ECMO Core Team Specialist (Primer) - Nights, 7p-7a

Children's Mercy KC • Kansas City, MO

8d • $46 • Onsite

About The Position

Children’s Mercy is seeking an experienced ECMO RN or RRT to join their ECMO Core Team. Children’s Mercy has one of the highest-volume neonatal and pediatric ECMO programs in the country, recognized as a Platinum Center of Excellence by ELSO. The program manages ECMO patients in the NICU, PICU, and CICU, handling 50-60 runs and 500-600 patient days per year. They utilize both roller and centrifugal pumps and offer multiple education opportunities, including high-fidelity simulation and certification courses. The program is innovative, pushing boundaries with early rehab and ambulation on ECMO, tandem therapies, and ECMO transport. The role involves utilizing nursing/RT/perfusion processes and scientific principles for comprehensive clinical management of patients requiring extracorporeal support. Children's Mercy is committed to a welcoming and inclusive workplace that reflects the community they serve and their core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team, and integrity. As a condition of employment, new employees must be willing to be vaccinated against seasonal influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap), with medical and/or religious exemptions available.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required for RN and Perfusionist.
• 1-2 years ECMO experience, including priming experience and circuit management.
• Pediatric and/or neonatal experience.
• If the candidate is a Registered Nurse, one of the following is required upon hire: Registered Nurse Multistate License Missouri, Registered Nurse Multistate License Kansas, RN Compact license for all states besides KS and MO.
• Associate's Degree required for RT; Bachelor's highly preferred.
• If the candidate is a Respiratory Therapist: Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT).
• If the candidate is a Perfusionist: Certified Clinical Perfusionist MO, American Board of Clinical Perfusion certification as Cardiac Perfusionist (CCP) or ABCP eligible and Missouri Board of Healing Arts License as Cardiac Perfusionist (provisional or full) required prior to start date.
• Priming experience is required for external candidates.
• Refer to Nursing and Advanced Practice Provider Licensure and Certification policy for required Life Support Certifications.

Nice To Haves

• CRRT Experience preferred.
• Specialty Certification relevant to unit's patient population (determined by Nurse Manager/Director) Preferred upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Oversees initiation, termination and maintenance of ECMO and CRRT procedures for children requiring extracorporeal support.
• Initiates ECPR in the event of a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Provides direct care to ECMO/CRRT patients.
• Practices with expert knowledge and skill to assess, monitor and maintain functional integrity of the extracorporeal system during clinical use.
• Meets the educational and informational needs of the staff involved in providing extracorporeal circulatory support to critically ill patients.
• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Attends education programs, unit meetings and assigned committees.

Benefits

• The benefits plans at Children’s Mercy are one of many reasons we are recognized as one of the best places to work in Kansas City.
• Our plans are designed to meet the changing needs of our employees and their families.

What This Job Offers

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