ECMO Specialist

Looking for a new opportunity to help start and create a new unit? Come be a part of a new ECMO department! We are building a new ECMO department to better serve our communities and are looking for the right person to help us build the best! Come join our Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) Team at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, a MAGNET facility!

LOCATION: Texas Health Dallas is located at 8200 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas, TX 75231

SCHEDULE:Full Time Nights (7P-7A) for 36 hrs./ week. Weekend and holiday requirements

DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS:

This role is an exciting opportunity to help develop a new ECMO unit. All ECMO patients will be managed in the CVICU which is a 24-bed intensive care unit that specializes in advanced Cardiac and Vascular surgical procedures. The ECMO team will respond to patients all over the hospital. We are excited to grow our team to provide eCPR to not only all patients at THD, but also the surrounding community. We have board-certified critical care physicians directly oversee patient care in the ICU throughout the day. Providers are on the unit 24 hours a day. A multidisciplinary team will work collaboratively to provide care in the CVICU. The staffing acuity is a 3:1 pump ratio

HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

EDUCATION:

• Associate degree Nursing (ADN) or Respiratory Therapist (RRT) required

• Bachelor's Degree BSN OR BSRC Preferred

EXPERIENCE:

• 3 years of Critical Care Nursing (MICU, CICU, CCU, TICU, etc.) OR 3 years as Registered Respiratory Therapist experience required.

• One-year ECMO Specialist experience preferred.

• Acute Care setting strongly preferred.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATIONS:

• RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required OR

• RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapist Upon Hire Required

• RCP - Respiratory Care Practitioner Upon Hire Required AND

• BLS--Basic Cardiac Life Support-Prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly

• ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support-within 90 days of hire required

• CES-A-Certified ECMO Specialist- Adult-Upon hire Preferred OR

• E-AEC-Advanced ECMO Specialist Certification-Upon hire Preferred OR

• ACCS Adult Critical Care Specialist (RRT) Upon Hire Preferred

HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Facilitates safe and orderly operation of extra-corporeal circuit according to ECMO protocol including but not limited to: drawing blood samples, administering medication, fluids and blood products, monitoring and intervening for circuit complication

• Maintaining anticoagulation therapy; analyzing activated coagulation time (ACT), blood gas, chemistry panel, HGB/HCT, adjusting the gas and pump flow, monitoring, and maintaining dynamic pressures and blood flow of the circuit.

• Assures complete documentation of ECMO records.

• Provides effective instructions to patients and family members.

• Manages rapid accurate decisions regarding severe diseases, chronic illness, death and dying with the ability to cope in these stressful situations.

Entity Highlights

For more than a half-century, Texas Health Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. We're an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving our community in and around Dallas since 1966. We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women's services and emergency medicine, we've got it. Plus, we're a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a Comprehensive Stroke and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and provide wellness services, outpatient surgery and women's imaging services. *Texas Health Dallas is a joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Level I Trauma Center, a Comprehensive Heart Attack Center, and a designated Magnet hospital. We're a top choice in North Texas for cancer and emergency services, bariatric services, cardiac care and much more. As part of the Texas Health family and its 28,000+ employees, we're one of the largest employers in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Our career growth and professional development opportunities are top-notch and our benefits are equally outstanding. Come be a part of our exceptional team as we improve the health of the people in our communities every day. You belong here.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Employee

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan forgiveness as well as several other benefits.

• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

• Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we've won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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