Job Details

The Director of Perfusion Services is responsible for the strategic, operational, and clinical integration of perfusion services across the Jefferson Health system. This is a new role within Jefferson Health and will serve as the owner of perfusion strategy, ensuring high‑quality, safe, reliable, and cost‑effective perfusion services that support cardiovascular and surgical programs across academic, tertiary, and community settings. Reporting into the Toll Health & Vascular Institute (HVI) and Department of Cardiac Surgery will have clinical and administrative leadership responsibilities across all cardiac surgical locations, transplant locations, and ECMO locations. The initial focus of the Director will be the insourcing of any current vendor driven perfusion service locations. Once insourcing is completed the focus will shift to advancing Jefferson's "One Enterprise" care model—moving perfusion from regionally siloed operations to a coordinated, health system operating framework. driving standardization of clinical practice, resource deployment, quality and financial performance. The role will also have an academic function designing and implementing a sustainable educational platform for the perfusion program and extending the scope of training available.

Job Duties
Human Resource Management: Responsible for recruitment, retention, and management of all perfusion related resources. Defines operational needs for enterprise perfusion service and appropriate staffing deployment. Management perfusion service locations via subordinate managers/clinical leaders across 8 operative sites with 24/7 in-house and emergency response accountability
Program Management: Defines and maintains the clinical standards of care for perfusion services, ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation), and VAD (Ventricular Assist Device) & blood management programs.
Quality Management: Ensures that all perfusionist, ECMO specialist, perfusion technicians and other associated services are meeting or exceeding established standards. Develop and implement mitigation strategies as needed to maintain patient safety.
Financial Performance: Develops and manages the annual operating and capital budgets, including monitoring expenses, identifying, justifying, and resolving variances, identify opportunities for cost savings. Development and management of revenue sources related to clinical work in various service areas/locations.
Regulatory Compliance: Ensures department compliance with regulatory bodies, including The Joint Commission, CMS, and state licensing boards
Supply Chain & Capital Management: Defines materials management strategy in coordination with supply chain. Responsible for management of vendor relationships, purchasing of supplies, and maintains inventory controls. Development of capital management plan, fleet replacement program, equipment function, and innovation.
Education: partnering with the University program to ensure high quality educational experiences for students and growth of the perfusion school.
Clinical Care Delivery: Provide perfusion and related services to patients as part of the overall perfusion service. Engagement with providers across the sites of care accross the enterprise

Job Description

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s Degree Graduate of an accredited Cardiovascular Perfusion Program
• 10 years Leadership role in large academic or multi-location service and
• CCP - Certified Clinical Perfusionist - American Board for Cardiovascular Perfusion Upon Hire

Additional Qualifications

Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Albert Einstein Medical Center

Primary Location Address

5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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