Electroneurodiagnostic Technician - Per Diem

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Allied Health/Other

Brooklyn, NY

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NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive.

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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Electroneuro diagnostic Technician I - Per Diem.
In this role, the successful candidate Performs Video, Electroencephalographic and standard EEG procedures as requested. Operates equipment to record electrical activity of the brain readings. Monitors patient heart and brain activity during procedures. Prepares study files for interpretation by a physician. Documents patient activity during exams. Maintains equipment and troubleshoots technical problems and works with vendors and IT to resolve.

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs Video-Electroencephalographic procedures for patients as ordered by physicians (in department, patient room, intensive care unit, Pediatrics dept, Emergency room, and other nursing units as required).
• Maintains stock of supply inventory.
• Assists in compiling patient demographic data for the purposes of billing.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety and age-related criteria pertinent to the patients served in his/her assigned area.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Alerts supervisor of equipment malfunction. May make minor adjustments.
  
  Documents maintenance. Alerts supervisor of equipment malfunction. May make minor adjustments.
  
  Documents maintenance. Alerts supervisor of equipment malfunction. May make minor adjustments.
  
  Documents maintenance. Alerts supervisor of equipment malfunction. May make minor adjustments.
  
  Documents maintenance. Alerts supervisor of equipment malfunction. May make minor adjustments.
  
  Documents maintenance. Maintains department records, reports, files as directed. Files patient reports appropriately
• Assists with maintenance of Department equipment and supplies.
• Communicates pending work and/or problematic issues directly to Cardiologist and/or supervisor.
• Abstracts relevant information from patient's clinical record and obtains additional information by questioning. Writes a technical report under supervision, which serves as a preliminary report to the patient's physician.
• Properly obtains standard recording, recognizes artifacts and takes appropriate steps to eliminate them. Documents all abnormal clinical manifestations observed during the exam.
• Selects predetermined electrode combinations as well as special combinations.
• Calibrates and adjusts the EEG apparatus in accordance with standard procedures.
• Emails the scheduled Neurologist to notify of all examinations requiring a reading on a daily basis, as well as following up on studies that were previously sent for readings, that are still unread.
• Applies suitable electrodes on pre-determined measured positions on the patient's head, and checks their performance.
• Receives assignment. Prepares patient. Explains procedures and assures patient's cooperation during exam.
• Performs standard electroencephalographic procedures for patients…