NWIN Neurodiagnostic Technologist III, Full-Time, Days

About the role

Join UChicago Medicine at Crown Point as an EEG Technologist III in Perioperative & Procedural Services. This role is part of our cutting-edge facility in Crown Point, which offers top-notch imaging services including MRI, CT, PET, X-ray, and ultrasound.

Responsibilities

• Prepare patients and perform Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) under physician supervision
• Absolutely measure head and apply recording electrodes with the collodion or paste technique, according to the 10/20 or expanded 10/10 system
• Assist the physician with needle EMG procedures to diagnose nerve and muscle disorders
• Manage equipment
• Recognize physiologic and non-physiologic artifacts and eliminate or properly monitor
• Obtain standard and complex long-term audio/video EEG recordings from both scalp and intracranial electrodes
• Recognize artifacts, both physiologic and non-physiologic, and equipment malfunction and take appropriate steps to eliminate or rectify them
• Independently write preliminary EEG reports with detailed description of EEG patterns, clinical behavior, seizure semiology, and mapping of ictal events and interictal abnormalities
• Provide selection of representative samples and preliminary report to epileptologist on service
• Identify abnormalities (e.g., ictal, inter-ictal, paroxysmal activity and non-epileptic behavioral events) and clip, prune, and archive these as separate files in accordance with institutional SOP
• Immediately alert appropriate medical staff (per institutional SOP) of any EEG studies requiring urgent attention and/or any additional support for interpretation including but not limited to seizures and other critical events captured on video
• Able to perform intraoperative electrocorticography, cortical stimulation, DBS recordings, and intra-carotid sodium amobarbital (Wada) studies with minimal assistance
• Participate in all aspects of subdural/stereo-EEG monitoring, including electrode connections, montage creation/verification, troubleshooting stimulation for cortical mapping, and disconnection
• Maintain monitoring equipment in excellent operating condition, detect instrument and computer malfunctions, correct the problems whenever possible and notify the supervisor
• Train and assist junior technologists as necessary
• Attend clinical conferences in support of maintaining credentials and certifications along with updating knowledge base and skillset
• Participate in the development and revision of center policies and procedures

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• College coursework in health-related field preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of experience performing electro-neurodiagnostic studies and can accurately interpret EEG data
• CPR certified
• Registry in Electroencephalography (R.EEGT.)
• Experience EMG/NCV
• Registered in two of three possible specialties recognized by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic Technology (ABRET)