Cardiac/Liver Perfusionist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at Posterity Group LLC

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are tasked with staffing the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System with Cardiac/Liver Perfusionists. The Perfusionist is expected to do the following:

Perfusionist(s) will be available to the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Monday through Friday for perfusion related procedures such as open-heart surgical procedures, liver transplant procedures, intra-aortic balloon device troubleshooting and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Perfusionist(s) will also be available, as assigned by the contractor, on an as needed and/or emergency basis.

• All licenses held by the personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted license to the services covered by this contract issued in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.
• All Perfusionists shall be a graduate of an accredited Allied Health Education Program School of Perfusion Technology and shall be certified by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, demonstrate evidence of meeting continuing education requirements, and shall have performed a minimum of 40 clinical cases per year.
• The assigned Perfusionist(s) must be competent to support percutaneous cannulation for minimally invasive and robotic surgery and must have experience in liver transplant perfusion. The Perfusionist(s) must be capable of managing ventricular assist device (VAD) methodologies and must work closely with the VAPHS team with respect to management of complex Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) cases and redo cardiac bypass surgery, as well as aortic surgery and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).