Position: Perfusionist
Location: Albany, GA 31701
Start date:
12/11/2023Contract: 17 weeks
Shift: Days; 12hrs
Guaranteed hrs: 36hrs/week
Pay: $5302 weekly gross for 36 hrs ($115/hr on W2 with $1162 weekly stipend)***Locals not Accepted (75 miles radius rule)***Unit Notes:Certs: Must be certified by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion. Must be licensed by the State of Georgia.Ratios/Cases per Day: On average, 320 Heart cases per year. Other case responsibilities: Occasional Autotransfusion/Cell Saver procedures. IABP, Possible future VAD responsibilities.
EMR: Meditech Medical Record system, but hand charting for Perfusion cases.
Call Requirement One Perfusionist on call at a time. Call consists of one week, every third week.
What is call response time? 30 Minutes
Holidays On call when Operating room is closed with exception for emergent cases.
Surgeon Availability: 24/7
What does a Typical day look like? Depending on case load, the Perfusionist coming off call Monday morning will be the early in/out person arrive at 6am if a heart surgery is scheduled Monday/Wednsday/Friday, and second in Tuesday/Thursday. Second perfusionist will arrive at 8:30am M/W/F, and first in T/T. The call perfusionist starts at 11am. Each perfusionist is expected to remain until the schedule allows for dismissal in order of arrival.
Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Case load is a mix of CABG, Valves, Root Replacements, Cardiac Anomalies (adult). Convergent, TAVR coverage. Occasional trauma cases.
Common Type of Equipment used: Current equipment includes Sorin/LivaNova S-5 Heart-Lung Machines with CP-5 Centrifugal Pump, Sorin/LivaNova 3T Heater/Coolers, Healthcare Autolog Cell Savers. Maquet CS100 IABPs.
Additional Notes: Responsibilities also include maintenance of Perfusion Department equipment and stock items. Charting and documentation of all perfusion related items. •
Last updated on Nov 13, 2023