Seizure (EEG) Diagnostic Technician in Berlin

City/State:

White Plains, New York

Department:

Seizure Program_1

Work Shift:

Day

Work Days:

DAYS VARY

Scheduled Hours:

Hours Vary

Hours Per Pay Period:

75

Pay Rate/Range:

$38.3819 to $56.1687

For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

Job Summary

Under minimal supervision of the Chief Seizure Technologist performs long-term video-EEG monitoring on patients with scalp and intracranially placed electrodes on an epilepsy unit and performs electrocorticography in the operating room, cortical stimulation studies, and special studies as Sodium Amytal (Wada) testing.

This position requires is varied: Days, Nights ,Weekends.

Essential Functions

• Understands and adheres to the WPH Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors.
• Performs duties of the EEG technologist and evoked potentials technologist as assigned.
• Performs long-term video-EEG monitoring on an epilepsy unit. Interacts with the patient during seizures, interviews the patients and performs tests of cognitive, memory and speech function during and following all seizures. Provides emergency care for the patient during seizures.
• Performs EEG monitoring on patients with scalp and intracranially placed electrodes (depth electrodes and/or grids)
• Assists and records during direct cortical stimulation studies.
• Performs EEG recording during special studies as sodium Amytal (Wada) testing, positron emission tomography, single photon computed tomography, and sodium pentothal studies.
• Performs electrocorticography from the exposed cerebral cortex in the operating room.
• Applies troubleshooting methods, repairs, and/or replaces instrument parts as needed.
• Provides in service training sessions for the electrodiagnostic staff in proper long‑term monitoring techniques.
• Assists in establishing and maintaining department long‑term epilepsy monitoring procedures and protocols.
• Assists or performs clinical epilepsy research procedures.
• Prepares presentations and contributes at conferences relating to electroneurodiagnostic testing, with special emphasis on long‑term epilepsy monitoring, for continuing education.
• Properly cleans electrodes & prepares them for sterilization techniques
• Calibrates, evaluates & adjusts EEG instrument to proper technical standards in order to obtain top quality recording
• Performs routine activation procedure such as HV & photic stimulation
• Reviews all EEG tracings with supervision. Receives and implements all suggestions for improving the quality of all future EEG recordings
• Compiles and forwards billing information to the supervisor.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Required or GED
• Associate Degree Examples include Neuroscience, neurodiagnostic Technology, electoneurodiagnostic Technology (END), Clinical Neurophysiology, Sleep Medicine/Polysomnography Preferred
• 1-3 years Minimum of 2 years’ experience in EEG/long‑term monitoring on an epilepsy unit Required
• EEG monitoring experience (Medium proficiency)
• BLS Basic Life Support - American Heart Association Upon Hire Required
• ABRET - NEURODIAGNOSTIC CREDENTIALING - ABRET Neurodiagnostic Credentialing and Accreditation Preferred

White Plains Physician Services, P.C. is an equal employment opportunity employer. White Plains Physician Services, P.C. will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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