Perfusionist

About the role

To conduct extracorporeal circulation and ensure the safe management of physiologic functions by monitoring the necessary variables.

What you'll do

• Sets up and operates heart-lung machine in hospital to take over functions of patient's heart and lungs during surgery or respiratory failure: Reviews patient medical…
• Selects, assembles sets up, and tests heart-lung machine to ensure that machine and associated equipment function according to specifications
• Operates heart-lung machine to regulate blood circulation and composition, to administer drugs and anesthetic agents
• Monitors and observes operation of heart-lung machine and patient's physiologic variables such as blood temperature, blood composition, and flow rate
• Cleans and adjusts parts of heart-lung machine

What you need

• Any graduate