Perfusionist

Perfusionist

Use your talents and skills to serve our vets in our nation's capital!

The Location Washington, DC Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and also known as D.C. or just Washington, is the capital city of the United States of America. It is located on the Potomac River bordering Maryland and Virginia, with Congress holding its first session there in 1800. The city was named for George Washington, the first president of the United States and a Founding Father, and the federal district is named after Columbia, a female personification of the nation. It is one of the most visited cities in the U.S., with over 20 million visitors in 2016. Explore DC

The Facility Washington DC VA Medical Center The Washington DC VA Medical Center, located within sight of the Nation's Capital, is the only health care system that specifically provides care to Veterans. Offering tertiary care in a Complexity Level 1A hospital, allows ours staff to provide comprehensive primary and specialty care in medicine, surgery, neurology and psychiatry. The Medical Center has 164 acute care beds, 30 Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment beds, and a 20-suite Fisher House. Also, the Medical Center is home to an adjacent 120-bed Community Living Center which provides Veterans with geriatric long-term care, hospice and palliative care. The facility is also home to the VISN 5 Polytrauma Network Site and Polytrauma Amputation Network Site and ensure the coordination of lifelong rehabilitation services to Veterans with brain injuries and limb loss, as they progress from acute care to their homes. Address: 50 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC 20422

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (included but not limited to):

• assist the Cardio-Thoracic service with by-pass surgical cases and valve replacement of various types.
• perform onsite Perfusion Services in the treatment of care for eligible veteran beneficiaries as referred and authorized by the Malcom Randall VAMC.
• the heart and lung machines/pumps in conjunction with maintaining a sterile environment for procedures maintaining blood volume in the patients preventing shock or air embolus. preparation, and operation of
• circulation in cases of premature cardiac arrest or failure. assemble supplies and equipment in preparation to accept patient on extra corporeal
• other services include preparation, maintenance and operation of VA owned equipment to include the heart lung machine, auto transfusion pump, intra-aortic balloon pump and centrifugal ventricular assist device.

Requirements:

• Full and unrestricted license in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.
• Graduate of an accredited Allied Health Education Program School of Perfusion Technology and shall be certified by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion.
• Experience shall be demonstrated in the following areas: Open heart surgery, autotransfusion, heart lung machine, membrane oxygenation, left/right heart bypass, intra-aortic balloon pumping and centrifugal ventricular assist device.

Shifts: Monday Friday, 6:30am-3:00pm (8 hours)

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