Senior Perfusionist

Employer University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Glenfield Hospital/Leicester Royal Infirmary Town Leicester Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/10/2026 23:59

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The role comes with a pro rata Recruitment and Retention Payment of up to £2500 divided over 12 months (currently payable to 31/3/27) and the opportunity to move to Band 8B once all competencies are met. There is also a payment towards relocation expenses subject to the relocation policy.

We are looking for a motivated UK qualified Senior Perfusion Scientist to join our friendly team of around 20 colleagues of Perfusionists and Surgical Care Practitioners. We are one of the few Centres in the UK to deliver Adult, Paediatric and ECMO services, which will provide you with an excellent opportunity to expand your range of skills and experiences.

Our Centre is busy, exciting and dynamic and we are proud to be the recipients of the 2022 Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland best Perfusion Team of the year award.

You will be a qualified, autonomous practitioner who is keen to participate in all aspects of the service and able to deliver a wide–ranging and comprehensive extra-corporeal life support service to patients undergoing open heart surgery and/or other related procedures. You will use a broad range of vital, complex and specialised procedures requiring skilled performance with a high level of individual responsibility applied to a variety of situations.

Experience in Adult and Paediatric cardiopulmonary bypass and ECMO is required.

Training will be given where needed and participation in an on call rota is essential.

The post-holder will be a qualified and autonomous practitioner required to deliver a wide–ranging and comprehensive extra-corporeal and life support service, including Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (in-house and transport), IABP support and cell salvage to patients undergoing open heart surgery and/or other related procedures in Operating Theatres, Adult, Paediatric and General Intensive Care Units, Cardiac Investigation Laboratories, and Coronary Care and High Dependency Units.

You will use a broad range of vital, complex and specialised techniques requiring skilled performance with a high level of individual responsibility applied to a variety of situations, and within the overall responsibility of the Manager, Clinical Perfusion. You will participate fully in the development of the protocols and techniques to enable the clinical group to meet its contractual and professional targets.

You must be accredited by the Society of Perfusionists of Great Britain & Ireland and registered with the College of Clinical Perfusionists of Great Britain & Ireland. It…