Hybrid Advanced Surgical Consultant – Heart Recovery

at Johnson & Johnson

• Job title: Advanced Surgical Consultant – Heart Recovery
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Greenville, United States

About the role

• Surgical Sales Specialist supporting Cardiac Surgeons and Heart Failure Cardiologists in Greenville/Columbia. Training and educating on the Impella device to improve patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Train, educate, and support combined CT/Heart Failure programs on the proper use of the Impella.
• Full customer immersion (ie. input on patient selection and subsequent surgical support) within 5.5 sites to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
• Device expertise and support on Impella to assist with the adoption of the full portfolio beyond 5.5 commercial launch responsibilities.
• Surgical implant and unit support readiness including training and education at existing sites.
• Internal collaboration with the Surgical Leadership Team, Training Team, Engineering Team, Marketing, Professional Education, Clinical, as well as with R&D.
• Participate in On Call support rotation.
• Maintain contact with all customers to evaluate clinical and educational needs.
• Performs device training on full Impella 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 relationships with strategic business partners and key opinion leaders.
• Call point(s): Cardiac Surgeons, Heart Failure Cardiologists, OR teams, Intensivists, Perfusionists, and ICU/ Step Down Unit teams.

Requirements

• If a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree, must have 5+ years of direct patient care in a cardiac transplant, ECMO or LVAD center CVICU or direct (at the table) experience in CVOR.
• If advanced degree, 3+ years of direct patient support in a cardiac transplant, ECMO or LVAD center CVICU or CVOR.
• Direct patient management experience (not including experience as an Abiomed field clinical) in one of the following scenarios: Cardiothoracic ICU caring for post-op tMCS (including Impella devices, CentriMag and/or ECMO) or Durable MCS (including HeartMate, HeartWare, and/or Berlin Heart) or Direct experience assisting in the CVOR.
• Confidence, expertise and familiarity of cardiac surgery and OR protocol.
• Willingness to travel.
• Availability to take call for emergent patient care.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• A valid driver's license issued in the United States.

Benefits

• Inclusive work environment
• Professional education opportunities
• Equal Opportunity Employer