Perfusionist

Operates heart-lung machine in hospital to take over functions of patient’s heart and lungs during surgery or respiratory failure. Essential Job Functions • Reviews patient medical history and chart, consults with surgeon or physician to obtain patient information needed to operate • heart-lung machine and associated equipment. • Selects, assembles, and tests heart-lung machine supplies to ensure that machine and associated equipment function according to specifications. • Monitors and observes operation of heart-lung machine and patient’s physiologic variables such blood temperature, blood composition, and flow rate, and adjusts equipment to maintain normal body functions. • Assures proper function and maintenance of equipment in conjunction with external technical staff. • Works with OR and Materials Management team to find the most cost effective methods of providing the service to include equipment purchases and vendor contracts for support. • Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve quality. • Identifies needs and sets goals for own growth and development; meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements. • Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency safety standards relevant to job performance.