Perfusionist

CHI Health Nebraska Heart delivers leading-edge services to Nebraska and northern Kansas. Our network of offices and affiliated hospital-based clinics enables patients to receive timely care close to addition Nebraska Heart located in southeast Lincoln has dramatically reshaped the way in which patients receive care. Nebraska Heart continues to have the largest staff of experienced cardiology and vascular professionals in the area. Alongside the physicians is a dedicated team of advanced practice clinicians nurses technologists and staff; all committed to providing quality care and education to meet each patients needs during diagnosis treatment and recovery.

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

• Through experience and continuing education is able to continually improve upon the patient care provided and is able to provide education and clinical expertise across department lines.
• Participates as a member of a team and keeps the goals of the organization as a whole in mind at all times with respect to fiscal ethical moral and legal obligations.
• Performs value added activities that result in positive financial performance and customer satisfaction.
• Provides extra-corporeal circulation to cardiac surgery patients while preserving the body tissues in as normal a state as possible.

Provides Extracorporeal circulation and circulatory assistance for cardiac compromised patients. Administers medications blood products IV fluids and monitors hemodynamic and metabolic status of the patient. Maintains a record for individual procedures as well as a database for each patient.

Minimum of a Bachelors Degree and be a graduate of a Certified School of Perfusion Education.

Previous experience is helpful but not required.

New graduates must have completed a minimum of 100 clinical perfusions.

Must be American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion certified or eligible.

Nebraska State Licensed as a Perfusionist. BLS required within 3 months of employment. ACLS certificate requirement as determined by site.

Must be proficient in all areas of Extra-Corporeal circulation. Experience with extracorporeal equipment and associated devices including but not limited to autotransfusion machines point of care lab analyzers monitoring systems electronic charting in-line blood gas analyzers heater coolers intra-aortic balloon pumps and safety devices. Experience with initiation management supervision and transport of ECMO and ECPR patients and associated equipment.