RN – Critical Care Transport, ECMO Specialist & CVICU

Scripps Health•San Diego, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

We invite you to join Scripps Memorial La Jolla, a nationally recognized heart care leader. The CCT / ECMO Specialist / CVICU RN is a hybrid role that is a part of our highly engaged Model Care Team, focused on excellent standardized practices and evidence-based patient-centered care. The CCT RN provides therapeutic and emergency interventions, and efficiently executes critical care level transports of Scripps patients throughout San Diego County. The RN must communicate effectively and work collaboratively with outside institutions/agencies, including hospitals and EMS, while maintaining contact with patients, families, referring facility staff and public safety personnel during and after contact to provide continuous loop closure and information sharing. The RN is engaged in Scripps Memorial La Jolla’s 29-bed CVICU and provides patient care on shifts they are not the CCT RN in order to maintain clinical proficiencies and patient management experience. The CVICU specializes in caring for acute patients with a variety of disease states. As a destination center for higher level of cardiac care in Southern California, CVICU implements progressive programs and therapies such as: Cardiac surgery Heart failure, shock, advanced resuscitation measures Mechanical circulatory support ECMO, LVAD, Impella, Tandem Heart, IABP, CRRT This role is also expected to provide ECMO Specialist services. Focusing on ECMO patients, the ECMO Specialist will practice standards based on the ELSO Guidelines. They will work collaboratively with the ECMO Team including Physicians and Perfusionists. In addition, the Critical Care Transport / ECMO Specialist / CVICU RN represents the Transport Team as a customer service ambassador for Scripps Health. They maintain a professional demeanor at all times and support hospital units as a resource for education and patient care while not on active transport. Therefore, the ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in ICU, ECMO, cardiac assists devices and advanced ventilation techniques. Experience with critical care transport is preferred. The RN is responsible for providing direct patient care within the scope of practice. Patient care includes assessment, planning and implementing a plan of care and evaluating patients' progress towards expected outcomes. The RN takes primary responsibility for the patients' care as delivered by the Care Team under his/her supervision. Works collaboratively with other members of the patient care team to ensure optimal patient care.

Requirements

Active California Registered Nurse License
Nursing degree from an accredited school of nursing.
Current American Heart Association, Healthcare Provider, BLS and ACLS certification
Minimum of 3 years nursing experience to include emergency and critical care experience.
At MINIMUM, two years of CVICU or CTICU experience.
Must demonstrate leadership abilities and critical thinking skills and autonomous practice in the setting of hemodynamically unstable patients, critically ill patients, patients with airway or respiratory compromise, acute myocardial infarction and / or multi system organ failure.
Clinical experience with ECMO, cardiac assists devices, and advanced ventilation techniques

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in nursing
One (1) year of recent ECMO experience
Critical Care transport experience (ground and air)
Advanced nursing certification in one or more areas of practice (e.g. CCRN, TNCC)

Responsibilities

Provides therapeutic and emergency interventions, and efficiently executes critical care level transports of Scripps patients throughout San Diego County.
Communicates effectively and works collaboratively with outside institutions/agencies, including hospitals and EMS, while maintaining contact with patients, families, referring facility staff and public safety personnel during and after contact to provide continuous loop closure and information sharing.
Provides patient care in Scripps Memorial La Jolla’s 29-bed CVICU on shifts they are not the CCT RN to maintain clinical proficiencies and patient management experience.
Provides ECMO Specialist services, practicing standards based on the ELSO Guidelines and working collaboratively with the ECMO Team including Physicians and Perfusionists.
Represents the Transport Team as a customer service ambassador for Scripps Health, maintaining a professional demeanor at all times.
Supports hospital units as a resource for education and patient care while not on active transport.
Provides direct patient care within the scope of practice, including assessment, planning and implementing a plan of care and evaluating patients' progress towards expected outcomes.
Takes primary responsibility for the patients' care as delivered by the Care Team under his/her supervision.
Works collaboratively with other members of the patient care team to ensure optimal patient care.