EEG/Neurodiagnostic Tech - Non-Reg - PD

Salinas Valley Health•Salinas, CA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

This position works under the supervision of the Senior Administrative Director of Cardiopulmonary Services or designee, Manager or Supervisor. The role assists with the preparation, processing, and distribution of patient charts, reports, and billing. It involves scheduling patient tests, notifying appropriate personnel, and providing clerical support. The position requires answering departmental phones and routing calls, utilizing hospital and department computer systems for various tasks including word processing and project management. The role also performs technical and clinical work as outlined by the American Society Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist Standards (ASET), including recording EEGs (awake and asleep), evoked potentials, AABR, and EEG seizure monitoring. The technician demonstrates knowledge and skills for age-appropriate patient care. Responsibilities include preparing, processing, and distributing patient charts, reports, and billing, scheduling outpatient appointments, and maintaining accurate patient records. The role involves updating computer systems with patient information, answering phones, confirming patients for sleep studies, rescheduling cancellations, and managing cancellation lists. The technician advises management when patient beds are not filled and routes calls or takes messages. For evening patients, the role includes greeting, providing tours, showing patients to rooms, instructing them on room amenities, guiding them through electronic registration, confirming signatures, and submitting documentation. The position also involves performing special project assignments and assisting colleagues. An active role in the Sleep Medicine Department’s Continuous Quality Improvement Program and report processing is expected. Effective communication and teamwork skills are essential when interacting with patients, co-workers, and hospital staff. The role includes establishing and maintaining computerized records and databases for the Cardiopulmonary Service Line, and utilizing hospital and department computer systems (including PACS and Reporting Software, Microsoft Office Suite). The technician performs noninvasive Neurodiagnostic procedures such as awake, asleep EEGs, Evoked Potentials, EEG/Video monitoring, and AABRs.

Requirements

A minimum of a high school diploma or GED required.
Current BLS/Healthcare Provider status as per American Heart Association Standards Required.
Two to three years of recent clerical experience or equivalent combination of education and Experience.

Responsibilities

Assists with preparation, processing, and distribution of patient charts, reports, and billing.
Schedules patient tests and notifies the appropriate people.
Provides clerical support, answers the departmental phones and routes calls.
Utilizes the Hospital computer systems, and Department computer systems to process forms, procedures, policies, schedules, and other word processing/typing and projects as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned within the cardiopulmonary service line.
Accepts and completes in a timely manner assignments in all areas of the Neurodiagnostic, Respiratory PFT scheduling and Sleep Center.
Performs all technical and clinical work as outlined in the American Society Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist Standards (ASET).
Records EEG awake and asleep, evoked potentials, AABR, and EEG seizure monitoring.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to age of the patient.
Prepares, processes, and distributes patient charts, reports, and billing.
Schedules outpatient appointments and keeps appropriate persons informed.
Maintains accurate patient records, related material, and appropriate documentation.
Updates the computer with patient information.
Answers departmental phones, confirms patients for evening sleep studies, reschedules cancellations and calls in from cancellation list, when applicable.
Advises Manager when six patient beds are not filled each evening, and routes calls appropriately, or takes messages as needed.
Greets evening patients, gives tour of lobby, control room, restrooms and fire exits, shows to their designated rooms, instructs patients on the use of electric bed and television remotes, pull string and audio/video.
Confirms identify of patients and applies patients’ wristbands.
Instructs patients to change into their evening clothes in their bedroom and points out the blind Spot.
Guides patients through electronic registration, confirms signatures and submits to admitting.
Performs related duties such as special project assignments and assisting others.
Assumes active role in the Sleep Medicine Department’s Continuous Quality Improvement Program, and processing of reports.
Uses appropriate communication and teamwork skills when working with patients, co-workers and other hospital staff.
Establishes, maintains, and files computerized records and databases for the Cardiopulmonary Service Line.
Utilizes the Hospital and department computer systems (including PACS and Reporting Software, Microsoft Office including but not limited to Word, Excel, Visio, etc.)
Performs noninvasive Neurodiagnostic procedures such as awake, asleep EEG's, Evoked Potentials, EEG/Video monitoring, and AABR’s.