ECMO Coordinator

Location:

St. Louis Children's Hospital

One Children's Place

St. Louis, MO 63110

The ECMO Team at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) is made up of 76 Specialists. The Mechanical Assist Department oversees the ECMO pump staffing and education of unit-based specialists. The department is structured with a Manger, an ECMO Coordinator, an AKRT Coordinator, 8 Advanced ECLS Specialists (AES), and 3 Mechanical Assist Flex Team (MAFT) members. The AES function in the role as charge nurses, education facilitators, respond to emergencies, and assist our Perfusionists with procedures and transports. The MAFT team are ECMO/AKRT trained specialists that care for patients on ECMO and AKRT in the ICUs. The rest of the ECMO team is made up from unit-based specialists from the Heart Center, PICU, and NICU. These specialists are trained in one or both of these modalities and care for patients in any of the ICUs. The difference between the unit specialists and the MAFT team is the specialists are from an ICU as their department, and the MAFT is more of an ICU ECMO/AKRT pump float pool. SLCH has about 50-60 patients on ECMO/year, is a transplant center, and a Platinum Award winner for the ELSO Center of Excellence. We are making strides to develop into one of the premier ECMO programs in the country, as we use the latest technology, we partner with Washington University physicians who are performing groundbreaking research, and are a major referral center in the Midwest for transplant services.

Additional Preferred Requirements:

Prior pediatric ECMO experience

Prior nursing education experience
Overview

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”

Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. 

St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).

 
Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Coordinates the care of Mechanical Assist Device (MAD) patients. Promotes effective utilization of clinical, ancillary and material resources. Coordinates, plans, implements and evaluates the patient care and discharge plan for each patient with a mechanical device based upon initial and ongoing assessments. Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical outcomes for patients. Coordinates clinical and investigational procedures/studies associated with the treatment of adult/pediatric patients.

ResponsibilitiesCollaborates with physicians to provide direct care to patients.Plans, conducts and evaluates educational activities regarding mechanical assist devices for potential recipients, families, professionals and the public.Manages the health care of patients with mechanical assist devices.Plans and evaluates the delivery of care for patients.

Minimum Requirements

EducationNursing Diploma/Associate's

Experience2-5 years

Supervisor ExperienceNo Experience

Licenses & CertificationsRN

Preferred Requirements

EducationBachelor's Degree - Nursing

Experience5-10 years

Licenses & CertificationsCert Clinical Transplant Coord
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