EEG Technician

Northwell•Massapequa, NY

3h•Onsite

About The Position

The EEG Technician performs electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings following established standards and physician orders. This role involves patient interaction, including assessing physical condition, abstracting medical information, and explaining procedures to alleviate anxiety. The technician is responsible for setting up and operating EEG equipment, applying electrodes, checking equipment performance, and obtaining standard and modified recordings while recognizing and eliminating artifacts. Activating procedures such as hyperventilation, photic stimulation, and sleep are utilized, and other physiological variables are monitored. The technician must recognize and respond to patient medical issues and physiological events to ensure safety. Recordings, including abnormal clinical manifestations, are obtained for physician interpretation. The role may also involve assisting physicians in surgical cases with continuous EEG monitoring, video monitoring, ECOG, and Wada mapping. Additionally, the technician transports EEG equipment and performs routine maintenance, reporting any malfunctions to management.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
Graduate from an accredited or formal certificate EEG program, required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) or equivalent certification, required.
Ability to communicate effectively.

Nice To Haves

Prior EEG experience, preferred.

Responsibilities

Interviews patient to assess current physical condition.
Abstracts relevant information for patient's medical record, obtaining additional information from patient and/or referring Physician, as required.
Translates procedures into layman's terms based on professional knowledge in order to relieve patient of any pre-testing anxiety.
Sets up equipment to administer particular procedure in a timely fashion.
Positions patient on examination table and applies electrodes on predetermined measured positions on patient’s head for optimum testing.
Checks equipment performance and selects predetermined electrode combinations and special combinations as required by case.
Operates EEG equipment to take EEG tracings. Obtains standard recordings, recognizing artifacts and taking appropriate steps to eliminate them.
Modifies recording protocol when abnormalities occur in EEG, adding electrodes in standard locations and devising appropriate recording techniques with minimal assistance.
Uses activating procedures such as hyperventilation, photic stimulation and sleep.
Monitors other variables such as electromyograms, electrocardiograms, electrooculograms, respiration, etc.
Recognizes and responds to patient’s medical issues and physiological events (i.e. cardiac, respiratory, seizures, etc.) to ensure safety and welfare of patient.
Obtains recordings, including any/all abnormal clinical manifestations, for physician interpretation.
May assist Physician in surgical cases by setting up continuous EEG monitoring, video monitoring and in obtaining recordings during ECOG and Wada mapping.
Transports EEG equipment to patient’s rooms and various departments, as required.
Performs routine maintenance on EEG equipment. Identifies malfunctions and reports to management.
Performs related duties as required.