteers – all working together to help children and youth thrive.Since 1974, the world has transformed, and so have the needs of children. CHEO has evolved to address these changes, including comprehensive cardiac care as part of Ontario’s two-site pediatric cardiovascular surgery program with SickKids Hospital in Toronto. As CHEO’s Perfusionist Clinical Practice Lead you will have a pivotal leadership role, working with partners, to design and develop innovative models that ensure a sustainable pediatric cardiovascular surgery program for Ontario.
Location
401 Smyth RD, Ottawa, ON
Duties
Within CHEO, you will have the opportunity to:
• Work with other clinical Directors and senior leaders to develop and implement CHEO’s perfusionist program
• Work closely with the Vice President Acute Care and Cardiovascular Surgery Leadership Team to implement quality improvement initiatives
• As part of the One Program Two Site model for Pediatric CV Surgery, work with counterparts at Sick Kids towards maintaining evidence-based care and standards across both sites.
• Build and sustain relationships with key partners to design a regional model for perfusion services and ensure seamless integration and timely communication with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute management and clinical teams
• Oversee CHEO’s perfusionist team as it is redeveloped and implemented
• Participate in proper selection, maintenance and replacement of CHEO’s perfusion equipment for cardiopulmonary bypass, ECMO, cell saver and related point-of-care technologies as required
• Provide profession specific review, recommendations and endorsement regarding best practices, policies & procedures, research ethics board submissions on behalf of the profession.
• Identify legislative issues related to the discipline, interpret professional standards, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements which includes the review of and recommendations regarding policies and procedures
• Support identifying and developing internal talent to develop CHEO’s perfusionists and ECMO specialist capabilities.
• Train, review, verify, and monitor workload measurement
• Provide input to management on issues related to discipline competencies and standards of practice
• Collaborate and problem solve with other Professional Practice Leaders to address issues related to inter-professional practice
• Liaise with educational and research organizations; provide discipline specific endorsement for research ethics submissions prior to review by appropriate approval committees
• Collaborate with other health care providers, educators and researchers to develop and implement joint clinical, research and teaching initiatives
• Participate in/provide educational opportunities that support and advance professional practice; ensure staff are actively involved in continuing education
• Coordinate student training opportunities and represent CHEO – OCTC on academic committees and oversee orientation, training, supervision and evaluation of students
• Provide clinical services to maintain clinical proficiency and support operations including on-call coverage as required.
• Oversee quality and safety of perfusion services at CHEO
Requirements
Qualifications and skills required:
• Certified with the Canadian Society of Clinical Perfusion and/or American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion
• A minimum 5 years of hands-on clinical experience with pediatric perfusion
• Familiarity with key CV Surgery databases including PC4 and STS
• Demonstrated excellence in communication and relationship skills in a multidisciplinary team and with community partners
• Experience in leadership including quality and safety improvements within a team environment
Start Date
2024-09-03
Hours
37.5
Salary
$78.47-$92.50 hourly ($153,016.50 - $180,375 annually)
Contact
Name
Erin Glas
Title
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Address
401 Smyth RD
Telephone
(613) 207-1875
Other Email
Job Posting Link
Display Date
2024-07-11
Expiry Date
2024-07-26
