ECMO Specialist I ($20,000 Sign On Bonus)

Position Summary / Department Summary :

The ECMO Specialist is enrolled and actively participating in the departments ECMO Training Program. This role is responsible for developing and maintaining the skills necessary to proficiently and safely establish, manage, and control extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology and assist with associated procedures in acutely ill patients of all ages in critical care settings. The specialist will learn to troubleshoot devices and associated equipment under the supervision of experienced ECMO personnel, provide ongoing care through surveillance of clinical and physiologic parameters, adjust ECLS devices as needed, administer and document blood products and medications in accordance with hospital standards, provide airway and ventilator management, and perform the full scope of practice of a Respiratory Therapist II.

Schedule : 36 hours per week, rotating day / night shifts, every third weekend.

• This position is eligible for full time benefits $20,000 sign-on bonus (not eligible for internal candidates and not eligible for former BCH employees who worked here in the past 2 years)

Key Responsibilities :

Minimum Qualifications

Required : Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy

Required : A minimum of one year of experience as a BCH Respiratory Therapist with eligibility for promotion to RT II, or one year of external ECMO experience

Required : Current Massachusetts license as a Respiratory Therapist

Required

Preferred

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