Perfusionist - Cardiovascular

Perfusionist Opportunity in Richmond, VirginiaOne full-time perfusionist and two to three part-time call-coverage CCPs. $130.00 per hour.Richmond is a full-size city that still lives like a small one. The Fan and Church Hill offer walkable historic neighborhoods; Short Pump, Midlothian and Glen Allen offer space, schools and a fifteen-minute commute. The James River runs straight through downtown with Class III rapids inside the city limits. You are an hour from Williamsburg, two hours from Virginia Beach, two from the Blue Ridge, and ninety minutes from Washington DC without paying Washington DC prices. Richmond International Airport is twenty minutes from the medical center with direct service to most major hubs.A tertiary federal medical center with an established cardiothoracic surgery service. The perfusion seat supports open-heart and valve cases with autotransfusion, intra-aortic balloon pump, centrifugal ventricular assist and membrane oxygenation support. Equipment is provided and maintained by the facility. This is a single-perfusionist program, which means you own the pump room and you work directly with the surgical team rather than through three layers of scheduling.1201 Broad Rock Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23249Why This Seat$130.00 per hour, paid standby, and your full rate for every callback hour you workFull time or part time. One full-time seat on the weekday day tour, plus two to three part-time/per-diem CCPs sharing nights, weekends and holiday call — take as many or as few coverage shifts as you wantBase schedule for the full-time seat is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. — no rotating nights, no permanent weekend blockNo billing, no RVU targets, no productivity quotas, no prior authorizationsCare delivered in the facility is covered under federal tort protection — no malpractice premiums, no tailW2 employment with KurzSolutions benefits, and paid time off around the federal holiday calendarCall is shared across the team rather than carried by one personResponsibilitiesPrepare and operate the heart–lung machine for open-heart and valve procedures; maintain blood volume and guard against shock and air embolismOperate and maintain the autotransfusion pump, intra-aortic balloon pump and centrifugal ventricular assist deviceAssemble and deploy extracorporeal circulation support for emergent cardiac arrest or failureReview the surgeon's plan of care before each case and document the treatment plan in the recordMaintain quality assurance documentation on procedures, complications and outcomes to national standardsShare emergency call for the cardiac service with the rest of the perfusion team, with a thirty-minute response to the facility; hours worked on call are paid at your regular rateQualificationsCurrent certification by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (CCP), in good standing with continuing education currentGraduate of an accredited perfusion technology programFull, unrestricted perfusion license from any U.S. state — Virginia licensure is not requiredTwo or more years of clinical perfusion practice and at least 200 documented casesCase experience across open heart, autotransfusion, membrane oxygenation, left and right heart bypass, intra-aortic balloon pump and centrifugal VADScheduleFull-time seat: 2,080 hours per year, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., eight-hour tours, with a share of emergency call. Part-time/per-diem coverage: call coverage only — nights, weekends or holidays, scheduled around your existing job. Thirty-minute response radius applies when you are on call, and call hours worked are compensated at the regular rate. One-year assignment beginning September 30, 2026.