NWIN Neurodiagnostic Technologist III, Full-Time, Days

UChicago Medicine•Crown Point, IN

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Join UChicago Medicine at Crown Point as an EEG Technologist III in Perioperative & Procedural Services. This role is part of a cutting-edge Imaging Center equipped with MRI, CT, PET, X-ray, and ultrasound capabilities, aiming to provide exceptional care to Northwest Indiana. The EEG Technologist III will prepare patients and perform Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) under physician supervision, assist with needle EMG procedures, and manage equipment. The position involves independent work in preparing patients for routine and long-term AV/EEG monitoring, acting as a physician extender by performing initial analysis of recorded EEG and audio-video data, and creating preliminary reports. Responsibilities also include data management (clipping, pruning, archiving, purging EEG data) and performing specialty procedures such as intracranial EEG set-up, assisting with stimulation via intracranial electrodes, ECOG and DBS recordings in the operating room, and recording during WADA tests in the radiology suite.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience performing electro-neurodiagnostic studies and can accurately interpret EEG data.
Must be CPR certified.
Must hold registry in Electroencephalography (R.EEGT.)
Must have experience EMG/NCV
Registered in two of three possible specialties recognized by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic Technology (ABRET): EEG, CLTM, NA-CLTM

Nice To Haves

College coursework in health-related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Obtains history and explains procedure to patients. Accurately measures head and applies recording electrodes with the collodion or paste technique, according to the 10/20 or expanded 10/10 system.
Prepares patients, performs Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) under physician supervision, assists physician with needle EMG procedures to diagnose nerve and muscle disorders, manages equipment
Recognizes physiologic and non-physiologic artifacts and eliminates and/or properly monitors.
Obtains standard and complex long-term audio/video EEG recordings from both scalp and intracranial electrodes. Recognizes artifacts, both physiologic and non-physiologic, and equipment malfunction and takes appropriate steps to eliminate or rectify them.
Responsible for accurately annotating normal and abnormal EEG findings, recognizing artifacts, seizures and seizure-like patterns, subtle changes, changes in level of consciousness, and EEG patterns of prognostic significance, utilizing ACNS accepted terminology.
Independently writes preliminary EEG reports with detailed description of EEG patterns, clinical behavior, seizure semiology, and mapping of ictal events and interictal abnormalities. Provide selection of representative samples and preliminary report to epileptologist on service.
Identifies abnormalities (e.g., ictal, inter-ictal, paroxysmal activity and non-epileptic behavioral events. and clips, prunes, and archives these as separate files in accordance with institutional SOP.
Immediately alerts appropriate medical staff (per institutional SOP) of any EEG studies requiring urgent attention and/or any additional support for interpretation including but not limited to seizures and other critical events captured on video.
Able to perform intraoperative electrocorticography, cortical stimulation, DBS recordings, and intra-carotid sodium amobarbital (Wada) studies with minimal assistance.
Participates in all aspects of subdural/stereo-EEG monitoring, including electrode connections, montage creation/verification, troubleshooting stimulation for cortical mapping, and disconnection.
Maintains monitoring equipment in excellent operating condition, detects instrument and computer malfunctions, corrects the problems whenever possible and notifies the supervisor.
Trains and assists junior technologists as necessary. Attends clinical conferences in support of maintaining credentials and certifications along with updating knowledge base and skillset. Participates in the development and revision of center policies and procedures. Performs other duties as requested by management.