EEG Technician - Casual/PRN

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?

At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary

Location: Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital

Address: 933 E Pierce St, Council Bluffs, IA

Work Schedule: Casual position - varied hours Monday -Friday with some on-call hours associated with this position during the week and weekends.

Performs and assists with multi-modality neurodiagnostic testing.

Ask your recruiter/hiring manager about the following incentives that may be available for this position:

•      Shift differentials & other financial incentives
•      Tuition assistance
•      Academic sponsorship with Methodist College
  
  

Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions

• Exam performance/quality.
• Identifies each patient by ID band verification and birth date.
• Educates patient on procedure and confirms understanding PRIOR to beginning the procedure.
• Gather pertinent medical history to aid neurologist in the interpretation of data gathered during testing.
• Follows appropriate guidelines and department protocols.
• Performs exams as priority dictates and as directed.
• Performs and records electroencephalography (EEG) exams.
• Assists neurologists in the completion and recording of electromyography (EMG) exams.
• Critiques each exam for technical and positional accuracy and makes appropriate corrections if necessary.
• Log each patient on log sheet and bill appropriately in Cerner following the procedure.
• Workflow management.
• Reviews orders for clinical and demographic consistency and verifies accuracy prior to exam.
• Willfully assists physicians, patients, and coworkers as needed and seeks opportunities to provide patient care.
• Understand and support the direction and workflow of the department.
• Maintain awareness of ongoing exams and assist co-workers as needed.
• Provide exam information and status updates to pertinent staff members.
• Flexes workload to meet patient care needs; arranges schedules to prioritize patients and testing.
• Be in the department and ready to work at the start of scheduled shift.
• Have processes set in place to allow for leaving at the end of scheduled shift.
• Consolidate all reports and history with completed exam information for review.
• Assists neurologists in the timely reporting of test results by proofreading and correcting errors prior to physician review.
• Takes appropriate actions to communicate with physicians and expedite test result reporting.
• Systems/Cerner
• Maintain a working knowledge of Cerner.
• Starts and completes own exams correctly and in a timely manner.
• Consistently uses the Online Worklist to monitor orders and order status.
• Utilize processes that facilitate charge capture and charge reconciliation of the procedure charges and professional fees.
• Department Policy/Procedures
• Ensures proper patient identification on all exams to comply with department policies and procedures.
• Maintains patient confidentiality coinciding with HIPAA.
• Demonstrates knowledge of department guidelines through responsible behavior/actions.
• Maintains updated ABRETT license.
• Report issues/concerns as soon as possible and provide assistance with resolution/follow-up.
• Coordinates and performs EEG and EMG procedures according to the department policy and procedures approved by the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) guidelines and standards for EEG collection.
• Follows the correct down time guidelines for patient demographic information in order to pass the information to medical records.
• Works closely with IT when the work list is not working. IT feedback and notification of manual scanning of finalized results for medical records.
• Collaborates in maintaining proper inventory and works with IT and Bio-Med when equipment or system goes down.
• Keeps manager informed of maintenance issues and IT system issues.
• Feedback from IT.
• Feedback from Bio-Med on EEG and EMG equipment issues.
• Collaborates in the maintenance of proper inventory.
• Works with Bio-med for all first respond maintenance for EEG and EMG equipment needs.
• Shares the responsibility of monitoring, ordering, and stocking supplies for the department.
• Demonstrates ability to access environment of care policies on computer.
• Can speak to code red. How to rescue patients and evacuate the department.
• Can speak to code triage. What is responsibility with a code triage?
• Is knowledgeable of the hazardous materials in the area and can identify the chemical diamond.
• Demonstrates competency in accessing all hospital policies.
• Training and developing new staff members.
• Orients Neurodiagnostic Techs and/or other assigned staff to the equipment used by Methodist for EEG and EMG exams.
• Responsible for accurate completion and documentation of all procedures performed with new staff.
  
  

Schedule

Casual position - varied hours Monday -Friday with some on-call hours associated with this position during the week and weekends.

Job Description

Job Requirements

Education

• Successful completion from an accredited medical certification program (ie CNA, Med Tec, etc.) or previous EEG experience required.
  
  

Experience

• Clinical experience (student and/or professional) with multi-modality neurodiagnostic testing preferred.
  
  

License/Certifications

• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.
  
  

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with patients and family members as well as hospital personnel and coworkers required.
• Ability to effectively organize work in order to perform several tasks at once required.
• Computer skills required.
  
  

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
  
  

Physical Activity

• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
• Kneeling
• Crawling
• Climbing
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
• Walking
• Twisting
• Stooping/bending
• Standing
• Sitting
• Repetitive Motions
• Reaching
• Pulling/Pushing
• Lifting
• Grasping
• Keyboarding/typing
• Distinguish colors
• Crouching
• Carrying
• Balancing
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
• Speaking/talking
• Seeing/Visual
• Hearing
  

Job Hazards

• Not Related:
• Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
• Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
• Electrical Shock/Static
• Explosives (pressurized gas)
• Rare (1-33%):
• Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
• Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
• Occasionally (34%-66%):
• Equipment/Machinery/Tools
• Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
• Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
  

About Methodist

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.