Perfusion Technician Full-Time)

Hackensack Meridian Health•Hackensack, NJ

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change. The Perfusion Technician prepares patient charts and sets up, prepares, cleans, and maintains par levels for all equipment.

Requirements

High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.

Nice To Haves

Some college.
Some experience in a hospital related position.

Responsibilities

Collects and completes the Perfusion preoperative data form and enters initial data into the computers.
Sets up and prepares all equipment for use by cleaning all perfusion tools according to policy and procedure and checks for damage and sterility.
Removes and discards disposables from the pump according to policy and procedure at the completion of each procedure.
Sets up and operates the auto-transfusion devices according to policy and procedure, completes the auto-transfusion checklist and records all necessary data.
Maintains par levels for the Perfusion supply room and the supply carts.
Completes the quality controls for the Hemochron Instrument, records all results and maintains accurate levels.
Performs maintenance procedures on the Temperature Control Modules, the Heart Lung machines, and the auto-transfusion devices and reports all equipment problems and contacts the companies for necessary repair and rentals.
Monitors the availability of the intra-aortic balloon pumps and completes the daily checklist and records the location and availability of all pumps.
Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.