ECMO Primer, Nights, Wolfson Children's Hospital

ECMO Primer, Nights, Wolfson Children's Hospital

Job Summary: Baptist Health is seeking to add an ECMO Primer to Wolfson Children's Hospital. This is a full‑time, night shift opportunity. The ECMO Specialist is responsible for providing advanced life support to critically ill patients requiring extracorporeal assistance. The 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 specialist collaborates closely with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, effective, and high‑quality patient care.

• 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

Education Required: Associate's Degree

Education Preferred: Bachelor's Degree

Experience: 3–5 years Critical Care Experience

• 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) – Preferred
• Licensed Respiratory Therapist (RRT) – Required
• Licensed Registered Nurse – Required

Wolfson Children's Hospital
800 Prudential Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32207

If you are interested in this full‑time night shift opportunity, please apply now or contact

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