ECMO Clinician

Cincinnati Children's

4d • $44 - $56 • Onsite

About The Position

The ECMO Clinician is responsible for the maintenance and operation of ECMO equipment, including preventative maintenance, inventory management, and circuit assembly. This role involves critical thinking for clinical decision-making, rapid prioritization of events, and proactive problem-solving. Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams is essential for shared decision-making and improving patient care. The clinician will operate and maintain point-of-care laboratory equipment, provide support for other extracorporeal technologies, and initiate and manage ECMO support under the guidance of clinical functions and protocols. Process improvement is a key aspect, involving clinical inquiry, performance review, and the development and implementation of new processes. The role also includes coaching, mentoring, and facilitating ongoing education for peers, with a focus on developing and maintaining competence. The ECMO Clinician functions within the RN/RT scope as a perfusionist.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Requires RN/RRT clinical license, certification and training OR advanced training in circulation technology from a CAAHEP accredited program AND Certification by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion OR eligible and actively pursuing with attainment in the first year of employment
• 2+ years of work experience in a related job
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Neonatal Resuscitation discipline

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with Clinical Engineering department the preventative maintenance and routine equipment checks of all ECMO related equipment.
• Familiar with entire disposable inventory management process; includes inventory management, ordering, and receiving.
• Development of processes for equipment maintenance.
• Knowledge of how equipment functions, educate functions and create process.
• Coordinate with outside vendors for maintenance and preventative maintenance.
• Demonstrates strong critical thinking skills by making appropriate clinical decisions.
• Rapidly prioritizes both planned and unplanned events and proactively addresses actual and potential problems.
• Directing others to solve complex problems.
• Collaborates with team members in shared decision-making.
• Proactively seeks the contribution of the interdisciplinary team in team meetings and discussions regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
• Coaches others to respect the contribution of the entire team.
• Assists others to work collaboratively valuing the contributions of the various disciplines in patient/practice issues.
• Is an active member on point-of-care or divisional councils, committees, task forces or projects by contributing to decision making.
• Works to build consensus.
• Explains complex and sensitive processes/information.
• Designs and assembles ECMO circuits and prepares the circuit for patient use.
• Operates, maintains, calibrates and performs quality control testing on all point of care laboratory equipment as per Cincinnati Children's Clinical Laboratory's protocols and CLIA requirements.
• Provide support for other extracorporeal technologies within the scope of licensure and as needed such as VAD and CRRT.
• Initiation with the provider/surgeon; implementation and management with surgeon/provider.
• Providers place access for ECMO and the ECMO staff initiates and manages ECMO support, as well as additional extracorporeal therapies, as guided by clinical functions based on protocols.
• Uses clinical inquiry and performance review to improve.
• Questions appropriateness of policies and guidelines and procedures; questions current practice; seeks advice, resources, or information to improve processes; begins to compare and contrast possible alternatives.
• Assists with development of competence in peers; formally, by precepting new ECMO specialists, and informally, by sharing knowledge at the point-of-care.
• Uses self-appraisal performance review and peer review, including annual goal setting, for assurance of competence and professional development to promote safe and ethical practice.
• Coaches and mentors others.
• Facilitates learning for members of the healthcare team.
• Precepting and provides all of continuing education.
• Development and Maintenance of competence in peers by precepting and facilitating ongoing education requirements.
• Not just question but develop and implement.
• Questions appropriateness.
• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.
• Independence, Direction and Accountability.
• Function as perfusionist in RN/RT scope.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level