ECMO Specialist In Training

Integration Health is a Joint Commission-accredited leader in ECMO and perfusion support. As the parent company of Innovative ECMO Concepts (IEC) and Innovative Perfusion Concepts (IPC), we deliver confidence through expert staffing, patient transport, and program development—advancing critical care and improving patient outcomes nationwide.

Washington D.C. area

Full-Time

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.

• Skills and Knowledge:
• Excellent communication skills are necessary to work with all hospital employees, physicians, patients, family members, and community professionals.
• Has completed IH 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, Centri Mag, 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.
• 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:
• Integration Health 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 IH culture and professional standards in a positive manner.
• 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…