Casual ECMO Specialist

Overview

Fairview Health Services is hiring an ECMO Specialist to join our ECMO department at our M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center – East Bank location in Minneapolis, MN!

 

The ECMO Specialist works in conjunction with the bedside nurse to ensure that the patient on mechanical circulatory/ECMO support has adequate oxygenation, perfusion, corrects for accurate acid base balance and hemodynamic stability within ordered parameters, and maintains other parameters as ordered by the internally credentialed ECMO provide. They will assist ECMO Leadership in the collection/review of quality improvement initiatives, using internal and external data to benchmark with the goal of establishing best practice

They perform the required technical skills with efficiency, accuracy and safety while anticipating, troubleshooting, and managing crisis according to policies and procedures.

 

Schedule: The ECMO Specialist will be working a 0.01 FTE (casual hours). The shift length will be 12 hours on the day/evening/night rotating shift. 

 

About Fairview:

Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services.

 

Apply today to join our 34,000 employees and 5,000 system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other!

Responsibilities

As an ECMO Specialist, you will be responsible for:  

• Providing Mechanical Circulatory and Extracorporeal Life Support to patients of all ages.
• Responsible for all aspects of assembling, priming, maintaining, monitoring, and troubleshooting mechanical ECMO equipment and circuits from set-up and throughout the management period. (ie: ultrafiltration, continues A-V hemodialysis, etc.).
• Participating in the evaluation of new equipment and implementation of new technology.
• Mentoring and training of new ECMO Specialists and ECMO trained
• Collaborating with the physician and healthcare team in the delivery of patient care.
• Communicating effectively with all health care team members.
• Demonstrating the ability to deliver care to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served.  
• Following and maintaining knowledge of all relevant laws, regulation, policies, procedures and standards.
• Encouraging a culture of improvement, efficiency and innovative thinking.
• Fosters a culture of improvement, efficiency and innovative thinking. 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications (2 Tracks Available):

• Respiratory Therapist (RT) Track:
  • Education
    • Graduate from a CoARC or JCRTE approved program in Respiratory Therapy and a Bachelor’s Degree. 
  • Experience
    • 3 years critical care experience in an acute setting
  • License/Certification/Registration
    • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification 
    • Respiratory Therapist License issued by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice and Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) certification issued by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)
• Registered Nurse (RN) Track:
  • Education
    • Bachelor of Science in Nursing 
  • Experience
    • 3 years critical care experience in an acute setting
  • License/Certification/Registration
    • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification 
    • Minnesota RN License

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience
  • 5 years critical care experience in an acute setting
  • Previous ECMO Specialist training
• License/Certification/Registration
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification 
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification 
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification

 

Additional Requirements:

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification required within 1 year of hire
•  Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required within 1 year of hire 

EEO Statement

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status.