Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.

Under minimal supervision, the Perfusion Assistant provides care, maintenance, assembly and operation of electronic physiological pressure monitoring equipment in the operating room, intra-aortic balloon pumping systems, autologous blood salvaging systems and other related systems. Provide laboratory test in the operation room for open-heart patients. Provides maintenance and cleaning of equipment for perfusion services. Perform other related duties as required.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide care, maintenance, assembly, troubleshooting and operation of monitoring equipment and other related systems.
• Provide maintenance and cleaning of equipment for perfusion services.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• High School Diploma or GED

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate degree
• Operating Room experience
• Completion of Intra Aorta Balloon Pump (IABP) certification program and/or minimum of one-year previous IABP experience
• Must meet or exceed core customer service responsibilities, standards and behaviors as outlined in the HFHS’ Customer Service Policy and summarized below:
  • Communication                            
  • Understanding                              
  • Sensitivity                                     
  • Teamwork
  • Ownership
  • Motivation
  • Excellence
  • Respect
• Must practice the customer skills as provided through on-going training and in-services.
• Must possess the following personal qualities:
  • Be self-directed
  • Be flexible and committed to the team concept
  • Demonstrate teamwork, initiative and willingness to learn
  • Be open to new learning experiences
  • Accepts and respects diversity without judgment
  • Demonstrates customer service values

Schedule: 7:00am - 3:30pm

**Must live within 30 minutes of the hospital due to the on-call requirement.