Clinical Cardiovascular Perfusionist

At Providence Health Care, Perfusionists are expert members of our cardiac surgical team and provide life‑saving patient support during surgery and intensive care. They support numerous programs, including the heart failure program with VAD implantation, the adult congenital heart surgery program, and transcatheter heart valve program.

Under the direction of the Supervisor/Clinical Instructor, the Perfusionist:

• participates as a member of the open‑heart surgical team by selecting, setting up, maintaining and operating extracorporeal circulation equipment during surgery
• monitors the patient’s altered circulatory process closely, taking appropriate corrective action when abnormal situations arise and keeping both the surgeon and the anesthesiologist fully informed
• carries out physiological measurements and monitors physiological responses during surgery
• operates the heart‑lung machine during surgery
• functions in a supportive ro...