Staff Perfusionist

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Job Description Summary:

Provides cardiopulmonary support, cardiovascular monitoring, blood salvage and all related services, equipment and documentation for open heart surgery. Operates and maintains cardiac assist devices and cardiovascular monitoring services in the operating room and throughout the hospital. Provides intra-and post-operative autotransfusion. Provides pacemaker support services intra-operatively and throughout the hospital.

Responsibilities And Duties:

55%
: 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.
10%
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 m 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.
5%
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.
5%
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.
10%
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.
5%
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.
10%
Provides 24 hour coverage for usage and maintenance of equipment/circumstanc