Overview
Job Description Summary: Performs electroneurodiagnostic procedures on patients with suspected neurologic injury or disease and according to facility policies and procedures.
Job Description:
Essential Functions: • Completes technical EEG reports and maintains accurate medical records and documentation. • Identifies and performs basic and intermediate technical troubleshooting and artifact identification and elimination. • Provides findings, results, and a descriptive analysis according to facility policy and procedures. • Monitors patients and maintains safety during procedures. • Communicates to other patient care support staff. • Participates in tutoring, demonstrating, and mentoring other team members, providing direct and indirect technical supervision. • Performs a limited variety of investigational procedures on patients with possible neurologic injury and disease according to established policies and procedures. • Stocks and maintains supplies and equipment, ensuring adequate levels and proper functioning. • Prepares patient rooms for EEG procedures and performs various administrative functions. • Prepares patients for testing, communicating procedure information and answering questions, and ensures accurate electrode application. • Collects information pertinent to the interpretation of the test results.
Education Requirement:
Associate's Degree, or equivalent experience, required.
Graduation from a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) accredited Electroneurodiagnostic (END) Program, preferred.
Licensure Requirement:
(not specified)
Certifications:
• Registered by the American Board of Registered Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists, required. • R EEG T certification, Required • BLS certification, required
Skills:
• Effective computer operations and technology skills
Experience:
Three years of experience in the performance of EEG procedures in a patient care environment, required
Physical Requirements:
OCCASIONALLY:
• Bend/twist • Blood and/or Bodily Fluids • Decision Making • Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs • Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs • Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs • Loud Noises • Patient Equipment • Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs • Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs • Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs • Sitting • Squat/kneel
FREQUENTLY:
• Computer skills • Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning • Interpreting Data • Machinery • Problem solving • Repetitive hand/arm use • Standing • Walking
CONTINUOUSLY:
• Audible speech • Color vision • Depth perception • Hearing acuity • Peripheral vision • Seeing - Far/near
Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:
(not specified)
The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet