Neurodiagnostic Technologist

Texas Scottish Rite for Children•Dallas, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Our patients are our number one priority! We're committed to giving children back their childhood! This role involves setting up monitoring equipment, ensuring patient safety, and performing routine and advanced neurodiagnostic testing under supervision. The technologist will be responsible for writing technical analyses, alerting supervisors to critical patient issues, and adhering to hospital protocols. Effective communication with team members and critical thinking are essential. The role also includes assisting in policy development, recognizing and communicating changes in patient condition, and providing teaching and training to other technologists. Independent application of electrodes, waveform acquisition, and troubleshooting of common issues in Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM) are key responsibilities. Following procedures for critical test results and writing descriptive technical analyses are also required.

Requirements

Associate degree or graduate of a CAAHEP-accredited ND program.
CNIM Certification required
Meets all requirements and qualifications as specified in IONM Neurodiagnostic Tech I in the ND field which includes an additional three (3) years of experience in advanced modality: IONM setting.
Minimum of three (3) years experience in advanced modality: IONM setting.
Hearing, Seeing, and Speaking

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Health Science is preferred.
R. EEG T/R. EP T. preferred
Pediatric experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Helps set up monitoring equipment while assuring patient safety.
Performs routine testing under supervision; writes a descriptive technical analysis.
Has hospital training to alert supervisor and/or activate hospital system such as rapid response, cardiac arrest, etc… per established protocols when encountering patient clinical issues.
Assists in development of and monitoring of adherence to policies and procedures for department.
Recognize changes and communicate such with team as specified in the departmental policy and procedure manual.
Performs routine, as well as more advanced testing; recognizes clinically significant events and patterns.
Able to provide teaching and training for other ND technologists.
Assists those who are not credentialed for board examination.
Able to apply electrodes and obtain high-quality waveforms Independently.
Able to troubleshoot common problems in IONM recordings.
Follows policy and Procedures regarding critical test results.
Able to write technical descriptive analysis.
And other duties assigned.