What are the responsibilities and job description for the EEG/EMG Tech - Neurology (PRN) position at The GW Medical Faculty Associates?
Position Summary
Maintains patient flow of lab; performs EEG testing; assists and reviews data; enters data; generates reports; and mail or fax to referring physician. Schedules appointments by phone and walk-ins. Maintains inventory. Must be alert in observing any equipment function change and report immediately to Chief Tech.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.
- Performs Electroencephalogram (EEG) including recording awake and drowsy (including hyperventilation and / or photic stimulation when appropriate).
- Performs short-latency somatosensory evoked potential studies, stimulation of any / all peripheral nerves or skin sites, recording from the central nervous system, in upper limbs.
- Performs short-latency somatosensory evoked potential studies, stimulation of any / all peripheral nerves or skin sites, recording from the central nervous system, in lower limbs.
- Performs visual evoked potential (VEP) testing central nervous system, checkerboard or flash.
- Performs auditory evoked potentials for evoked response audiometry and / or testing of the central nervous system.
- Schedules patients according to work schedule.
- Performs Nerve Conduction Studies when EMG Technician is on vacation.
- Designates specific testing performed on patient encounter forms / superbill / fee ticket.
Other Related Duties
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred :
Education
About GW MFA
MFA physicians provide comprehensive patient care, offering one practice for the whole person with 52 medical and surgical specialties. As members of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty, MFA providers are teachers and mentors for medical students, residents, fellows, and researchers preserving the rich tradition of academics, research, and healing. In addition to maintaining a closely integrated alliance with The George Washington University and The George Washington University Hospital (GWUH) which is separately owned and operated by Universal Health Services (UHS), the GW MFA has active referring relationships with 12 area hospitals.
The GW MFA's leading healthcare presence in the DC metro region is complemented by a network of community-based practices in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Given its geographic location in central NW Washington, DC, and proximity to more than 175 resident embassies, the MFA continues to evolve its international clinical outreach.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
