Registered Nurse - Emergency Room Experience a Must!

Orlando Health•Orlando, FL

54d•Onsite

About The Position

Position Summary Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips proudly holds recognition as a "Best Regional Hospital" by U.S. News & World Report and selected as one of the "Best Places to Work in Healthcare" by Modern Healthcare. We are an award-winning, full-service medical/surgical facility that has been serving the residents of southwest Orange County and Orlando's growing tourist population since 1985. With a highly qualified team of nurses, support staff and physician specialists, our 285-bed facility provides combined expertise and advanced technology in numerous areas of specialty, including diagnostic imaging, cardiovascular care, orthopedic care, surgical services and emergency medicine. In 2025, Dr. P. Phillips Hospital opened the onsite Team Member Wellness Center, designed to support employee health and well-being. The center features a state-of-the-art fitness facility, a dedicated tranquility space, and wellness activities - making it easy to recharge and get your workout in before or after your shift. "Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work" is not just something we say, it's our promise to you." Specific Essential Function for trained Advanced Care Registered Nurse ECMO Specialist Job responsibilities • Registered Nurses who have received specialized training and are able to function as an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator (ECMO) Specialist provide daily staffing for Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) services. • Specialists work under the direction of unit leadership, intensivist services, perfusion services, and in collaboration with bedside staff to ensure that the patient on ECMO has adequate perfusion, corrects for proper acid-base balance, and provides for hemodynamic stability within ordered parameters. • Nursing ECMO Specialists work in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and communicate with physicians, perfusionists and other members of the healthcare team to interpret, adjust and complete treatment specific care for the ECMO patient. • ECMO specialists are expected to perform required technical skills with efficiency, accuracy and safety while anticipating, troubleshooting, and managing crises and emergency situations according to policy and procedure. • Performs scheduled, un-scheduled, and emergency ECLS in the hospital setting. • Operates all ECMO equipment under the direction of MD/perfusion providers. • Monitors and optimizes the ECMO circuit and related equipment during the management period. • Accurately administers blood products and medications through the ECMO circuit when ordered. • Manages any equipment when connected in-line with ECMO circuit. • Management of ECLS during transport. • Ensures continuous ECLS coverage. • Attends Mandatory Quarterly Simulation

Requirements

Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and unit/department.
Maintains current State of Florida RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license
Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas.
NRP required for Neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU).

Responsibilities

Registered Nurses who have received specialized training and are able to function as an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator (ECMO) Specialist provide daily staffing for Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) services.
Specialists work under the direction of unit leadership, intensivist services, perfusion services, and in collaboration with bedside staff to ensure that the patient on ECMO has adequate perfusion, corrects for proper acid-base balance, and provides for hemodynamic stability within ordered parameters.
Nursing ECMO Specialists work in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and communicate with physicians, perfusionists and other members of the healthcare team to interpret, adjust and complete treatment specific care for the ECMO patient.
ECMO specialists are expected to perform required technical skills with efficiency, accuracy and safety while anticipating, troubleshooting, and managing crises and emergency situations according to policy and procedure.
Performs scheduled, un-scheduled, and emergency ECLS in the hospital setting.
Operates all ECMO equipment under the direction of MD/perfusion providers.
Monitors and optimizes the ECMO circuit and related equipment during the management period.
Accurately administers blood products and medications through the ECMO circuit when ordered.
Manages any equipment when connected in-line with ECMO circuit.
Management of ECLS during transport.
Ensures continuous ECLS coverage.
Attends Mandatory Quarterly Simulation