EEG Technologist
Company: Steward Health Care
Location: Brighton
Posted on: June 25, 2022
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Job Description:
Location: St. Elizabeth's Medical CenterPosted Date: 5/12/2022At
Steward Health Care System, we are committed to improving the
health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized
behavioral health care with dignity, compassion and respect. Our
continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers in
how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to
individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.We
dedicate ourselves in the communities we serve to delivering
affordable health care to all and being responsible partners. No
matter what your role, as a member of the Steward family, you are a
specialist in the making every patient and family feel right at
home, every co-worker a key to our success, and every referring
practice, a team of prized colleagues.In support of this, we commit
ourselves to the following
values:CompassionAccountabilityRespectExcellenceStewardshipIf you
are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization
committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in
all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you.Position
Function:The Registered EEG technologist must be able to
demonstrate the knowledge and skill necessary to provide care in
the Neurophysiology Lab for stable patients and at the patient's
bedside for critically ill patients.The EEG Technologist must
perform standard and complex neurophysiological recordings on
patient populations ranging from neonatal to adulthood and
geriatrics.Job Relationships:Reports to the Technical Manager of
Respiratory Therapy (or his/her designee).Interacts with other
health care professionals to plan, provide, monitor, and evaluate
care services for our patients.Responsibilities/Essential
Functions:"Provides superior customer service to internal and
external clients, customers, and patients as referenced in the
Service Excellence Standards."We are looking for a highly motivated
Registered EEG Technologist to specialize in:Testing,
Documentation, and Interpretation Requirements according to lab
protocols and those established by ASET.Perform routine
EEG's.Perform continuous video EEG monitoring at the
bedside.Perform ambulatory EEG's.Set-up, troubleshoot and perform
multiple technical procedures.Ability to multi-task between
different applications at the same time.Record all montages.Perform
activating procedures to demonstrate abnormalities in the EEG
waveform.Document patient movements, clinical events, and other
activities that may produce real or artifactual waveforms.Record
all sensitivity and filter settings in record.Include all
calibrations.Include all pertinent patient information on face
sheet.Perform daily quality assurance for all patients undergoing
inpatient continuous EEG monitoring to ensure adherence of
electrodes to allow for artifact-free recording, accuracy of video
camera placement, and participate in education to improve proper
understanding by bedside and nursing staff of the need to document
clinically relevant events.Include Technologists impression.Be able
to make discriminating observations and communicate with
physician.Include patient's billing information for
physicians.Enter and result charges for each patient.Must provide
initial and maintenance training with all equipment in the EEG
laboratory (routine and continuous monitoring equipment) for new
hires.Must perform monthly and annual quality assurance measures
for the EEG lab and continuous EEG protocols.Must ensure that
reports are entered into Meditech in a timely fashion in accordance
with timelines established by the Program Director.Quality control,
data collection and analysisAbility to collect specific data points
and add to Microsoft Office application.Ability to analyze data
sets and report on specific information collected for various
studies or applications. Professional and personal
presenceFlexibility of changing environments.Flexibility and
adaptability to changing needs and scheduling
requirements.Professional demeanor and be able to appropriately
interact and apply skills with patients ranging from neonatal to
geriatric and be able to adapt to different needs of the
patient.Ability to provide a high-level of customer service to meet
standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s) in a timely
manner.Strong interpersonal communication skills.Must be able to
work in a team environment as well as independently.Must be
competent to provide patient care specific to age, culture, gender
and medical conditions.Remaining current with new trends or changes
by reviewing journals, books, workshops,
etc.Responsibilities/Non-Essential Functions:Enhances professional
growth and development through in-service meetings, educational
programs, current literature, workshops,
etc.Accountability:Respiratory therapists shall be accountable
for:Maintaining the confidentiality and security of all hospital
related, medical staff related, and patient related data and
information, electronic or hard copy.Abiding by all
hospital/department policies and procedures.Accurately
measuring/calculating pulmonary parameters.Knowledge of all facets
of critical care respiratory therapy and American Association for
Respiratory Therapy Clinical Practice Guidelines.REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE
& SKILLS:Vocational or Technical training in Electrodiagnostic
Technology required.Certification by the American Board of
Registration of Electroencephalographic Technologist.Advanced
skills with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
and Access).May need to produce complex documents, data collection
and analysis.Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts,
practices and policies and demonstrate for practical applications
in varied
situations.EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/LICENSURE/TECHNICAL/OTHER:Education:
Electro Neuro Diagnostic Program preferredExperience: Minimum
3-yearsCertification/Licensure: EEG Board Eligible, Certification
by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic
Technologist (R EEG T). PreferredSoftware/Hardware: Meditech,
AthenaAdditional InformationImportant COVID messageThis position is
subject to the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for Steward Health Care
Workforce.Employees in this position will be required to provide
adequate proof of vaccination for COVID-19 by an FDA-approved
vaccine prior to starting work.Steward will consider requests for
exemptions from this vaccine requirement on the basis of medical
condition or sincerely held religious belief in accordance with
applicable Federal laws.
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