Pediatric ECMO Coordinator

About the Role

Job Title: Pediatric ECMO Coordinator

Location: Virginia/Washington D.C. Area(On-Site; Must be local and within driving distance)

Employment Status: Full-Time; Salaried

Scheduling Requirements: 

• 40 hr/wk position
• 50% call time

Compensation and Benefits: 

• Competitive compensation is offered with base salary ranging from $130,000 - $155,000 per year.

• Integration Health is proud to offer 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance for full-time employees. IH covers 70% of the health, vision, and dental insurance costs for full-time employees' dependents. Eligible dependents may be added to the employee's benefits selections, with 30% of the premium costs deducted from the employee's payroll.

• Full-time employees are covered under the IH term life, accidental death and dismemberment, and short and long-term disability plans. IH pays premiums on behalf of the employee.

• Full-time employees may elect to participate in the Employer's Guideline 401(k) retirement plan. Participants may make pre-tax or Roth contributions to a retirement account. IH matches contributions at 100% of the first 1% of the employee's deferrals and 50% of deferrals between 1% and 6% of the employee’s salary.

• Integration Health benefits become effective on the first day of the month following the employee's benefits enrollment and start date.

• Exemplary training program.

• Continued education opportunities and tuition reimbursement.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Understand and promote company ECMO staffing, education and transport offerings.

• Coordinators will make themselves available to the executives of Integration Health, the hospital leadership and direct reports during business and off-business hours for emergencies.

• Must be able to setup, prime, blood prime and initiate ECMO support as well as train others to master these skills

• Accurately identify and diagnose ECMO circuit/component issues and provide/conduct safe alternatives to rectify the issue, evaluate and communicate results

• Evaluate the patients’ medical records and make recommendations based upon the physicians' orders and goals 

• Coordinates and conducts ECMO didactic education as well as simulation (wet lab) education as requested

• Maintains professionalism and good interpersonal communications skills during interactions with all team members, hospital employees as well as patients and their families. This collaborative effort with all members of the healthcare team will be demonstrated through a commitment to courteous, sincere and sensitive customer service

• Works with the Integration Health team, Nursing Leadership Team, Respiratory Care Leadership Team, Perfusion and the ECMO Medical Directors to define quality initiatives for the ECLS program 

• Complies with the hospital initiatives and quality improvement projects within the organization 

• Participate in formal mortality & morbidity review of ECMO cases with the medical directors

• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, knowledge and skill of team members, as well as cost in planning and delivering care 

• Manages a staff of 25-40 ECLS specialists. 

• May be required to be the lead specialist on local ground transports. 

• Ensures that ECLS equipment is in working order

• Ensures disposable equipment is available for use

• Orders/rents additional equipment as needed

• Complies with hospital performance standards and remains a positive role model for others

• Provide didactic training, bedside orientation and precepts new ECMO Specialists that will ultimately provide direct patient and family centered care

• Provide ongoing feedback to employees regarding work performance through verbal and written communication

• Encourages professionalism amongst the team members and encourage others to take leadership role/responsibilities 

• Ensures appropriate ECMO scheduling and staffing levels are maintained

• Actively participates, in growth of the program and implementation of new initiatives

• Actively participates in committees and meetings

• Completes and ensures the ECMO team members complete hospital based annual training and competencies

• Determines needed educational activities for all new procedures or new equipment, implements and documents the conduct of this education

• Coordinate the utilization of new equipment in the various program areas and ensures end users fully understand the operations and functionality of the equipment

• Develop and/or review hospital-based education for patients and families

• Oversee hospital specific training materials and competency checklists for the ECMO Specialists

• Values accomplishments and shows enthusiasm and pride in Integration Health, towards hospital and the ECMO program

• Presents a positive image of themselves, Integration Health and of the hospital in all personal, video conference and telephone interactions

• Resolve client complaints regarding services directly or indirectly through the engagement and coordination of additional company resources 

• Other duties as assigned by the executive leadership team

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree desirable in nursing, respiratory care or perfusion technology from an accredited training program.  

• Previous Pediatric ECMO Coordinator experience preferred

• Thorough understanding of anatomy, physiology

• Mastery level knowledge of extracorporeal life support 

• Excellent communication skills necessary to work with all hospital employees, physicians, co-workers and community professionals.

• Must possess exceptional interpersonal skills, including the ability to quickly develop relationships with existing and potential customers.

• Competency with Microsoft applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook.

• Preference will be given to applicants with previous experience as a coordinator and/or primer. 

• In lieu of previous coordinator or primer experience, previous management, lead RT, or charge nurse experience will be considered. 

Physical Requirements: 

• Must be able to effectively communicate and perform in stressful situations. 

• Must be able to see, hear, stand, walk, stoop, bend, squat, for prolonged periods without accommodations. 

• Must be able to read, speak, and write English.

• Must be able to move or reposition patients of any weight or size with assistance. 

• Must be able to work independently for extended periods without leaving the patient care area.

• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust.

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