Advanced Surgical Consultant, St. Louis - Abiomed

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Coverage Areas: St. Louis

Role & Responsibilities:

• Train, educate, and support combined CT/Heart Failure programs on the proper use of the Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist

• Full customer immersion (ie. input on patient selection and subsequent surgical support) within 5.5 sites to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

• Train, educate and, provide support in conjunction with the Medical Office and Engineering team to support EFS/PMA efforts and full commercialization of the BTR pump and future Surgical and Heart Failure focused technologies.

• Device expertise and support on Impella 5.0/ LD in order to assist with the adoption of the full portfolio beyond 5.5 commercial launch responsibilities.

• Clinical and technical expertise and support of Breethe Oxy-1 to assist with device integration and support of system adaptation into applications beyond the initial commercial launch.

• Participate when able with launch, training, and education of combined Surgical/ Heart Failure programs on the proper use of the Breethe Oxy-1 system with the Breethe Clinical Team.

• Internal collaboration with the Commercial Team, Training Team, Engineering Team, Marketing, Professional Education, Clinical, as well as with R&D.

• Maintain contact with all customers to evaluate clinical and educational needs.

• Performs device training on full Impella Surgical Device line-up.

• Be a functional expert and provide advanced acumen on the durable, acute, and, hemodynamic medical device landscape and best practices in the management of those devices.

• Cultivates close relationship with strategic business partners and key opinion leaders.

• Input to management on all situations affecting clinical results and sales.

• Call point(s): Cardiac Surgeons, Heart Failure Cardiologists, OR teams, Intensivists, Perfusionists, and ICU/ Step Down Unit teams.

• Staff major conferences: HFSA, AHA, STS, AATS, and ISHLT.

• Staff Advanced Surgical Courses and local heart failure and surgical symposiums.

Qualifications

• Bachelors' Degree required; Registered Nurse First Assist (RNFA), Nurse Practitioner (NP), Surgical Physician's Assistant (PA), or Perfusionist licensure
• Direct (at the table) experience in Cardiac Surgery/Perfusion, 5+ years preferred.
• Direct patient management experience in one of the following scenarios: a cardiothoracic ICU caring for post-op tMCS (excluding IABP) or durable MCS (does not include experience as an Abiomed field clinical), or direct experience assisting in the CVOR required.
• Confidence, expertise and, familiarity of cardiac surgery and OR protocol is required.
• Willingness to travel/ cover multiple geographies required; previous experience desired.
• Up to 50%-75% overnight travel may be required depending on territory.
• Previous experience with Abiomed and/or other Cardiac medical devices highly desired.
• Ability to drive patient outcomes required.
• Conduct duties and responsibilities in accordance with all state and federal laws and regulations governing the medical device industry required.
• A valid driver's license issued in the United States is required.