ECMO Specialist–Full Time Nights

HERE’S WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

•    Associate Degree of Nursing or Respiratory Therapist (RRT)  required 
•    BSN Preferred 
•    3 years of Critical Care experience in an Acute Care setting required OR Registered Respiratory Therapist (MICU, CICU, CCU, TICU, etc.) 
•    ECMO experience preferred
•    RRT – Registered Respiratory Therapist Upon Hire Required AND
•    RCP – Respiratory Care Practitioner if RRT 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  
•    CCRN – Critical Care Registered Nurse Upon Hire Pref Or
•    CES-A—Certified ECMO Specialist- Adult—Preferred OR
•    E-AEC—Advanced ECMO Specialist Certification—Preferred
•    Other ACCS Adult Critical Care Specialist (RRT) Upon Hire Preferred
•    Completion of ECMO Training within 90 days

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.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Employee

•    Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment programs 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.

Texas Health Dallas 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. 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

If you’re ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let’s show the world how we’re even better together!

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