Junior Abdominal Perfusion Practitioner

Job overview

Do you want to contribute to world class outcomes for transplant patients?

The Abdominal Perfusion Practitioner team at CUH are pivotal in ensuring abdominal transplant patients continue to receive world class care. The team expertly support the abdominal transplant programme at CUH through the independent provision of machine perfusion procedures during key aspects of organ procurement, assessment and transplantation.

Utilisation of highly specialised autonomous clinical practice alongside exceptional communication skills ensure that the Abdominal Perfusion Practitioner team actively contributes to the world class outcomes our transplant patients deserve.

If you have a background in transplantation and/or theatres and are passionate about making a real difference for patients with end stage organ failure then this could be the job for you.

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

The post holders main focus will be to undertake the following clinical procedures under the supervision and direction of the surgical transplant team:

• Normothermic regional perfusion during deceased organ donation
• Ex-situ normthermic or hypothermic perfusion of organs to allow recovery and assessment of deceased donor organs using designated ex situ perfusion machines

The post holder will undertake appropriate training and assessment in the competencies required to undertake the above procedures with a high degree of clinical skill and knowledge. Competency will be consistently assessed until all aspects of the role are fully met. After full competency has been met and agreed by peers, the post holder will then progress to be signed off as competent to complete solo on-call.

In addition to the above, the post holder will draw on their current skills and knowledge to undertake further clinical duties associated with transplantation.

Research:

The post holder will contribute to new and ongoing research whilst undertaking their clinical activities by means of accurate data collection during perfusion in line with written protocols and procedures.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -    or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

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Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.