RN – Critical Care Transport, ECMO Specialist & CVICU

Scripps Health; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New Hire Incentive

Relocation Incentive

ECMO Shift Differential

Job summary

Scripps Health in San Diego seeks a CCT / ECMO Specialist / CVICU RN to join the Model Care Team at Scripps Memorial La Jolla. This hybrid role supports high-acuity cardiac care, ECMO, and critical transport operations across the county.

The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of ICU experience with ECMO/cardiac assist devices and ventilation techniques, works night shifts, and collaborates across disciplines to ensure patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years ICU experience with ECMO/cardiac assist devices.
• Experience with critical care transport preferred.
• Willingness to work 12-hour night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care within CVICU and ECMO settings.
• Perform therapeutic and emergency interventions and assist with critical transports.
• Collaborate with physicians, perfusionists, and transport team to ensure patient-centered care.

Skills

ICU experience

ECMO expertise

Cardiac assist devices

Ventilation techniques

Critical care transport

Team collaboration

Job description

We invite you to join Scripps Memorial La Jolla, a nationally recognized heart care leader. The CCT / ECMO Specialist / CVICU RN is a hybrid role that is a part of our highly engaged Model Care Team, focused on excellent standardized practices and evidence-based patient-centered care.

The CCT RN provides therapeutic and emergency interventions, and efficiently executes critical care level transports of Scripps patients throughout San Diego County. The RN must communicate effectively and work collaboratively with outside institutions/agencies, including hospitals and EMS, while maintaining contact with patients, families, referring facility staff and public safety personnel during and after contact to provide continuous loop closure and information sharing.

The RN is engaged in Scripps Memorial La Jolla’s 29-bed CVICU and provides patient care on shifts they are not the CCT RN in order to maintain clinical proficiencies and patient management experience. The CVICU specializes in caring for acute patients with a variety of disease states. As a destination center for higher level of cardiac care in Southern California, CVICU implements progressive programs and therapies such as:

• Cardiac surgery
• Heart failure, shock, advanced resuscitation measures
• Mechanical circulatory support
  • ECMO, LVAD, Impella, Tandem Heart, IABP, CRRT

This role is also expected to provide ECMO Specialist services. Focusing on ECMO patients, the ECMO Specialist will practice standards based on the ELSO Guidelines. They will work collaboratively with the ECMO Team including Physicians and Perfusionists.

In addition, the Critical Care Transport / ECMO Specialist / CVICU RN represents the Transport Team as a customer service ambassador for Scripps Health. They maintain a professional demeanor at all times and support hospital units as a resource for education and patient care while not on active transport. Therefore, the ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in ICU, ECMO, cardiac assists devices and advanced ventilation techniques. Experience with critical care transport is preferred.

The RN is responsible forproviding direct patient care within the scope of practice. Patient care includes assessment, planning and implementing a plan of care and evaluating patients' progress towards expected outcomes. The RN takes primary responsibility for the patients' care as delivered by the Care Team under his/her supervision. Works collaboratively with other members of the patient care team to ensure optimal patient care.

This is a 12-hour Full Time, Night Shift, position located at Scripps Memorial La Jolla. Additional pay differential of $7.50/hour will apply to ECMO Specialist shifts.

• New Hire and Relocation Incentive eligible.

The following are not eligible for hiring incentives:

• Internal candidates
• Rehires that left Scripps less than 3 years ago

In order to remain eligible for your retention incentive the followingcriteria must be met:

• Must remain in original hired FTE Status and Shift (if specified in offerletter)
• Must remain in original department/specialty
• Must remain in original Job Title
• Transfers to other locations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis andmay result in forfeiting remaining incentive bonus unless specifically notedin your offer letter.

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