Intraoperative Monitoring (IOM) Technologist

#REF!•Fort Worth, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Here's What You Need Education High school diploma or equivalent with ten (10) years registered EPT required or Bachelor's Degree in a Healthcare related field with seven (7) years experience with documentation of one hundred fifty (150) NIOM cases required or IOM accredited certificate program with documentation of fifty (50) NIOM cases required Experience Seven (7) years Neurodiagnostics experience (if Bachelors held) required or Ten (10) years Neurodiagnostics experience (if a high school diploma held) required Licenses and Certifications R. EP T. - Registered EP Technician (if no Bachelor's degree) upon hire required and BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support (prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly) required Skills Must be able to speak, read and write English with a high level of understanding. Must be able to see the computer read outs for EEG/EMG tracings and computers used in the provision services. What you will do Serves as a preceptor to assist in the training of EP Technicians and EEG Technicians. Assists in verifying clinical competencies for EP & EEG Technicians Provides patient care using Neurodiagnostic procedures for neonatal through geriatric age patients. Maximizes safe electro-neurodiagnostic monitoring procedures for at-risk surgeries. Collaborates at a high-level efforts between surgeons, the O.R, the neurologist panel, contract staff and department crew to obtain highest level of quality patient testing/monitoring coverage. Prints and scans 24-hour record denoting significant data Conducts patient assessments to ensure diagnostic testing capacity is relevant to patient condition with the ordered tests Manages IOM exams that are not interpreted Accurately applies, assesses, utilizes and communicates differences specific to each of the basic IOM tests Identifies adverse reactions to IOM testing and emergency measures for such initiated Monitors patient safety by taking pro-active steps to reduce or eliminate patient risks Performs timely documentation Neurodiagnostic procedures in CareConnect Verifies physician's orders for IOM monitoring and testing Completes required ambulatory records to ensure they are accurate, timely and readily available Takes proactive and assertive action to address concerns with patient orders by calling the physician Communicates concerns, ideas or recognition involving practices or policies that will affect financial issues Additional perks of being an Intraoperative Monitoring (IOM) Technologist: Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits At Texas Health, our people make this a great place to work every day. Our inclusive, supportive, people-first, excellence-driven culture make us a great place to work A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth Entity Highlights: Texas Health Ft. Worth is a 707-bed Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving out community since 1930. We specialize in cardiovascular care, high-risk obstetrics, gynecology, neurosciences, sports medicine and emergency medicine. Plus, we're an accredited Cycle III Chest Pain Center, an Emergency Center of Excellence and provide gynecology, neonatal intensive care, respiratory therapy and orthopedic medicine. Texas Health Ft. Worth is Joint Commission-certified in both Heart Failure and Chest Pain, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, an Acute Heart Failure Center, a Level I Trauma Center, a designated Magnet hospital and the Best Place to Have a Baby in Tarrant County. We are a top choice in North Texas for emergency services, women's services, cardiac care and much more. Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits , Job Listings by Category , recent Awards we’ve won and more. Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to [email protected] Intraoperative Monitoring (IOM) Technologist Work location\: Sid Richardson Pavilion\: 700 5th Ave., Ft. Worth, TX 76104 Work hours\: Full-time (40 hours); 6\:30AM-5\:00PM 4 shifts per weekday. On call twice per week and rotating on call weekends Department Highlights: We are a full-sevice Neurodiagnostics unit. We provide EEG, EMU/Continuous monitoring and Neuro Intro-operative monitoring. We are an ABRET credentialed lab in NIOM. We currently have 13 fully trained technicians. We have a 4-bed EMU.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent with ten (10) years registered EPT required or Bachelor's Degree in a Healthcare related field with seven (7) years experience with documentation of one hundred fifty (150) NIOM cases required or IOM accredited certificate program with documentation of fifty (50) NIOM cases required
Seven (7) years Neurodiagnostics experience (if Bachelors held) required or Ten (10) years Neurodiagnostics experience (if a high school diploma held) required
R. EP T. - Registered EP Technician (if no Bachelor's degree) upon hire required
BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support (prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly) required
Must be able to speak, read and write English with a high level of understanding.
Must be able to see the computer read outs for EEG/EMG tracings and computers used in the provision services.

Responsibilities

Serves as a preceptor to assist in the training of EP Technicians and EEG Technicians.
Assists in verifying clinical competencies for EP & EEG Technicians
Provides patient care using Neurodiagnostic procedures for neonatal through geriatric age patients.
Maximizes safe electro-neurodiagnostic monitoring procedures for at-risk surgeries.
Collaborates at a high-level efforts between surgeons, the O.R, the neurologist panel, contract staff and department crew to obtain highest level of quality patient testing/monitoring coverage.
Prints and scans 24-hour record denoting significant data
Conducts patient assessments to ensure diagnostic testing capacity is relevant to patient condition with the ordered tests
Manages IOM exams that are not interpreted
Accurately applies, assesses, utilizes and communicates differences specific to each of the basic IOM tests
Identifies adverse reactions to IOM testing and emergency measures for such initiated
Monitors patient safety by taking pro-active steps to reduce or eliminate patient risks
Performs timely documentation Neurodiagnostic procedures in CareConnect
Verifies physician's orders for IOM monitoring and testing
Completes required ambulatory records to ensure they are accurate, timely and readily available
Takes proactive and assertive action to address concerns with patient orders by calling the physician
Communicates concerns, ideas or recognition involving practices or policies that will affect financial issues