Perfusionist & Senior Perfusionist - Seattle, WA, United States - Providence Health & Services

Description

Senior Perfusionist @ Swedish Cherry Hill
Full Time (40 Hour Week)
Day Shift
8 Hour Shifts

Under the direction of the Senior Perfusionist, Anesthesiologist, and/or Surgeon, the Staff Perfusionist executes extracorporeal support in the care of patients undergoing open heart surgery.

This entails the safe and effective manipulation of sophisticated perfusion equipment used in maintaining adequate physiological parameters.

Such circumstances demand that the Perfusionist know the limitations and hazards of all techniques, components, and principles of extracoporeal support of open heart surgery.

Join our team at Swedish Cherry Hill and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect.

Performs preoperative assessment and chart review for current and prior cardiac history as it relates to a cardiac patient undergoing open heart surgery.

• By utilizing the preassessment, the surgeon's preference, and the anesthesiologist's preferences, to determine a plan for the cardiopulmonary bypass care.
• Competently calibrates and determines the correct function of all laboratory devices utilized during open heart surgery.
• Competently calibrates and determines the correct function of all equipment prior to placing the patient on cardiopulmonary bypass.
• Maintains the availability of the appropriate equipment, instruments, and supplies.
• Maintains all perfusion equipment in good working order.
• Selects the proper equipment based on patient assessment, procedure, review of the patient chart, and conference with the surgeon and anesthesiologist.
• Bachelor's Degree Perfusion Technology.
• Graduate of an accredited school of perfusion technology.

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security.

We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.

Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits.

These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.

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