Perfusionist

Sanford Health•Fargo, ND

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. This role performs extra-corporporeal circulation using heart-lung machines and ancillary related devices for medical and surgical support. The Perfusionist operates heart-lung machines and other relevant equipment for cardio-pulmonary perfusion, monitors, calibrates and maintains devices according to relevant standards, and monitors a spectrum of physiologic parameters and copes with emergency situations during cardio-pulmonary perfusion procedures. The role also involves the operation of blood salvage and blood hemoconcentration devices (Cell Saver/Hemoconcentrator), managing HIPEC pumping and heating systems for general surgical chemotherapy treatments, and setting up, priming, initiating, and troubleshooting ECMO for cardiac and/or pulmonary support of patients outside of the operating room environment. The Perfusionist must be able to provide perfusion and perfusion-related services to a variety of medical/surgical patients, communicate effectively with patients, family members, and the healthcare team, solve problems, document clearly, perform and evaluate laboratory tests, manage fluids, blood, and electrolyte therapy, monitor and support patients using current perfusion techniques, and work with the growth and development needs of all client populations. The position requires maintaining patient perfusion needs and accommodating on-call rotations and responsibilities.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited perfusion program required.
Board eligible for certification or certified by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP) with subsequent annual recertification within one year of hire preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs extra-corporeal circulation using heart-lung machines and ancillary related devices for medical and surgical support.
Performs extracorporeal circulation using heart-lung machines during various cardiac surgeries to allow cardiac surgeons to focus on performing procedures.
Performs cardio-pulmonary perfusions in various cardiac surgeries to ensure patients' circulatory and respiratory needs are met.
Operates heart-lung machines and other relevant equipment for cardio-pulmonary perfusion.
Monitors, calibrates and maintains devices according to relevant standards.
Monitors a spectrum of physiologic parameters and copes with emergency situations during cardio-pulmonary perfusion procedures.
Adheres to quality assurance policies and procedures to ensure accurate and safe practices in cardiopulmonary perfusion.
Operation of blood salvage and blood hemoconcentration devices (Cell Saver/Hemoconcentrator).
Manages HIPEC pumping and heating systems for general surgical chemotherapy treatments.
Involved in the setup, priming, initiation, and trouble-shooting of ECMO for cardiac and/or pulmonary support of patients outside of the operation room environment.
Ability to provide perfusion and perfusion related services to a variety of medical/surgical patients.
Ability to communicate with patients, family members and others on health care team.
Ability to solve problems.
Ability to document clearly and communicate in writing.
Ability to perform and evaluate laboratory tests.
Ability to manage fluids, blood, and electrolyte therapy.
Ability to monitor and support patients using current perfusion techniques.
Ability to work with growth and develop needs of all client populations.
Maintains patient perfusion needs.
Ability and willingness to accommodate on-call rotations and responsibilities.