Perfusionist
- Employer
- University of Virginia
- Location
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Bring your perfusion expertise to the moments when precision, clinical judgment, and exceptional teamwork matter most.
At UVA Health, Perfusionists are essential partners in delivering sophisticated cardiovascular care. This opportunity places you alongside an experienced, multidisciplinary cardiac team supporting patients with complex surgical and circulatory needs, including cardiac surgery, transplantation, ventricular assist devices and other complex care pathways.
The Role
As a Perfusionist, you will bring specialized knowledge of extracorporeal circulation, cardiovascular physiology, and mechanical support to a high-acuity clinical environment. You will work closely with cardiac surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and other cardiovascular specialists, providing the vigilance and technical expertise required when every clinical decision matters.
Your work will include:
- Providing cardiopulmonary bypass and perfusion support for cardiac surgical procedures.
- Preparing, operating, and managing perfusion equipment and related technologies according to established clinical standards.
- Collaborating closely with the surgical and anesthesia teams to support safe, coordinated care throughout complex procedures.
- Contributing perfusion expertise to a cardiac program whose capabilities include coronary artery bypass surgery, valve repair and replacement, aortic surgery, heart transplantation, ventricular assist devices, and complex cardiac surgery.
- Supporting an environment where communication, precision, readiness, and multidisciplinary teamwork directly influence patient care.
Whether you are an experienced perfusionist or new graduate, this is an opportunity to practice in an environment where your expertise is not simply technical support. You are an integral clinical partner within the cardiac surgical team.
Why UVA Health
At UVA Health, you can bring your expertise to an academic cardiac surgery program providing advanced care for patients with complex cardiovascular disease. UVA's cardiac surgical capabilities include coronary revascularization, valve surgery, complex aortic procedures, heart transplantation, ventricular assist devices, adult congenital cardiac surgery, complex reoperations, and ECMO support for advanced heart and lung failure.
This breadth creates a compelling environment for perfusion professionals who want to remain challenged, work collaboratively, and contribute meaningfully to sophisticated cardiovascular care.
- Be part of advanced cardiac care. Work alongside highly specialized clinicians whose expertise encompasses cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure, transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support.
- Practice where your expertise has visible impact. Perfusionists are essential participants in highly coordinated procedures where physiology, technology, and rapid clinical decision-making converge.
- Work within academic medicine. UVA Health brings patient care together with research, education, surgical quality improvement, and the development of future clinicians.
- Collaborate across disciplines. The complexity of the cardiac program creates opportunities to work closely with surgeons, anesthesia professionals, nurses, advanced practice providers, and cardiovascular specialists.
- Build your career around meaningful complexity. For perfusionists drawn to challenging cases and advanced therapies, UVA Health offers an environment where specialized knowledge is put to meaningful use.
Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.
If you are looking for a perfusion opportunity that combines clinical complexity, sophisticated cardiac care, academic medicine, and true multidisciplinary partnership, UVA Health offers a place to bring your experience and continue advancing your practice.
Why People Love Living in Charlottesville:
Charlottesville offers a distinctive balance for healthcare professionals who want a rewarding career without giving up quality of life. Set near the Blue Ridge Mountains, the area provides convenient access to hiking, cycling, running, wineries, and year-round outdoor recreation while offering a vibrant food, arts, music, and university community. Charlottesville combines the energy and cultural resources of a university town with the accessibility and natural beauty of Central Virginia, making it an appealing place to build a career, put down roots, and enjoy life outside the hospital.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education: Graduate of an accredited program in Perfusion required.
Experience: None required.
Licensure: Certified to practice as a Perfusionist by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion; if new grad certified within four exam offerings and within 24 months of hire date. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Job requires sitting/standing for prolonged periods, frequently bending/stooping/traveling, climbing (ladder, steps) and reaching (overhead, extensive, repetitive). Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull > 100lbs. May be exposed to chemicals, fumes, heat, noise, cold, blood/body fluids and infectious disease.
The pay range for this role is $146,868.80 - $234,998.40 annually. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.Benefits
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Retirement Savings
- Long-term and Short-term Disability
- Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Certification and Education Support
The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.
Organization
In 1819, the University of Virginia established a new model for intellectual exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration in higher education. Two hundred years later, as a major research institution, we continue to challenge conventions, lead with ingenuity and advance knowledge for the common good.
What began as an innovative idea has become one of the nation’s leading public research universities, with over 21,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UVA also has over 3,000 full-time faculty offering more than 400 degrees.
Each of the University’s eleven schools has its own distinctive mission, working together to garner consistently high rankings—including #2 Best Value Public College (Princeton Review, 2016), #3 Public University in the Nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2016), and #3 Best Value Among Public Colleges (Kiplinger’s, 2016).
As we invest in and strengthen our research capabilities, UVA seeks new faculty ready to uncover new insights, rewrite old rules and collaborate on intellectual discoveries.
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS THAT CROSS DISCIPLINES
As an R1 institution, the University’s research centers, consortia and laboratories are on the leading edge of discovery and technology, offering collaborative spaces for students and faculty to solve global problems.
Our professors are recognized members of major national scholarly and professional organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Our faculty’s engagement in interdisciplinary research is being facilitated by new research institutes specializing in everything from big data to brain functioning, and by cluster hires across schools.
NATIONALLY RANKED HEALTH SYSTEM
UVA is also home to a nationally renowned academic medical center and the UVA Health System, which serves a three-part mission to treat patients, conduct translational research and train medical practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines.
Established as the nation’s 10th medical school in 1825, the institution has since grown to include a 612-bed hospital and a Level I trauma center, nationally recognized cancer and heart centers, a Children’s Hospital, and primary and specialty clinics throughout Central Virginia.
The UVA Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by the U.S. News & World Report magazine and has been named among the top 25 percent in seven specialties.
INSPIRING STUDENTS, INSPIRED TEACHING
The vast majority of UVA students come from the top 10% of their high school class, as well as from all 50 states, over 142 countries and a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Despite their diversity, all UVA students share a love of learning and a drive to achieve.
One of the reasons students choose Virginia is our unique residential culture. At UVA, the community of students, faculty and staff personifies the Jeffersonian idea that living and learning are connected. The Academical Village was constructed to support a unique residential experience, with faculty living in the Pavilions, students occupying Lawn rooms and the world-famous Rotunda at its heart. The University’s residential culture continues to support this experience today—strengthened by students, faculty and staff rich in backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. Our unique culture is also paying dividends in innovation: UVA’s faculty have generated more than 130 patents since 2010.
Perhaps most importantly, faculty come to UVA knowing that instruction is as important as research, and they pride themselves on their many teaching awards. Our best professors look for ways to encourage, mentor and develop tomorrow’s leaders inside and outside the classroom.
LIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
Living in Charlottesville you’ll find sophisticated restaurants, world-renowned wineries and breweries, cosmopolitan arts and music, friendly urban and suburban neighborhoods and a Piedmont landscape that has lured adventurous souls for centuries. No wonder the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research named Charlottesville the “happiest city in America” in 2014.
In addition to UVA and its health system, several major employers have facilities in Charlottesville, including State Farm, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Defense, GE and others. Charlottesville is also becoming a center for innovative start-up businesses. The University also actively helps spouses and partners of faculty members build their networks and pursue employment opportunities with a wide variety of area employers.
The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
- Telephone
- 434-985-4532
- Location
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2420 Old Ivy
Charlottesvle
Virginia
22911-7433
United States
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