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ECMO Specialist - RN - Cardiac ECMO Full-time Rotating

ECMO Specialist - RN - Cardiac ECMO Full-time Rotating

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Posted 1 hour ago

Northwestern Memorial Hospital rating

7.5

Company rating: 7.5 out of 10

Based on 87 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

240th of 999 rated hospitals

Job description

Description

The ECMO Specialist - RN reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

  • An experienced Registered Nurse, who in addition to providing direct patient care, is accountable for facilitating an interdisciplinary approach to patient care, patient flow, staffing, resource utilization, and problem solving on a given shift.

Responsibilities:

  • Monitors, operates, and adjusts ECMO circuits and the components to maintain patient specific parameters
  • Continually assess and evaluate ECMO circuit and troubleshoot any difficulties
  • Assist team members with cannulation and responds to eCPR, SHOCK, and lung rescue calls
  • Able to set up and prime ECMO circuits independently
  • Completed shift audit of not in use circuits and equipment to ensure seamless deployment
  • Competent in troubleshooting skills within circuit
  • Independent intra/inter hospital transport as part of interdisciplinary
  • Confidently differentiate physiology for VV and VA ECMO indications
  • Partner with ECMO Coordinators and Physician Leadership to advance the ECMO program within and across NM system
  • Assist in staff training and competencies and quality and outcome review to ensure alignment with the ELSO guidelines
  • Adheres to established system policies and procedures related to ECMO management
  • Acts as a resource to the interdisciplinary team for safe management of ECMO circuit
  • Establish connection for CRRT to the ECMO Circuit
  • Maintain scheduled pre and post oxygenator gases and necessary laboratory monitoring
  • Complete required shift documentation regarding patients progress
  • Completes necessary billing documents and data capture for database management and improvement of quality outcome measurement
  • Maintains and completes necessary bi-annual competencies and trainings per ELSO guidelines

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor's degree in nursing
  • Graduate from an accredited school of nursing required
  • Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the State of Illinois required
  • BLS - American Heart Association
  • ACLS - American Heart Association

Preferred:

  • 2 years of CTICU experience
  • CCRN for nursing

Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Background Check

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check.  Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. 

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.

Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family. 

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Bachelor's degree in nursing
  • Graduate from an accredited school of nursing required
  • Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the State of Illinois required
  • BLS - American Heart Association
  • ACLS - American Heart Association

Preferred:

  • 2 years of CTICU experience
  • CCRN for nursing
Education:Licensed Patient Care GiverEmployment Type: Full-time

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