Senior Electroneurodiagnostic (END) Tech

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Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Senior Electroneuro diagnostic Tech. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing and conducting of routine, ambulatory, and bedside EEGs, as well as complex EEG, intra operative grid hook-up and video-monitoring on patients utilizing appropriate recording machines. Maintenance of electrode integrity throughout patient hospitalization. Archiving and burning of patient files to CD or DVD.

Job Responsibilities:

• Facilitates the departments clinical site program by shadowing students from affiliated EEG training schools.
• Educates the students in EEG Lab operations and demonstrates all of the job description expectations to the students.
• Participates regularly in continuing education activities. Attends conferences/weekly review as required.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the hospital and applicable vendor systems as they relate to the EEG Laboratory.
• Demonstrates ability to access patient information such as appointment times, type of exam, and patient reports, for both out-patients and in-patients.
• Properly hooks up continuous VEEG monitoring, routine and ambulatory EEGs, utilizing appropriate techniques and montages.
• Properly hooks up and completes geodesic EEG studies, utilizing appropriate techniques and montages
• Prepares patient for testing and administers routine EEG with a high degree of technical competency, independently. Measures head appropriately, places electrodes properly, and checks their integrity. Prepares patients using proper departmental criteria and techniques to ensure quality of recordings.
• Performs, assesses and critiques the patient s EEG deciding what is necessary for a complete diagnostic study. Alerts the appropriate medical staff of abnormalities that require immediate attention. Is prepared to assist the neurologist in the event of a patient seizure. Informs physician of any changes in patient s condition.
• Upon completion of testing, removes electrodes and gel, cleans patients head, and wipes down equipment. Carries out assignment within a realistic time frame.
• Detects equipment malfunctions, makes minor maintenance adjustments, and follows departmental guidelines for troubleshooting equipment and alerts the EEG Lab Supervisor and/or Lead EEG Technologist when unable to resolve issue imizes networking and software performance in conjunction with EEG Lab Supervisor, Lead EEG Technologist, and/or physicians.
• Performs cleaning of required equipment. Cleans and prepares equipment daily prior to using on patients.
• Maintains VEEG archive and report database. Retrieves, copies, and prints data as requested. Appropriately archives and burns data onto CDs or server, and double checks integrity before deleting data from hard-drive/server. Is familiar with filing of CDs, videos, and recordings.
• Documents all patient related data according to departmental procedure. Utilizes patient chart in obtaining pertinent history as necessary and obtains additional information by questioning the patient/parent, if minor.
• Reviews files for seizure activity and marks appropriate sections for physician review. Completes prior to 10AM. Notifies physician of findings requiring immediate review.
• Prepares descriptive report of test procedure and results for physician information and subsequent interpretation.
• Performs advanced interpretation of EEG recordings, with the ability to recognize pathological patterns…