ECMO Nurse Specialist Overview
The ECMO Nurse Specialist will perform the following roles: Coordinator, Retrieval and unit‑based ENS, to provide and ensure delivery of expert nursing care both on and offsite.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide 24‑hour care delivery and management of patients receiving ECMO in the Bristol wide Adult ECMO service, working long day and night shifts over 7 days of the week.
- Exercise high levels of judgement, discretion and decision‑making in conjunction with the ECMO multidisciplinary team.
- Deliver education and training to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
- Develop close working relationships with ECMO medical staff, perfusionists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, critical care units and key external partners.
- Maintain ECMO competence by undertaking regular training sessions in line with ELSO standards.
- Collaborate with ENS staff from UHBW and North Bristol Trust (NBT) as required.
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal‑opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce. We aim to recruit and retain staff who represent the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we are meeting this pledge.
