"ECMO Nurse Liaison"

Department Summary

ECMO, which stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, is an advanced technology that functions as a replacement for a critically ill child's heart and lungs. It's used to support a child who is awaiting surgery, or to give a child's vital organs time to recover from heart surgery or disease. Boston Children's Hospital is home to one of the largest pediatric ECMO programs in the world; we provide services to critically ill children in the New England region, and to those who are referred from other states and internationally. We serve between 50 and 60 patients with severe respiratory or cardiac problems each year. Since its establishment in 1984, the ECMO Program has supported more than 900 children. Throughout the 20-year history of the ECMO Program at Boston Children's, we have gained considerable expertise, minimized complications, and increased its success rate for survival to 60 percent, higher than the national average of around 40 percent.

Key Responsibilities

• Plans and organizes daily clinical and administrative responsibilities within the designated unit/program/service.
• Develops, recommends, and implements internal standards, policies, and procedures to improve quality of patient care in collaboration with ECMO clinical leadership.
• Develops and provides staff education/development programs in collaboration with unit specific nursing leadership.
• Performs clinical review of inpatients who are either at risk of requiring ECMO or have been exposed to ECMO.
• Collects clinical data relevant to patient outcomes and adverse events associated with critical illness and/or ECMO.
• Works collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health care team to optimize patient care outcomes.
• 40 hours per week.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• A Bachelor's degree in nursing.

Experience

• 4-5 years of pediatric critical care or pediatric cardiac critical care RN experience required.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to adhere to stringent care protocols and documentation standards.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented clinical environment with liaison with strong quality-improvement team.

Licensure/Certifications

• Current Massachusetts license as a Registered Nurse (RN)

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting. Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.

About Boston Children's Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital is a 395-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age.