Clinical Perfusion Lead (Education and Training)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To report to and engage with the Deputy and Chief Perfusion Manager to ensure robust training is consistent across the workforce.

To engage with the wider perfusion department to ensure other educational needs are met, such as new techniques and skills are adequately documented and assessed.

Responsible for all wet lab requirements of the department for routine and emergencies procedures in accordance with SCPS minimum standards.

Play a key role in supporting the delivery of a highly specialised Perfusion Service across the Trust and referring region, ensuring that the service is effective and well co-ordinated.

Demonstrate advanced and expert specialist theoretical/practical skills, and knowledge/expertise in clinical practice, applying these skills to, and as a resource for, the supervision and training of others through all levels of the department and the

multidisciplinary team. Draw on knowledge of a range of theories to inform practice. Develop strategies for the management and delivery of care for patient caseload.

Determine and develop protocols and procedures relating to Clinical Perfusion duties, continuously reviewing and updating documentation.

As an expert practitioner, provide a range of myocardial preservation techniques, as well as antegrade/retrograde cerebral perfusion and alternative cerebro-protective techniques.

As an expert practitioner, participate fully in the setting up, priming and patient management for routine and emergency adult cardiopulmonary bypass procedures.

Ensure that the specialist skills and knowledge required for the provision of the Perfusion Service are appropriately represented across the department and that the level and quality of these skills and this knowledge are continuously audited and augmented.

Ensure quality control, calibration and proactive maintenance of Clinical Perfusion equipment and its accurate and safe use during clinical procedures.

Assess patients for relevant medical history, pathology and diagnosis, and make appropriate clinical decisions concerning the conduct of the procedure.

Initiate and maintain cardiopulmonary bypass, constantly monitoring, interpreting and manipulating multiple complex clinical parameters, taking autonomous corrective action, including blood transfusion.

Administer autonomously intra-venous and intra-arterial drugs as determined by clinical indicators.

Monitor, and where necessary make appropriate autonomous corrections to, blood gases, electrolytes, metabolites, acid-base balance, systemic vascular resistance, cardiac output, and anticoagulation status of the patient.

Gather, analyze and interpret range of highly complex and often conflicting information to make autonomous clinical and technical decisions regarding the choice of perfusion technique for the planned procedure, in order to optimize patient care and clinical outcome.

Ensure the availability, function, accuracy and calibration of associated physiological measurement devices.

Participate fully in Clinical Perfusions 24-hour on-call cover on a rotational basis.

Oversee departmental and individual projects, with a commitment to research and to evidence-based clinical practice to optimize clinical effectiveness.

Quality of Care

Support the Perfusion and CAT managers in the development and maintenance of perfusion training and education, benchmarked against other comparable units.

Evaluate the service delivery as an on-going cumulative process to sustain and improve quality of patient care.

Evaluate and manage the training programme for trainee perfusionists, ensuring patient care is focused upon.

Initiate and undertake clinical governance and audit projects within areas of clinical expertise.

Ensure adequate policies are in place in order to protect the patient from the spread of infection.

Engage with and help to maintain Perfusion Data recording systems and their integration with advances in parallel theatre IT systems and hospital electronic databases.

Leadership and Management

In the absence of the Clinical Perfusion Manager or Deputy, assist the CAS and Theatre manager to co-ordinate staff and implement all team objectives and projects and ensure a seamless delivery of Clinical Perfusion service within the Multidisciplinary team.

Investigate and promote, new educational and professional opportunities within and outside the directorate, explore opportunities for raising the profile of the service within the trust and in the wider community.

Assume delegated tasks as requested by line management, including leading on policy development within area of expertise.

Assist Theatre and Perfusion department in the delivery of Human Factors training to the Multidisciplinary team.

Use expert knowledge to inform service policy developments as appropriate.

Assist in the disinfection of Heater-cooler units adhering to protocol and PPE guidelines.

Provide seamless and consistent Perfusion line Management in periods where the Perfusion Managers or Theatre Manager are unavailable.

Take an active role in student training within the team

Act as an expert resource/advisor to junior colleagues, students, and medical colleagues in the delivery of care.

Identify training needs and maintain and develop the training programmer for Clinical Perfusionists, creating an environment of support and growth.

As an advanced and expert practitioner, provide specialist training in all areas of clinical expertise, acting as an effective role model.

Employ counselling skills to allow feedback from staff after difficult or traumatic events which will include patient fatality.

Maintain calm demeanor during emergency and high-pressure situations, being able to communicate effectively and clearly to all colleagues in the Multidisciplinary team.

Maintain sensitivity and respect the dignity of patients in emergency situations and in the event of death during cardiac surgical procedures.

Develop appropriate departmental strategies for dealing with patient fatality during procedures.

Develop appropriate strategies for dealing with frequently occurring stress and stressful situations.

Utilize a variety of strategies to communicate highly complex sensitive information about the service area to staff, senior management, professional bodies and the general public.

Develop and maintain relationships and effective and proactive communication mechanisms with staff, their representatives and staff organizations so that the Directorate is able to secure participation in and favorable reactions to its aims and objectives.

Contribute to clinical teams, both Multidisciplinary and uni-disciplinary, by discussing own and others input around patient needs, ensuring a well coordinated care plan.

Communicate complex condition-related information from assessment to members of the Multidisciplinary team and other relevant stakeholders.

Work closely with Consultant colleagues and others in the Multidisciplinary team, agreeing decision-making relevant to patient management.

Advise colleagues on a range of clinical issues and facilitate their own problem solving skills.

Demonstrate skills in motivating the team to engage in all departmental activities.

Form productive relationships with others who may be under stress or have challenging communications difficulties

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post accreditation experience

Desirable

• Management qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Department of Clinical Perfusion

Headley Way

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)