ECMO Nurse Specialist - Critical Care & MCS Expert

UCSF Health, AG; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UCSF Health seeks a full-time ECMO Specialist Nurse to support the Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center's MCS Program. The role involves initiating and managing ECMO circuits, monitoring hemodynamics, anticoagulation management, cannulation support, and rapid response to circuit issues across UCSF Medical Center locations.

The ideal candidate has extensive adult critical care RN experience, ECMO exposure, and strong teamwork skills for an interdisciplinary ECMO team including

Qualifications

• Four years of RN experience in adult critical care (ED/ICU).
• Two years of RN experience with ECMO patients.

Responsibilities

• Initiate, manage, and monitor ECMO circuits (VA, VV, and hybrid configurations).
• Titrate flow, sweep gas, and FiO2; monitor arterial blood gases and coagulation tests.
• Assist cannulation and circuit priming prior to ECMO initiation; monitor for circuit complications.

Skills

Critical care RN

ECMO experience

VAD experience

Clinical data interpretation

Critical thinking under pressure

Communication skills

Regulatory/documentation

Job description

UCSF Health seeks a full-time ECMO Specialist Nurse to support the Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center's MCS Program. The role involves initiating and managing ECMO circuits, monitoring hemodynamics, anticoagulation management, cannulation support, and rapid response to circuit issues across UCSF Medical Center locations.

The ideal candidate has extensive adult critical care RN experience, ECMO exposure, and strong teamwork skills for an interdisciplinary ECMO team including