Sr. Perfusionist

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule 12-hour shifts, on Propt schedule, and rotating shifts with on call as assigned Posted Date 03/01/2025 Salary Range: $97.1 - 128.04 Hourly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration indefinite Job # 22848

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Play a key role within a world-class care, award-winning health system. You can help ensure the delivery of outstanding cardiac surgical care and take your career in an exciting new direction. As a perfusionist, you’ll be an important contributor to the nation’s largest and most advanced heart and lung transplant program. Our exceptional team of clinical professionals combined with leading-edge technology makes UCLA Health the trusted destination for the most diverse and complex cardiac cases.

The Perfusionist is daily supervised and given routine work assignment and responsibilities by the Director. Routine patient care is under the direction of the Director and the Attending Cardiac Surgeon. Under the order of the Attending physician. You will provide critical patient care as you support extracorporeal circulation and/or oxygenation, myocardial and/or organ protection and preservation, blood component and drug/fluid administration. This includes assembly and operation of the heart-lung machine and extracorporeal circuits, operation of heater, coolers and cardioplegia delivery system, also blood concentrators, coagulation monitors, and long -tern assist devices, etc. This may include operation of devices such as Heart lung machine, IABP, VAD and ECMO. 

Salary Range: $97.10-$128.04/hourly

Job Qualifications

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We’re seeking a highly-motivated, flexible individual with:

•  A Bachelor’s degree with graduation from an accredited perfusion program
• ABCP and BCLS certification from ARC or AHA
• 24 months of adult and 6 mths pediatric experience required 
• Experience with a variety of heart-lung machines, centrifugal pumps, IABP, implantable ventricular assist devices, intraoperative auto transfusion devices, blood saturation monitors, hemodynamic pressure transducers, ECMO, anticoagulation monitors, etc.
• Advanced knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry, including cardiac diseases, defects and congenital anomalies
• Knowledge of sterile and perfusion supplies, including extracorporeal oxygenators, tubing circuits, and cannulae for all patient populations
• Understanding of a variety of organ preservations
• Knowledge of blood pr