Cambridge Perfusion
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"Independent provider of clinical perfusion, ECMO education and locum services to UK hospitals"
About Cambridge Perfusion
Cambridge Perfusion is an independent clinical perfusion provider, operated by Cambridge Perfusion LLP, that has delivered extracorporeal perfusion techniques since 1987. It describes itself as the largest independent perfusion employer and provider in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, performing over 3,000 cases a year, and holds ISO 9001 accreditation.
It provides long-term perfusion services to Royal Papworth Hospital, The James Cook University Hospital and Cambridge University Hospital Trust, covering cardiopulmonary bypass, ECMO, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, ventricular assist devices, organ procurement and ex-vivo lung perfusion. It also runs ECMO education, trains perfusionists and supplies locum perfusionists to other hospitals.
How the team works
At Royal Papworth Hospital, perfusionists support routine and complex cardiac surgery, including frozen elephant trunk procedures, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy and veno-arterial and veno-venous ECMO. Staff work as directed by the partners, the chief perfusionist and team leaders, provide 24-hour cover through an on-call rota and night shifts, and take part in debriefs, clinical audit and service improvement. All perfusionists are accredited with the College of Clinical Perfusion Scientists, and equipment checks and stock management follow ISO 9001:2015 quality standards.
Training and education
The company trains its own perfusionists, with senior clinical perfusion scientists supervising trainees, and an education team assesses all employees periodically. It runs ECMO teaching and courses for perfusionists, nurses and doctors, including wet lab sessions, and an ECMO course in partnership with Royal Papworth Hospital. Staff keep personal development and training records and maintain registration with the College of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland. As a private employer it offers a benefits programme and a pension.
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1987
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