The Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated team player to join the perfusion team. The perfusion department performs 300-400 paediatric bypass cases per year operating on a variety of congenital heart defects.
The post is to cover maternity leave within the team and would be an exciting opportunity for a qualified perfusionist to come to Birmingham for 1 year to learn about Paediatric Perfusion techniques and Paediatric ECMO.
A complex procedural program with complex Pulmonary Atresia patients providing a large variety of challenging procedures. The department also provides support for the hospital’s commissioned ECLS service. We are enthusiastic about personal development, career progression, research and teaching, so paediatric experience is desirable however training will be given. Dependent on your experience, skills and knowledge, this role is offered at a Band 8b.
This is an excellent opportunity to expand your skills by joining a team in an exciting and challenging surgical environment.
These applicants must be fully accredited and registered with the College of Clinical Perfusionists of GB and Ireland.
The working week is 37.5 hours over 4 days with an essential on-call commitment.
Please see attached JD & PS for detailed information.
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children’s Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women’s Hospital is one of two dedicated women’s hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
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