Pediatric ECMO Coordinator

About the role

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Pediatric ECMO Coordinator? At Methodist Children's Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years. ECMO Coordinator will function independently and collaboratively as an expert clinician, educator, consultant, and researcher in Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenator (ECMO) Care. The ECMO Coordinator will coordinate the care of patients requiring ECMO and their families across the continuum of acuity in order to ensure consistent family-centered care. ECMO coordinator is responsible for training and continuing education, equipment maintenance, quality assurance, policy and procedure development, data collection and serves in the role of educator to various groups regarding services rendered and care for patients requiring ECMO support within the congenital heart surgery unit and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and throughout the organization.

Responsibilities

• Directs care and education to hospitalized patients requiring ECMO and their families.
• Requires a sound knowledge of basic anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and critical care nursing and or critical care respiratory therapy.
• Assesses physiological needs of ECMO patients and psychosocial needs of ECMO patients/families.
• Works with the nursing staff in the formulation of nursing diagnosis, care planning, and assists the nursing staff in providing counseling and/or referral.
• Assesses, plans, and implements or participates in educational activities/programs at the unit, service, department, and/or community level in area of ECMO care.
• Communicates with medical, nursing, and other multidisciplinary personnel verbally and/or in writing any pertinent patient care information. This includes active participation and leadership in medical rounds for ECMO patients.
• Identifies ECMO program needs; contributes to and assists with the development of or expansion of the ECMO program.
• Responsible for the maintenance and training of ECMO specific medical equipment.
• Maintains current knowledge of ECMO procedures, techniques and research, and enhances his/her knowledge to improve professional growth and development.