ECMO Program Coordinator

St. Joseph Hospital & Medical Center•Phoenix, AZ

4d•$45 - $67

About The Position

The ECMO Program Coordinator provides specialized critical care and life support to patients with severe cardiac or respiratory failure, ensuring optimal operation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation systems. The role includes managing ECMO circuits, monitoring patient physiological parameters, troubleshooting technical issues, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to deliver continuous, compassionate support. In collaboration with ECMO medical staff leadership, the coordinator oversees program operations, including coordination, quality monitoring, education, and competency validation. The role leads quality and safety initiatives, identifies concerns, develops solutions, and keeps performance-improvement activities aligned with ELSO guidelines and recommendations. It also plans, implements, coordinates, evaluates, and administers care for ECMO patients; provides leadership to multidisciplinary staff; and serves as a liaison among departments and facilities to coordinate patient care. The coordinator provides clinical guidance on patient selection based on ELSO guidelines and maintains ongoing communication with Medical Directors. The coordinator reviews patients for appropriate care modalities and recommends whether they meet therapy criteria, selecting and administering care based on each patient's age, size, developmental level, clinical condition, and physiological needs. The role develops and maintains ECMO processes, policies, procedures, success metrics, order sets, educational materials, and data monitoring. Each ECMO case is reviewed to address quality, safety, equipment, clinical, and staffing concerns. The coordinator ensures regulatory compliance and maintains the program at a level that supports eligibility for the ELSO Center of Excellence Award. Education responsibilities include staff orientation, continuing education, and clinical competency validation; when no patient has been treated within 90 days, education including a wet lab is provided to maintain competency.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Bachelors of Nursing).
Two years of ICU experience.
American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
Basic Life Support (CPR/BLS).

Nice To Haves

Three years of critical care experience.

Responsibilities

Manage ECMO circuits, monitor patient physiological parameters, and troubleshoot technical issues.
Oversee ECMO Program operations in collaboration with ECMO Medical Staff Leadership, including coordination, quality monitoring, education, and competency validation.
Lead quality and safety initiatives, identify concerns, develop solutions, and maintain performance-improvement initiatives in accordance with ELSO guidelines and recommendations.
Plan, develop, implement, coordinate, evaluate, and administer care for ECMO patients.
Provide leadership to multidisciplinary staff in support of professional and program goals and the organization's mission and vision.
Serve as a liaison among departments and facilities to coordinate care for ECMO patients.
Provide clinical consultation and guidance on patient selection based on ELSO guidelines.
Review patients for appropriate care modality and recommend whether they meet therapy criteria.
Select and administer appropriate care based on patients' age, size, developmental level, clinical condition, and physiological needs.
Develop and maintain ECMO processes, policies, procedures, and metrics for evaluating process success.
Ensure policies, procedures, order sets, educational materials, and data monitoring remain accurate and current.
Review each ECMO case and address quality, safety, equipment, clinical, or staffing concerns.
Ensure ECMO activities comply with regulatory bodies and maintain the program at a level that supports ELSO Center of Excellence Award eligibility.
Coordinate ECMO staff orientation, continuing education, and clinical competency validation in accordance with ELSO guidelines.
Provide education, including a wet lab, to maintain competency if no patient has been treated within 90 days.
Maintain ongoing communication and collaboration with Medical Directors.