What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Autotransfusionist position at Posterity Group LLC?
Description:
Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are tasked with staffing the South Texas VA Healthcare System with a Certified Autotransfusionist. The Autotranfusionist is expected to perform the following:
- The Autotransfusionist is responsible to check the OR schedule daily for surgical procedures requiring Autotransfusionist services
- Coordinate scheduled periodic preventative maintenance and repair calls for VA owned equipment and maintain a record of such
- Assure a minimum of four complete sets of supplies for open heart and Autotransfusion cases are available at any given time
- Sets up and operates Autotransfusion pump for surgical procedures other than open heart.
- Generates a record during each surgical case to include the surgical time of the procedure and the amount of autotransfused blood given to Anesthesiology for delivery to the patient and handle breakdown of disposable within autotransfusion pump after completion of each procedure.
- Be certified with at least a minimum of ten (10) years of experience
- All Perfusionists shall be a graduate of an accredited Allied Health Education Program School of Perfusion Technology and shall be certified by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, demonstrate evidence of meeting continuing education requirements and shall have performed a minimum of 1000 clinical cases
- 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
