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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Evening Shift

Description:

An Opportunity to join our Remarkable Care Team as EEG Technician awaits YOU!

POSITION** **PURPOSE

The EEG Technologist provides professional quality patient care during neurodiagnostic testing. The primary accountabilities of the EEG Technologist is having knowledge, competence in neurodiagnostic testing such as but not limited to EEG, vEEG, cEEG and EMU monitoring applications.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND** **RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Must be thoroughly familiar with and capable of performing a variety testing such as but not limited to EEG, vEEG, cEEG and EMU monitoring.

2. Performs accurate, technically acceptable standard electroencephalograph (EEG) procedures on all inpatients and outpatients as ordered by physicians.

3. Provides technical educational support for floor staff in resolving questions about basic lead placement and equipment operation. When requested precepts, instructs, and evaluates students and new employees.

4. Assists with scanning, pruning, clipping, and archiving routine EEGs and cEEGs.

5. Obtain standard recordings following American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) guidelines, recognize artifacts, and take appropriate steps to eliminate them. Describe all abnormal clinical manifestations observed during the exam. Cleans & maintains equipment.

6. Obtains preliminary patient history, explains procedures to patients, verifies patient understanding.

7. Files the charge and completes the performed exam.

8. Participates in department meetings, in-service and lecture programs as they relate to neurodiagnostic services.

9. Maintains a daily volume log of all patients and procedures, including but not limited to outpatient & EEG monitoring.

10. Assists in facilitating the completion of neurodiagnostic quality assessment and improvement activities for areas of responsibility and compiles necessary data.

11. Ability to take on-call weekdays, weekends and holiday.

12. Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships. Approaches conflict in a constructive manner. Helps to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.

13. Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patients, physicians, associates, and visitors to Trinity Health. Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.

14. Behaves in accordance with the Mission, Vision, and Values of Trinity Health Ministry.

15. Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.

16. Knowledgeable about patient preps and lead placements related to various testing modalities.

17. Verifies printed order with cart computer screen to validate accuracy of order completion. and neurodiagnostic services.

OTHER FUNCTIONS AND** **RESPONSIBILITIES

_Performs other duties as_ _assigned._

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND** **CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

Education:

+ High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent required.

+ Completion of Neurodiagnostic Technologist program preferred

Experience:

+ Six months of experience working in an EEG lab

+ Current Basic Life Support certification.

Certification/Licensure:

+ At least 1 year of experience related to the neurodiagnostic field or currently enrolled in or completed a Neurodiagnostic Technologist program internship.

Schedule: All Shifts

Must have on call availability

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran