Dir Perfusion and ECMO Services Univ of Colorado Hospital

Description

Dir Perfusion and ECMO Services

UCHlth Anschutz Inpt Pavilion, OR Administration - Aurora, CO

Pay: $212,097 - $339,372 / year. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option


Summary:

The Director of Perfusion and ECMO Services provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for perfusion and Extracorporeal Life Support (ECMO) services at the University of Colorado Hospital. This role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, compliant, and innovative perfusion and ECMO services that support complex cardiac, transplant, oncology, and critical care programs. The Director partners closely with physician leadership and interprofessional teams to advance program growth, clinical excellence, workforce development, and research initiatives.


Key Responsibilities

The Director of Perfusion and ECMO Services plays a critical role in advancing the health system's strategic and operational priorities through the following responsibilities:

• Provides strategic oversight and operational leadership for perfusion and ECMO services, including program planning, service expansion, staffing models, budgeting, capital planning, and resource allocation aligned with organizational goals.

• Leads and supports high-quality clinical perfusion operations across cardiovascular and ECMO programs, ensuring consistent performance standards, evidence-based practice, and patient safety.

• Recruits, develops, mentors, and evaluates perfusion staff, including Perfusionists and Perfusion Assistants; supports training, education, and ongoing competency for ECMO Specialists in partnership with clinical and educational leaders.

• Collaborates closely with physician leaders, cardiac surgery, anesthesia, nursing, critical care, and executive stakeholders to ensure multidisciplinary alignment and readiness for highly specialized services.

• Ensures continuous compliance with all regulatory, licensure, accreditation, and professional standards governing perfusion and ECMO services, and leads efforts related to audits, quality improvement, and program accreditation.

• Partners with physician and academic leadership to support research, innovation, data analysis, and performance improvement initiatives related to perfusion and ECMO care.

• Promotes a culture of accountability, safety, professional development, and continuous improvement within perfusion and ECMO services.

Candidate Qualifications

The successful candidate will bring a combination of clinical expertise , leadership experience, and strategic vision appropriate for a highly specialized academic medical center environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or a related health sciences field.

• Certified Clinical Perfusionist (CCP) through the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP).

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Healthcare Provider certifications through the American Heart Association.

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive leadership experience in perfusion services within a complex clinical or academic healthcare setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting clinical research, outcomes tracking, data analysis, or academic program development related to perfusion or ECMO services.

• Prior experience leading or supporting ECMO programs in a tertiary or quaternary care environment.

Skills and Traits

• Demonstrated leadership and decision-making skills in complex, high-acuity clinical environments

• Strong strategic, financial, and operational management capabilities

• Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary clinical, academic, and executive teams

• Clear and effective communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage diverse stakeholders

• Commitment to quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement

• Experience developing, mentoring, and retaining highly specialized clinical staff

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UCHealth promotes a culture that invests in professional success and personal well-being through a comprehensive total rewards program. *

Recognition

• Performance bonus: UCHealth offers an Annual Performance Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, and financial goals.
• Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.
• Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.

Health and well-being

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents.
• Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.
• Free Care.com membership.
• Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
• Time away from work: Paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.
• Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.
• Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability.

Retirement and savings

• 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.
• Additional 457(b) plan may be available.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.

Education and career growth

• UCHealth provides access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth.
• Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.
• Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.
• Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.

* Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.


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