Travel EEG Technologist - $2,312 per week

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  • Atlantic Health System Hospital - 100 Madison Avenue
Job Summary
Location
,NJ
Job Type
Contract
Visa
Any Valid Visa
Salary
PayRate
Qualification
BCA
Experience
2Years - 10Years
Posted
28 Nov 2024
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Job Description
    Certification Details
  • - BLS Certification
  • - State licensure as a Neurodiagnostic Tech
    Job Details
  • - Obtains relevant patient history and use information to guide testing performance.
  • - Explains procedure to the patient.
  • - Demonstrates respect for the patient and family.
  • - Follows all patient safety guidelines and ensures a safe environment.
  • - Demonstrates knowledge and competency of medications and their effects on EEG studies.
  • - Displays competency of using the 10-20 international electrode placement system and head measurement.
  • - Precisely applies electrodes.
  • - Recognizes and eliminates artifact by troubleshooting and correcting malfunctions.
  • - Selects appropriate amplification settings and montages.
  • - Obtains quality data, ensuring technical quality regardless of patients age or disability.
  • - Monitors patients during testing.
  • - Works under the supervision of physicians who are responsible for the interpretation and clinical correlation of results but who is not normally present during testing.
  • - Ability to analyze data during the recording to ensure validity and interpretability.
  • - Performs EEGs (routine, ambulatory, sleep-deprived) within the department as well as the bedside for adults and pediatrics.
  • - Able to record EEGs while anticonvulsive medications are administered.
  • - Ability to work independently and make on-line decisions regarding data collection.
  • - Ability to adapt methods in obtaining technical studies according to clinical observations and tracings.
  • - Knowledgeable in communicating an emergency and able to care for patient during seizures.
  • - Performs epilepsy monitoring for adults and pediatrics.
  • - Responsible for initial set up and on-going timely maintenance of ongoing testing.
  • - Monitors skin integrity and reports skin breakdown to nursing.
  • - Is skilled in pattern recognition and artifact detection.
  • - Performs Evoked Potential testing (Baer/VEP) and continuous ICU monitoring.
  • - Displays competency in clipping, pruning and data archiving.
  • - Shows competency in Phase II Long term Monitoring.
  • - Assist with MEG procedures, setting up patient’s collection data under supervision of an experienced MEG technologist.
  • - Accurate and timely data collection.
  • - Submits all required information for work sheets, data logs, billing sheets included data entered within electronic data bases.
  • - Checks work and resolved errors timely.
  • - Equipment maintenance: ensures proper care and handling of all equipment and ensures that preventable damage does not occur.
  • - Maintains electrodes, headboxes and other peripheral equipment to protect integrity and ensure long-term viability.
  • - Professionalism: timely and respectful communication with nursing staff, physicians, and colleagues.
  • - Promotes self-growth and development.
  • - Collaborating as needed to ensure a satisfactory experience to the patient.
  • - Operates under limited guidance and work assignments involve moderately complex to complex situations that may need a good collaborative approach and relationship with colleagues and units.
  • - Performs related duties as required.
  • - All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
    Job Requirements
  • - 2 years of Electroneurodiagnostic (END) technology experience.
  • - Excellent communication skills. Listens well, speaks, and writes clearly and concisely.
  • - Competent in head measurement and electrode placement.
  • - Competent in Routine, Sleep Deprived and Ambulatory EEG and Long-Term Monitoring and all evoked potentials and continuous ICU monitoring.
  • - Competent in clipping, pruning and data archiving.
  • - Competent in continuous monitoring of EMU EEG studies, including the ability to recognize events and immediately call for nursing response.
  • - Competent in Phase II long term monitoring: including but not limited to intraoperative planning of grid and strip placement, programing of computer for grid and strip monitoring, maintain and connect phase II lead wires with cable interface, dressing changes with Nurse Practitioner assistance.
  • - Competent in bedside functional mapping.
  • - Competent with EEG monitoring during WADA procedures as well as EEG digitization methods
  • - Engages others to foster further development of AHS core values and mission.
  • - Knowledge of basic computer anatomy and peripherals, as well as, basic skills.
  • - Knowledge of END equipment.
  • - Knowledge of computer information systems for billing, transport, accessing face sheets.
    Additional Details
  • - Hospital experience preferred but not required.
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