EEG Tech - Full-Time Float Pool

Responsibilities

• Performs standard and complex EEGs by measuring the patient’s head, utilizing the International 10-20 Placement System, and applying electrodes to appropriate positions.
• Maintains equipment and inventory of supplies, reordering as necessary.
• Detects instrument malfunction, makes minor maintenance adjustments, or reports need for major repairs to Clinical Engineering.
• Records routine clinical computer-averaged electrical responses to visual, auditory, somatosensory, or other stimuli with evoked response equipment.
• Recognizes any EP signal changes due to electrical artifact, anesthetic effects, temperature, position, or perfusion and determines the significant influences of any surgical events on the signal.
• Implements alternative methods or adjusts acquisition parameters to obtain optimal recordings.
• Provides appropriate patient care and detailed observations of clinical manifestations during seizures and other patient emergency situations.
• Summarizes the patient’s neurologic status and clinical history from the chart, patient, or other knowledgeable persons.
• Explains the recording procedures to the patient and any family members present.
• Performs comprehensive analysis of raw and processed EEG using compressed spectral array (CSA).

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Completion of 11-month EEG training program OR 6 months on the job training
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification Required
• Registered EEG Technician - Certification R-EEG-T certificate

Qualifications

• Graduate of an EEG program or 12 months on-the-job training

Skills

• Knowledge of the principles of growth and development for each age group
• Ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status
• Ability to interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their age-specific group

Benefits

• $2500 Sign-On Bonus available

Pay

• Not specified

Schedule

• Full-time day shift, 4x10-hour shifts