Genie Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN ECMO ICU for a travel nursing job in San Diego, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ECMO ICU
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, rotating
- Employment Type: Travel
This is a highly specialized role requiring hands-on ECMO management—not just bedside ECMO care. If you're an experienced ECMO specialist who can independently manage the ECMO circuit, we want to hear from you!
REQUIRED Qualifications
✅ Active California RN License or pending CA license with ETA
✅ Minimum 1 year of hands-on ECMO experience
Candidates MUST:
- Independently "sit the pump"
- Manage ECMO equipment
- Troubleshoot the ECMO circuit
- Have at least one year performing these duties
Please confirm before submission:
- Can you independently sit the ECMO pump?
- Do you have at least one year of ECMO pump management experience?
- This position is not for bedside ECMO care only.
Preferred Experience
- 2 years Pediatric ICU nursing preferred
- Adult ECMO experience with strong formal ECMO training will be considered even without pediatric experience
- Will float between:
- CTICU
- PICU
- NICU
wherever ECMO patients are located
Certifications Required
ECMO Responsibilities
- Monitor and manage the extracorporeal circuit
- Adjust ECMO support to maintain adequate perfusion and oxygenation
- Troubleshoot and replace malfunctioning ECMO components
- Administer fluids and blood products through the ECMO circuit under physician direction
- Monitor anticoagulation therapy
- Assist with progressive mobility of ECMO patients
- Respond appropriately during emergent ECMO situations
Skills Required
- ECMO
- Ventilator management
- Arterial line management
- Central line management
- Continuous IV sedation
- BiPAP/CPAP
- ABG interpretation
- Dysrhythmia recognition & management
- Cardiac drip titration
- Vasoactive drip titration
- Post-cardiac surgery care
- Airway suctioning
- Isolation precautions
Facility Highlights
Join one of the nation's most respected pediatric healthcare systems:
- Top 10 Best Children's Hospital in the Nation
- Magnet Recognized
- Beacon Award for Excellence
- Level I Trauma Center
- Teaching Hospital
- Great Place to Work Certified
- Epic Charting
- Free Traveler Parking
- Scrub Color: Any
About Genie Healthcare
Genie Healthcare is one of the fastest growing Nurse Travel Agencies in the USA. Genie serves hundreds of facilities and has over 4000 current travel RN contracts open at any given time.
Genie provides travel RN’s flexibility, support, top pay scale, housing and the #1 rated, multi-state health insurance coverage.
Genie Healthcare carries with it a commitment to providing a comprehensive level of service and quality care. Growing from a small team of eager recruiters to a company with satisfied clients in nearly every corner of the nation, delivering excellence in patient and customer care is the key to Genie’s success.
The management team has 20 years of experience in workforce solutions and staffing in medical and non-medical fields, roles ranging from Clerical job to Cardiologist to software developer to CEO.