clinical perfusion scientist

Clinical perfusion scientists operate heart-lung equipment during surgical operations to ensure breathing and blood circulation. They work as part of the surgical team, connect patients to the heart-lung machines in preparation for surgery, monitor their condition during surgery, report to the team on the patients' status and determine the necessary techniques according to their needs.

The most in-demand skills for this role include hygiene in a health care setting, health care legislation, medical terminology, clinical perfusion, resuscitation, human anatomy. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives clinical perfusion scientist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.