What are the responsibilities and job description for the EEG Technologist, Float, Sunnyside, Variable, 40 hours position at Kaiser Permanente Northwest?
Job Summary
Provide diagnostic Electroencephalogram services in a hospital or clinic setting: to include EEG record documentation, technical descriptions of EEG recordings, taking a patient history and communication with Neurologists. Other clerical duties as required. Perform all duties in a manner which promotes team concepts and reflects the KPNW mission and philosophy.
Essential Responsibilities
Basic Qualifications:
Provide diagnostic Electroencephalogram services in a hospital or clinic setting: to include EEG record documentation, technical descriptions of EEG recordings, taking a patient history and communication with Neurologists. Other clerical duties as required. Perform all duties in a manner which promotes team concepts and reflects the KPNW mission and philosophy.
Essential Responsibilities
- Perform diagnostic EEG procedures, using knowledge, skills and abilities required for age of patient served, to include routine, urgent emergent and portable in accordance with department policies and procedures.
- Perform technically difficult exams, using resources available to complete the exam in a satisfactory manner.
- Prepare patient for examinations.
- Perform record processing, reception, file and clerical functions using computer.
- Restock supplies and maintain cleanliness of work area.
Basic Qualifications:
- N/A
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
- Basic Life Support within 1 months of hire
- Registered EEG Technologist Certificate within 24 months of hire from American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential T
- Basic typing skills.
- Completion of an ASET approved program or completion of a formal.
- Electro neurodiagnostic training program and/or prior EEG work experience.
- Demonstrates customer-focused service skills.
- Able to work as needed for vacation coverage, ill team member and ability to cover sick tech after hours call as needed.
- Able to take call on rotational basis during the week after hours and weekends for STAT EEGs.
- Flexible with scheduling at different locations and able to float to regional sites as needed.
- Knowledge of neuro anatomy, cranial nerves and blood supply.
- Basic medical terminology and ability to describe EEG activity with appropriate terminology.
- Organizational skills, time management, prioritization, planning; attention to detail; problem solving, decision making, judgment; technical skills; imitative; communication, interpersonal skills, customer relations, organizational relations.
- Knowledge of policies and procedures.
- Adaptability; flexibility.
- Familiar with adult, pediatric and bedside EEGs.
- Accurately measure and place electrodes using the International 10-20 System.
- Understand use of filters, impedance, sensitivity, time constant calibration, montages.
- Within two-year completion of online EEG classes with adequate testing &/or on the job training.
- Seizure pattern recognition, classifications of seizures, mental status evaluations.
- Discriminate between epileptic and non-epileptic seizures and status epilepticus.
- Work experience not necessary however experience in related diagnostic fields an advantage.
- This is a float position that supports the EEG department at Westside and Sunnyside Medical Center.
