EEG Technician - Casual/PRN

Best Care • Council Bluffs, IA

117d

About The Position

At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Requirements

• Successful completion from an accredited medical certification program (ie CNA, Med Tec, etc.) or previous EEG experience required.
• Clinical experience (student and/or professional) with multi-modality neurodiagnostic testing preferred.
• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with patients and family members as well as hospital personnel and coworkers required.
• Ability to effectively organize work in order to perform several tasks at once required.
• Computer skills required.

Responsibilities

• Identifies each patient by ID band verification and birth date.
• Educates patient on procedure and confirms understanding prior to beginning the procedure.
• Gathers pertinent medical history to aid neurologist in the interpretation of data gathered during testing.
• Performs and records electroencephalography (EEG) exams.
• Assists neurologists in the completion and recording of electromyography (EMG) exams.
• Critiques each exam for technical and positional accuracy and makes appropriate corrections if necessary.
• Logs each patient on log sheet and bills appropriately in Cerner following the procedure.
• Reviews orders for clinical and demographic consistency and verifies accuracy prior to exam.
• Maintains awareness of ongoing exams and assists co-workers as needed.
• Provides exam information and status updates to pertinent staff members.
• Flexes workload to meet patient care needs; arranges schedules to prioritize patients and testing.
• Starts and completes own exams correctly and in a timely manner.
• Ensures proper patient identification on all exams to comply with department policies and procedures.
• Maintains patient confidentiality coinciding with HIPAA.
• Coordinates and performs EEG and EMG procedures according to department policy and procedures.
• Collaborates in maintaining proper inventory and works with IT and Bio-Med when equipment or system goes down.
• Demonstrates ability to access environment of care policies on computer.
• Orients Neurodiagnostic Techs and/or other assigned staff to the equipment used by Methodist for EEG and EMG exams.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Excellent benefits
• Shift differentials & other financial incentives
• Tuition assistance
• Academic sponsorship with Methodist College

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees