Electroencephalogram; EEG) Technologist

Description

Tanaq Support Services (TSS) delivers professional, scientific, and technical services and information technology (IT) solutions to federal agencies in health, agriculture, technology, and other government services. TSS is a subsidiary of the St. George Tanaq Corporation, an Alaskan Native Corporation (ANC) committed to serving Federal customers while also giving back to the Tanaq native community and shareholders.

We are seeking a skilled Electroencephalogram (EEG) Technologist to join our team at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center (CRDAMC), Fort Hood, TX. This is a fast-paced 24/7 teaching hospital, and the EEG Technologist will provide comprehensive clinical and administrative support. The role assists healthcare providers with patient examinations, treatments, diagnostic procedures, and daily clinic operations, while delivering high-quality, patient-centered care according to established standards and clinical protocols.

This is a fully onsite position at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center (CRDAMC), Fort Hood, Texas.

• Perform routine diagnostic studies and services. Extensive knowledge of electroencephalography (EEG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), and evoked potentials (EP).
• Determine if any special patient preparation is required.
• Modify or adjust the recording strategy and/or instrument parameters based on the technologist’s evaluation of recorded data to ensure a complete, comprehensive and technically satisfactory study.
• Process studies and submit to the requesting/interpreting physician.
• Adhere to safety policies and procedures in accordance with the MTF policies.
• Document all procedures and maintain records in accordance with the established policy at the place of performance.
• As directed, perform system calibrations and quality control tasks according to the manufacturer and MTF policies.
• Recognize the need for and institute the necessary emergency measures for situations where a person requires resuscitation procedures due to cardiac or respiratory arrest.
• Apply EEG, NCS, EP concepts and fundamental skills to various patient demographics to include, but not limited to, neonates through geriatrics, patient clinical states from stable to critically ill, and outpatient clinic, inpatient ward, emergency room, and intensive care unit settings adjusting equipment based on the age of the patient.
• Detect disorders of EEG, NCS, EP of the central and peripheral nervous systems to include, but not limited to, recognizing the manifestation of seizure disorders.
• Accurately place 10-20 electrode system as well as other supplemental electrode sites.
• After approval of physician or provider, independently adjust procedures to account for anatomical defects, variants, and anomalies making necessary technical factor corrections and/or utilize special and/or additional components of the study when clinically indicated.
• Perform independent data review and analysis of patient medical record and history to properly design and/or adjust, after approval of the physician or provider, the ordered study.
• Understand and recognize signs, symptoms, and EEG correlations for both pediatric and adult neurological disorders.
• Serve as training proctor for undergoing EEG, NCS, or EP training.
• Performs, schedules, and administers specialized electroencephalograms on patients in laboratory, inpatient wards to include, but not limited to, neonate, pediatric, intensive care unit, critical care unit, emergency room, and neonatal nursery areas to record various brain wave patterns and/or identify precise artifacts to include, but not limited to, recording eye movement and/or tremors from various parts of the body.
• Sterilize equipment in accordance with hospital infection control…