Surgical Neurophysiologist IONM Training Program

Surgical Neurophysiologist IONM Training Program

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Surgical Neurophysiologist IONM Training Program

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Passionate, driven people dedicated to making a difference in healthcare.

• REQUIRED:
  
  Resume AND Bachelor's Transcript (unofficial or official) with application. Cover letter optional.*
  *

Specialty Care continues to grow and we’d like you to grow with us. We are the industry leader in intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) services in the US—monitoring over 60,000 cases annually, providing IONM services to over 450 hospitals nationwide, and supporting over 1,700 surgeons. With Specialty Care, you will be able to share your acquired expertise with your colleagues and customers, all while providing safer surgery and better outcomes for your patients.

Specialty Care is dedicated to hiring talented and motivated people who are eager to learn and start a career in this exciting and rewarding field. As a Specialty Care surgical neurophysiologist, you will be in a great position to grow your career while working with highly skilled physicians and surgical teams in a variety of clinical settings and locations.

To get you to that point, we offer full-time, salaried employment coupled with a structured and progressive one-year training program that features a combination of classroom work, laboratory practicums, online instruction and practical training in the operating room designed to prepare you for a career in IONM.

REQUIRED:
Resume AND Bachelor's Transcript(s) with application. Cover letter optional.

Training Program

If you are selected to join the training program, you will be a Specialty Care employee and will be eligible for Specialty Care’s benefits.

• You must relocate to your new market prior to the first day of training.
• We cannot guarantee ahead of time which market you will work in. You will need to be open to relocation anywhere we offer service.
• All Specialty Care Surgical Neurophysiologists must obtain CNIM certification upon completion of the training program.

Long Term Career Opportunity in IONM

Patient Setup

• Explain test procedures to the patient and describe your role in the OR.
• Prepare the patient for neurophysiological monitoring by applying stimulating and recording electrodes.
• Advocate for the patient and monitor their nervous system by performing a variety of tests while the patient is undergoing surgery.

IONM Equipment

• Set up neuromonitoring equipment properly in the OR following biomedical safety standards.
• Calibrate, evaluate, and adjust equipment.
• Optimize recording and stimulation parameters to acquire salient data.

Intraoperative Monitoring

• Interact with the surgical team to provide timely information about the patient’s neurologic status.
• Understand the medical and pharmacologic/anesthetic conditions that influence the various IONM test modalities.
• Understand the clinical correlations between abnormal IONM recordings, various disease states and injury to the nervous system.

Documentation

• Properly display recorded waveforms of nervous system activity.
• Mark, measure, and calculate information such as neural signal latencies, amplitudes, and conduction times following established guidelines and protocols.
• Save and upload copies of recorded information to Specialty Care’s computerized IONM medical record.

Position Requirements

• Bachelors, masters, or doctorate degree. Life sciences (e.g. neuroscience, biology), bio-engineering or audiology is preferred.
• 3.0 GPA, preferred.
  * Please attach your bachelor's degree transcripts to your application.*
• Ability to work indepedently, be self-motivated & have a strong desire to learn.
• Ability to keep up with a fast-paced and independent learning environment.
• Ability to work flexible hours as scheduled, including weekends and holidays, and to be on-call as scheduled.
• REQUIRED:
  
  Resume AND Bachelor's Transcript(s) with application. Cover letter optional.*
  *

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