ECMO Specialist

at  Ascension

DETAILS

• Department: Pulmonary Diagnostics
• Schedule: PRN Days, 12 hour shifts
• Hospital: Dell Children’s Medical Center
• Location: Austin, Texas

REQUIREMENTS

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• One or more of the following required:
• Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
• Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner credentialed from the Texas Department of State Health Services obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
• Respiratory Care Practitioner credentialed from the Texas Respiratory Care Practitioners Certification Program obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
• Respiratory Therapist specializing in Registered credentialed from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate’s degree/Technical degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

Operate extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) equipment and perform ECMO therapy according to physician orders.

• Monitor pump functioning throughout patient therapy and maintain pump integrity.
• Monitor circuit volume and administer products, medications and/or volumes as ordered.
• Monitor anticoagulation, electrolyte, acid-base balance and blood-gas composition values and adjust ECMO circuit to maintain physician’s orders.
• Generate and compile appropriate documentation and charges related to ECMO. Precept new ECMO team members.