EEG Tech Trainee

Kaweah Health Care District•Visalia, CA

60d•$20 - $20

About The Position

Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California. With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state-of-the-art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics. Our eight-campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care. It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health. We serve a region where the needs are great, which makes the rewards even greater. Every day, we care for people facing unique challenges and in need of healing. Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do - in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community. Provides high quality neurodiagnostic data to the neurologist, so that an accurate nuerological disorder diagnosis can be determined.

Requirements

BLS
Ability to work cooperatively with patients and equipment.

Nice To Haves

High school graduate with strong background in biology, human anatomy and mathematics.
One year previous healthcare experience.

Responsibilities

Provides a safe recording environment, performs necessary lab maintenance, cleans equipment/electrodes/work space, restocks room, alerts supervisor of supply shortages.
Establishes rapport with patient and patient's family as appropriate to patient's age and mental capacity.
Performs patient assessment and prepares a basic data sheet.
Follows the 10/20 measurement system for electrode application.
Calibrates and documents the working condition of both digital and analog EEG instruments, verifies standard filter and sensitivity settings, and records bio-cal signal to all channels.
Obtains a standard EEG recording in accordance with written lab standards.
Understands and follows technical criteria for ECI, neonatal EEG, Pediatric EEG and recording in intensive care or cardiac care units.
Able to differentiate artifact from cerebral waveforms.
Has a working knowledge of functional neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and effect of medication on EEG background and waveforms.
Applies the principles of electronics and mathematics to EEG recording.
Assists in the overall function of the department by answering phones, make appointments, answers patient/physician questions, provides verbal reports to physicians, routes calls or takes messages as appropriate.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and services appropriate to the population served on the assigned unit or work area. Knowledgeable of growth and development for all patient/family cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age specific needs. Able to effectively communicate and care for patient and family as reflected in the Plan for Provision of Care.
Performs other duties as assigned.