ECMO Coordinator

BJC HealthCare • St. Louis, MO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At St. Louis Children's Hospital, our Mechanical Assist Department provides highly specialized care for critically ill pediatric patients requiring ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) and AKRT (Acute Kidney Replacement Therapy) support. The department oversees ECMO pump staffing and the education and competency of unit-based ECMO specialists across the organization. The ECMO Coordinator reports directly to the Director of the Cardiac Service Line and plays a vital leadership role within a collaborative, high-performing multidisciplinary team. Our ECMO program supports approximately 55 ECMO patients annually and is recognized as an ELSO Center of Excellence with Platinum designation. St. Louis Children's Hospital is also a pediatric transplant center and a MAGNET-designated organization with distinction, partnering closely with Washington University School of Medicine physicians to deliver exceptional patient care. The SLCH ECMO team is composed of approximately 70 ECMO specialists across multiple pediatric critical care environments. The Mechanical Assist team includes: Advanced ECLS (Extracorporeal Life Support) Specialists (AES), who function in a charge nurse and clinical leadership capacity by facilitating education, responding to emergencies, assisting perfusionists with procedures, and supporting patient transports. The MAFT (Mechanical Assist Float Team), a specialized group of ECMO/AKRT-trained clinicians who care for patients requiring advanced mechanical support within the ICUs. Unit-based ECMO specialists from the Heart Center, PICU, and NICU who are trained on either ECMO or AKRT or both modalities to support safe, evidence-based patient care. This role offers the opportunity to lead within a nationally recognized pediatric cardiac and critical care program dedicated to innovation, teamwork, and doing what’s right for kids.

Requirements

• Nursing Diploma/Associate's
• 2-5 years experience
• RN

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
• 5-10 years experience
• Cert Clinical Transplant Coord

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with physicians to provide direct care to patients.
• Plans, conducts and evaluates educational activities regarding mechanical assist devices for potential recipients, families, professionals and the public.
• Manages the health care of patients with mechanical assist devices.
• Plans and evaluates the delivery of care for patients.
• Coordinates the care of Mechanical Assist Device (MAD) patients.
• Promotes effective utilization of clinical, ancillary and material resources.
• Coordinates, plans, implements and evaluates the patient care and discharge plan for each patient with a mechanical device based upon initial and ongoing assessments.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical outcomes for patients.
• Coordinates clinical and investigational procedures/studies associated with the treatment of adult/pediatric patients.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree