Manager of Perfusion

Company Description

At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better healthcare, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. At Northwestern Medicine, we pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, we take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better?

Job Description

The Manager, Perfusion reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Manages the business through an understanding of healthcare economics, current industry trends, and departmental budgets. Possesses knowledge of current technology used in healthcare and thinks strategically.  Leads the people by using communication skills to build trusting interdisciplinary relationships, engages in conflict management, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and staff development. Fosters an environment for shared decision making. Develops the leader within by engaging in a reflective practice, developing a career path, demonstrating personal and professional accountability, and maintaining active membership in professional organization.

Responsibilities:

• Basic Core Skills:
  • Customer Focus:
    • Clearly identifies the internal and external customer(s) for their unit or service area and their respective requirements/expectations.
    • Actively seeks methods of concurrent and retrospective feedback from customers, listens to customer feedback and implements solutions and/or interventions as appropriate.
    • Continually examines ways to improve business relationships with customers, suppliers, and the community
    • Regular meetings with local leaders to review quality, efficiency, financial and growth metrics and own action plans related to perfusion
  • May function as a Clinical Perfusionist based on department need
  • Creative Leadership:
    • Develops strategy for system-wide competency of perfusionists
    • Translates organizational vision into a unit or service area vision that engages team members in contributing to and achieving that vision.
  • Coaching and Development:
    • Provides feedback to improve employee performance and engagement.
    • Tracks coaching discussions and performance of team members; Develops and implements performance improvement plans when necessary to ensure accountability.
    • Seeks ways to match team members’ talents and career interests with organizational opportunities.
  • Continuous Learning:
    • Seeks new ideas from a wide range of sources; encourages others to share knowledge and best practices.
    • Maintains active membership in Professional Organization and shares current, relevant information
    • Participates in leadership development activities
• Core Skills: Relationship
  • Provides caregivers with an environment that supports their professional practice, health and well-being.
    • Coaches and mentors and develops caregivers in their professional practice and career development.
    • Develops plan for transition into practice of new perfusionists.
    • Promotes development of caregivers by creating individualized development plans.
    • Partners with physician in co-leadership model to build a collaborative inter-professional practice environment.
    • Conducts mid-year and annual performance evaluations with all professional caregivers.
    • Participates in the disciplinary process as needed.
  • Serves as the clinical expert for the specific patient population
    • Ensures process improvement initiatives are sustained. 
    • Participate in and/or lead programmatic, process & quality improvement projects the perfusion stakeholder
    • Supports new programs proposed by NM that may require perfusion services.
    • Provides ongoing initial and continuing education to perfusion, OR and ICU teams
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      • Oversite of the Orientation process and tools
  • Attracts, develops, and retains exceptional care givers and provides those care givers with an environment that fosters excellence through continuous learning.
    • Collaborates with Human Resources and other managers to ensure appropriate staffing.
    • Advances innovative recruitment and retention strategies for team members.
    • Ens