Perfusionist
SURGICAL SERVICES (BILLINGS CLINIC HOSPITAL)
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Shift: Day, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
Employment Status: Full-Time (.75 or greater)
Hours per Pay Period: 1.00 = 80 hours every two weeks (Exempt)
Starting Wage DOE: $69.97 - 87.47

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.

Minimum Qualifications
Education
• GED, High school diploma, or its equivalent

Certifications and Licenses
• Board Certified by the American Board of Perfusion At hire