Registered Nurse (RN) AH Pineville - ECMO Program Coordinator FT Variable

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Charlotte, NC

7d • $41 - $62

About The Position

Manages the planning, promotion, and management of operations for ECMO to ensure quality, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.

Requirements

• Graduate of nursing, respiratory, or perfusion program
• Bachelor’s degree
• 2+ years supervisory or lead experience
• 2+ years respiratory care experience
• 2+ years ECMO experience
• 2+ years nursing experience
• Strong interpersonal, clinical, facilitation, problem solving, education, and communication skills
• Ability to function as a clinical expert maintaining standards of practice
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary and operational improvement team
• Ability to work within direct and dotted line reporting structures using motivation and consensus building skills
• Current Illinois license as Respiratory Care Practitioner, Registered Nurse, or Perfusionist
• BLS certified
• NRP and PALS certified
• Willingness to obtain specialty certification

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical information to Case Managers and utilization review related to appropriateness of care.
• Understands and supports the RN/RT model and promotes participation from staff.
• Reports critical path variances to Physicians, Perfusion, and Clinical Operations Managers of departments.
• Manages staffing requirements, including assigning daily staff work assignments related to ECMO and enforcing appropriate utilization of resources. Reports staffing variances to Clinical Operations Directors.
• In conjunction with the Clinical Operations Directors, leads short and long term planning for clinical operations for the department, including budgetary needs.
• Participates in multidisciplinary rounds and family care conferences.
• Manages point of care testing related quality control and record keeping in collaboration with point of care coordinators.
• Implements measures to improve quality of care and monitors patient satisfaction.
• Is cognizant of patient population and facilitates patient progress on critical paths or best practice guidelines.
• Serves as the clinical resource and mentor for staff and acts as a role model.
• Promotes positive customer relations for effective and efficient daily operations.
• Provides direct patient care when patient acuity is high and staffing is impacted, and supplements staffing during high volumes of surgical cases.
• Manages the ECMO program, including ordering supplies, data collection, participation in case management, and collaboration with physicians and perfusionists.
• Provides oversight to the ECMO transport program.
• Projection, evaluation, monitoring, and upkeep of all ECMO equipment and supplies.
• Evaluates current and new equipment, supplies, and facilities based on effectiveness, cost efficiency, and dependability.
• Tracks all purchases of equipment and/or supplies and identifies invoices to be paid prior to submission for payment approval.
• Utilizes the performance improvement process to assess outcomes and contribute to the design of improved processes. Makes recommendations for patient care to achieve quality and superior ECMO services.
• Manages performance improvement projects.
• Implements monitoring systems to evaluate quality and adequacy of patient care.
• Communicates monitoring results to Physicians, Managers, Directors, and other healthcare team members as appropriate.
• Implements measures to correct deficiencies.
• Demonstrates expertise in standards of regulatory agencies.
• Performs evaluation of current and new ECMO equipment and supplies.
• Utilizes literature, external resources, internal input, feedback, and other resources to support global evaluation.
• Assesses rental and/or repair needs.
• Processes all incoming equipment and supplies.
• Processes special orders via purchasing as necessary.
• Promotes and supports an environment conducive to staff growth, development, job engagement, and professional autonomy.
• Implements retention and recruitment strategies.
• Manages and implements programs to improve morale, employee behavior, working conditions, and communication.
• Manages development, implementation, and evaluation of orientation programs for the Children’s Hospital, department specific orientation, and ECMO specialist orientation.
• Develops competency based education for associates related to ECMO.
• Fosters ongoing professional education through performance evaluation, needs assessment, and professional goal development.
• Requires participation and leadership in educational opportunities.
• Provides timely performance review feedback with emphasis on development goals.
• Provides and implements feedback related to disciplinary action and reports.
• Tracks and maintains education compliance and ECMO hours for all ECMO specialists.
• Coordinates and develops simulation education and ongoing education with the physician director and pediatric perfusionist for all ECMO specialists.
• Responsible for personal and professional growth and development.
• Keeps abreast of current standards of care through literature, educational events, internal and external resources, and networking.
• Maintains memberships and actively participates in professional and community organizations.
• Participates in professional growth activities through continuing education and professional organizations.
• Actively seeks advanced credentialing, training, and education commensurate with the clinical expert role.
• Actively participates in hands on patient care to maintain skills.
• Assures compliance with policies and procedures through one on one assessment and supervision.
• Provides immediate feedback upon deviation from policy and reports incidents to the Inpatient Operations Director.
• Develops ECMO related policies and procedures.
• Consults in partnership with the Chief Perfusionist (pediatrics) and Medical Director(s) to integrate ECMO standards of practice.
• Coordinates development of Clinical Practice Guidelines in conjunction with ELSO guidelines, AARC guidelines, American Academy of Pediatrics, Medical Director(s), Chief Perfusionist, and Director.
• Consults with leadership to ensure standards of practice are implemented and supported at the staff level.
• Promotes patient safety through reporting issues and participating in safety initiatives.
• Performs assigned tasks as requested by the Director of Inpatient Operations.
• Acts as a liaison between staff, physicians, nursing, healthcare providers, managers, and directors.
• Reports unusual occurrences, including hazardous or life threatening situations, to leadership and Patient Safety.
• Assists with tracking patient related procedures, charges, and associated paperwork (ELSO data/records).

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees