Perfusionist II at Stanford Health Care in B Central Core 100

Job description

If you're ready to be part of our legacy of hope and innovation, we encourage you to take the first step and explore our current job openings. Your best is waiting to be discovered. Rotating - 10 Hour (United States of America) Why Join Us: • Highly competitive, recently adjusted compensation • Fair call pay for standby and active coverage, with a 1-hour response time • $20,000.00 Sign-On Bonus - contact us for additional information • N+1 staffing model • Four-tiered career ladder recognizing clinical skill, leadership, and hospital involvement • Opportunities to participate in research led by our cardiothoracic surgeons, including lab-based studies • Extensive departmental orientation • Comprehensive services within cardiothoracic surgery, including ECMO and VAD support Perfusionists at Stanford are exposed to a level of case acuity and complexity rarely found in a single program. Our aortic program originated the Stanford classification for aortic dissections, and our perfusionists regularly support complex aortic repairs, including frequent cases involving Loeys-Dietz and Marfan syndrome patients. We also run a high-volume heart and lung transplant program — in 2022, our surgical team pioneered the beating heart transplant technique, a first-of-its-kind approach now being adopted by programs nationwide. Beyond this, our perfusionists support adult congenital cardiac surgery, pulmonary thromboendarterectomies, ECMO, VAD implantation, and essentially every form of cardiac surgical procedure performed today. What distinguishes Stanford is our investment in sustainable practice and professional growth. Our N+1 staffing model ensures you're never the sole line of coverage, and our call pay structure fairly compensates both availability and active work. We offer a four-tiered career ladder with a clear path from trainee to veteran, along with the opportunity to contribute to ongoing research in our surgeon-run labs - a distinction of working within an academic medical center. New team members begin on 10-hour shifts before transitioning to 12-hour shifts with a rotating on-call schedule, supported by a collaborative, expert team from day one. This is a Stanford Health Care job. A Brief Overview The Perfusionist is responsible for operating extracorporeal circulation equipment during any medical situation where it is necessary to support or temporarily replace the patient's circulatory or respiratory function. All actions of the Perfusionist are performed as prescribed by an attending physician and in accordance with SHC policy. Perfusionists perform all routine and advanced clinical and non-clinical functions as described in Perfusion Service Protocols, Policies and Guidelines and in conformance with the Scope of Practice outlined in the California Perfusion Titling Act (Business & Professions Code 2590) as well as the Ethical Standards of the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP) Under the direction of and in consultation with a physician(s), Perfusionists set up and operate the heart-lung machine and other sophisticated equipment used in the operating room, such as physiological monitoring instrumentation, and related ancillary equipment, which keeps the patient alive while a surgeon is operating on them by supporting their circulatory and respiratory functions. The Perfusionist manages the patient's altered physiological functions throughout the procedure. In addition, Perfusionists, directed by the surgeon and anesthesiologist, are responsible for regulating the patient's levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide; for measuring selected laboratory values such as blood cell count; and for monitoring circulation. ▪ At times, Perfusionists administer blood products, anesthetic or other pharmaceutical agents through the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit on prescription and/or appropriate protocol. The Perfusionist is responsible for the monitoring of blood gases and the adequate anticoagulation of the patient, induction of hy