Perfusionist (Per Diem Position)

Responsibilities

• Operates/maintains cardiopulmonary support equipment during open heart surgery.
• Provides cardiopulmonary bypass for elective and emergency open heart surgery.
• Documents all procedures/functions performed during open heart surgery.
• Operates/maintains life support/assist devices throughout the hospital, devices throughout the hospital, at the direction an attending physician.
• Provides intra-aortic balloon counter pulsation in the operating room, cardiac catheterization laboratory, and support in special care units with initiation and troubleshooting.
• Provides membrane oxygenator support long term in operating room, special care units or emergency department when necessary.
• Provides ventricular assist devices in the operating room or special care units when necessary.
• Provides pacemaker support when necessary in operating units throughout the hospital.
• Remains current in the field of life support/assist devices.
• Operates and maintains life support/assist devices in surrounding hospitals including transportation of patients to and from Riverside.
• Supplies all services listed in previous section by contractual agreement.
• Operates/maintains cardiovascular monitoring in the operating room and special care units, at the direction of the attending physician.
• Operates and maintains electrical pressure monitoring equipment including portable and stationary monitors, pressure transducers, pulmonary artery balloon-tip catheters, and other necessary supplies.
• Provides measurement of intracranial pressure, stump pressures, compartmental muscle pressures, or other pressure when necessary.
• Implements clinical comparisons of equipment when clinically or financially appropriate.
• Operates/maintains intra-operative and post-operative autotransfusion, at the direction of the attending physician.
• Provides intra-operative autotransfusion for scheduled and emergency surgery cases, all autotransfusion and clod collection.
• Operates/maintains post-operative and other autotransfusion as necessary in special care units.
• Provides mediastinal autotransfusion as surgeon requests.
• Provides post-operative orthopedic and other autotransfusion throughout the hospital as physician requests.
• Provides methods of hemoconcentrating shed blood for administration to patient.
• Provides methods of determining anticoagulation status of patient.
• Documents all blood salvage and processing as necessary.
• Operates/maintains pacemaker analysis equipment in the operating room and throughout the hospital.
• Provides lead analysis at the time of implant of permanent pacemakers.
• Provides generator analysis at implant and in follow-up.
• Operates and maintains pacemaker programming equipment for use in operating rooms and throughout the hospital.
• Maintains all temporary pacemakers, leads, and accessories.
• Provides 24 hour coverage for usage and maintenance of all above equipment/circumstances.
• Performs miscellaneous duties related to above services when called upon by physicians.
• Maintains computer literacy in multiple programs and databases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• Completion of a formal two year extra-corporeal circulation technology training program involving the areas of physiology, biophysics, pharmacology, medical electronics and perfusion technology.
• Certified by or eligible for Certification by a recognized board of cardiovascular perfusion.
• Minimum of two years of clinical experience in cardiovascular/perfusion technology.