EMG Autonomics Lab Technician, Neurology

Overview

We are seeking a full-time, 40-hour Autonomic Lab Neurodiagnostic Technologist to join our Neurology team! The operating hours are Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm.

The Autonomic Technician role requires a strong clinical background, ideally with experience in neurodiagnostics such as EEG, EMG, sleep technology, or related autonomic testing. This position is primarily focused on autonomic testing (approximately 80%), with some EMG testing (about 20%).

• Prepare and educate patients prior to testing
• Conduct autonomic and EMG tests (autonomic studies lasting up to two hours)
• Monitor blood pressure and heart rate
• Place electrodes, stocking and maintaining testing rooms, and manage supplies and inventory
• Training will take place in Portsmouth, where autonomic testing is currently based, with the ideal candidate able to support both Portsmouth and Dover locations as needed
• Provide a provider is always on site during testing, and the technician will work alongside nursing staff and another experienced technician
• Measure heart rate and blood pressure during various controlled stimuli (deep breathing, active standing, passive head-up tilting on a tilt-table)
• Perform sympathetic skin response test to evaluate and record galvanic skin response
• Prepare patients for all autonomic testing in the lab and explain what to expect
• Organize data into a report after exams

• Education:
  
  High School Diploma or Equivalent required
• Experience in lieu of
  
  Education:
  
  No
• Licenses and
  
  Certifications:
  
  Registered Electroencephalographic Technologist [R. EEG T.] – ABRET Neurodiagnostic Credentialing & Accreditation preferred

• Can perform accurate EKG tracings
• Excellent patient interactive skills
• Can recognize life threatening arrhythmias
• Can recognize EKG artifact
• Can enter data quickly and accurately
• Can measure blood pressure

Wentworth-Douglass Physician Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.