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Perfusion Assistant- Full Time- Day Shift (7a-4:30p)

Henry Ford Health - Careers, Lansing, MI, United States


Description - External
General Description
Under minimal supervision provides care, maintenance, assembly and operation of electronic physiological pressure monitoring equipment in the operating room, intra-aortic balloon pumping systems, autologous blood salvaging systems and other related systems. Provides laboratory test in the operating room for open‑heart patients. Provides maintenance and cleaning of equipment for perfusion services. Performs other related duties as required.

Education and Experience Required

Associate’s degree preferred.

Completion of Intra Aorta Balloon Pump (IABP) certification program and/or minimum of one-year previous IABP experience.

Analytical ability required in order to set‑up, calibrate, operate, and maintain various equipment.

Manual dexterity required to work with finely detailed circuitry components and systems.

Visual/hearing/verbal abilities required in order to operate equipment and assist during surgical procedures.

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Additional Information

Organization: Henry Ford Jackson Hospital

Department: Surgical Services-Or

Shift: Day Job

Union Code: Not Applicable

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