ECMO Primer, Part-time, Wolfson Children's Hospital

Job Summary

Baptist Health is seeking to add an ECMO Primer to our Wolfson Children's Hospital. This is a part-time, day shift opportunity.

At Baptist Health, an ECMO Specialist is responsible for providing advanced life support to critically ill patients requiring extracorporeal assistance. This role involves assembling, wet priming, and blood priming the ECMO circuit, administering medications per policy, assisting physicians during procedures, and managing the setup, monitoring, and troubleshooting of ECMO and related support technologies. The ECMO Specialist collaborates closely with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, effective, and high-quality patient care.

As an ECMO Specialist, you will be responsible for:

• Providing direct care to critically ill neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients
• Administering medications according to hospital policies and procedures
• Assisting physicians with patient management, invasive procedures, and emergency interventions
• Assembling, wet priming, and blood priming ECMO circuits per policy
• Setting up, managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting ECMO systems and related technology
• Demonstrating professionalism when interacting with patients, families, physicians, and other departments
• Assisting with patient transport throughout the hospital
• Performing IV insertions as credentialed
• Responding to rapid responses and Code Blue events
• Maintaining flexibility and reliability due to the emergent and unpredictable nature of ECMO activation and patient volume

This ECMO Specialist position will be located at Wolfson Children's Hospital. If you are interested in this part-time opportunity, please apply now or contact amanda.cervantes@bmcjax.com.

Baptist Jacksonville is a Magnet™-designated hospital, recognized as the gold standard for excellence in patient care. We proudly serve families throughout the region with high-quality, comprehensive care for every stage of life.

Education Required

Associate's Degree

Education Preferred

Bachelor's Degree

Experience

• 3-5 Years Critical Care Experience

License and Certification

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Preferred
• STABLE Certification (Neonatal Education Program) Preferred
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Preferred
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification Preferred
• Licensed Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Required Or
• Licensed Registered Nurse Required Or

Location

Location Overview

Wolfson Children's Hospital

Wolfson Children’s Hospital is the only children’s hospital in the region, serving North Florida, South Georgia and beyond. Ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the best children’s hospitals in the U.S., the hospital is staffed by skilled pediatric subspecialty physicians, pediatric nurses and other health care professionals, and equipped with advanced technology to help children overcome serious illnesses like congenital heart disease, cancer, neurological disorders, diabetes and more. As one of only two children’s hospitals in Florida to receive Magnet™ status, Wolfson is a regional referral center for tertiary pediatric care. Centrally located on the beautiful St. Johns River, 213-bed Wolfson Children’s Hospital is a part of Baptist Health.

The hospital is located close to the shops and fine dining of the historic San Marco area and is also near sports stadiums, theater and music venues, and museums.