ECMO Specialist In Training

Job Location:  Washington D.C. area

Employment Type: Full-Time 

Job Summary: 

The ECMO Specialist in Training is a precursor to the ECMO Specialist I. The ECMO Specialist in Training will develop the basic entry-level knowledge to become an ECMO Specialist I through a systematic educational experience consisting of didactic training, wet labs, and precepted bedside hours.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Skills and Knowledge: 
• • Excellent communication skills are necessary to work with all hospital employees, physicians, patients, family members, and community professionals.
  • Has completed IEC onboarding and preliminary credentialing. 
• Training:
• • Develop skills and knowledge related to extracorporeal life support through the completion of ECLS education modules, wet labs, and hands-on circuit training. 
  • Introduction to multiple ECLS systems including: Cardiohelp, CentriMag, Spectrum, & Rotaflow. 
  • Bedside precepted hours with tenured ECMO Specialists. 
  • Demonstrate competency during training and assessments with all ECLS equipment and ancillary tools. 
  • New Specialists will demonstrate safe and conscientious practices with a preceptor and complete basic ECLS competency prior to solo staffing. 
  • ECLS knowledge assessments will be performed to aid recognition of individual strengths and weaknesses to foster personalized education & training.

• Competencies:
• • Mastery of the following competencies required:
  • • Complete competencies on one ECLS pump system prior to the first solo deployment. 
    • Complete competencies in Cardiohelp and at least one variety of a component system pump within the first 3 months of employment. 
• Demonstrate a complete circuit check and verbalize the significance of the findings and potential concerns. 
• Activate and set appropriate alarms on any pump to which they’ve been oriented. 
• Properly identify alarms and respond appropriately. 
• Interpret ABGs and make appropriate sweep changes based on standard sweep calculation as directed. 
• Make appropriate adjustments to blood flow as directed and anticipate the changes in pressure and flow variables being monitored. 
• Recognize changes in venous, pre-oxygenator, post-oxygenator, and delta pressures and verbalize the significance, possible concerns or complications, and potential causes. 
• Verbalize two situations when it is appropriate to hand crank. 
• Demonstrate how to use a hand crank properly or switch to a backup pump (Centrimag) on any piece of equipment to which they’ve been oriented. 
• Recognize venous air and respond appropriately. 
• Demonstrate safe removal of arterial air. 
• Recognize two types of oxygenator failure and make appropriate recommendations. 
• Demonstrate the ability to zero transducers and flush pigtails as needed. 
• Demonstrate how to change a cracked pigtail and/or stopcock safely and efficiently. 
• Demonstrate how to make temperature changes on any heater/cooler system.
• Documentation:
• • Responsibly use ADP and Concur apps/websites to log hours worked location and work-related expenses. Efficiently employ technology to independently schedule flights, hotels, car rentals, etc. 
• Communication:
• • IEC has a robust administrative team promoting an expanding business model pursuant to multiple avenues of patient support opportunities. An ECMO Specialist in Training will communicate professionally and in a timely manner with an administrative team that includes Scheduling & Logistics, Credentialing, as well as Leadership personnel. 
  • Promote IEC culture and professional standards in a positive manner.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree desirable in nursing, respiratory care, or perfusion technology from an accredited training program. Associate degree with 2-3 years of related Critical Care &/or ECLS experience will be considered in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
• Maintain unencumbered professional licenses (RN, RRT, CCP). Additional individual state licenses may be necessary.
• Maintain AHA credentials in BLS 
• Thorough understanding of anatomy, physiology
• Excellent communication skills are 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.

Physical Requirements: 

• Must be able to effectively communicate and perform in stressful situations. 
• Must be able to stand, walk, see, hear, read, speak, and write for prolonged periods without accommodations. 
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 
• Must be able to move or reposition patients of any weight or size with assistance. 

Compensation and Benefits:

• During the ECMO training period, the starting base pay for the position will be $42,500 per year, paid at an exempt, salary basis.
• Innovative ECMO Concepts (IEC) is proud to offer 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance for full-time employees. IEC 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 IEC term life, accidental death and dismemberment, and short and long-term disability plans. IEC pays premiums on behalf of the employee.
• Full-Time employees are eligible to participate in our Simple IRA, with the company matching up to 3%.
• IEC benefits do not require a waiting period, so benefits are effective the first of the month following benefits enrollment.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to Full-Time employees. 

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