ECMO Specialist - RN / RRT

at  Ascension

DETAILS

• Department: Adult ECMO
• Schedule: Full Time Night Shift, 3,12-hour shifts 7p.m. to 7a.m.
• Hospital: Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola
• Location: Pensacola, FL
  ECMO Specialist experience required.

REQUIREMENTS

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
• One or more of the following required:
• Registered Nurse credentialed from the Florida Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
• Respiratory Care Practitioner credentialed from the Florida Board of Respiratory Care obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
• Respiratory Therapist credentialed from the Florida Board of Respiratory Care obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

Education:

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

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

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