ECMO Specialist--Full Time Nights
About The Position
This role is an exciting opportunity to help continue to grow the ECMO Team at Texas Health Dallas. All ECMO patients will be managed in the CVICU, a 24-bed intensive care unit specializing in advanced Cardiac and Vascular surgical procedures. The ECMO team evaluates and responds to patients all over the hospital and provides eCPR to patients at THD and the surrounding community. Texas Health Dallas is the only ECMO Transport Team for the THR System, maintaining a 1:1 pump ratio. Board-certified critical care physicians directly oversee patient care in the ICU 24 hours a day. The staffing acuity is a 3:1 pump ratio.
Requirements
- Associate Degree of Nursing or Respiratory Therapist (RRT) required
- 3 years of Critical Care experience in an Acute Care setting required OR Registered Respiratory Therapist (MICU, CICU, CCU, TICU, etc.)
- RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapist Upon Hire Required AND RCP - Respiratory Care Practitioner if RRT Upon Hire Required
- BLS--Basic Cardiac Life Support—Prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly
- ACLS—Advanced Cardiac Life Support—within 90 days of hire required
- Completion of ECMO Training within 90 days
Nice To Haves
- BSN Preferred
- ECMO experience preferred
- CCRN - Critical Care Registered Nurse Upon Hire Pref Or
- CES-A—Certified ECMO Specialist- Adult—Preferred OR
- E-AEC—Advanced ECMO Specialist Certification—Preferred
- Other ACCS Adult Critical Care Specialist (RRT) Upon Hire Preferred
Responsibilities
- Facilitates safe and orderly operation of extra-corporeal circuit according to ECMO protocol including but not limited to: drawing blood samples, administering medication, fluids and blood products, monitoring and intervening for circuit complication
- Maintaining anticoagulation therapy; analyzing activated coagulation time (ACT), blood gas, chemistry panel, HGB/HCT, adjusting the gas and pump flow, monitoring, and maintaining dynamic pressures and blood flow of the circuit.
- Assures complete documentation of ECMO records.
- Provides effective instructions to patients and family members.
- Manages rapid accurate decisions regarding severe diseases, chronic illness, death and dying with the ability to cope in these stressful situations.
Benefits
- 401k
- PTO
- medical
- dental
- Paid Parental Leave
- flex spending
- tuition reimbursement
- student loan repayment programs
- Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
- Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
- A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
