EEG Tech - Full-Time Float Pool

HonorHealth; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$2500 Sign-On Bonus

Job summary

HonorHealth is seeking an EEG Technician for a full-time float pool across various Phoenix locations. You will perform standard and complex EEGs, use the 10-20 placement system, and handle ECS/evoked potential procedures while ensuring patient safety and comfort.

The role requires completion of an EEG training program or on-the-job training, with BLS certification. The position offers a sign-on bonus and operates on day shift with 4x10-hour shifts across multiple sites in the Phoenix area.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 11-month EEG training program or 6 months on-the-job training required.
• EEG program graduate or 12 months on-the-job training preferred.
• Technical training diploma/degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs standard and complex EEGs using the 10-20 system and applies electrodes.
• Maintains equipment and inventories; reports major repairs as needed.
• Records evoked responses and identifies artifacts or influences on signals.
• Provides patient care and observes during seizures and emergencies.
• Summarizes neurologic status and explains procedures to patient/family.
• Performs comprehensive analysis of EEG data including CSA.

Skills

EEG procedures

Patient care

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Completion of 11-month EEG training program or 6 months on the job training

Graduate of an EEG program or 12 months on-the-job training (preferred)

Technical Training Diploma/Degree (Preferred)

Tools

EEG equipment

CSA analysis tools

Job description

Primary City/State: Various Locations - Phoenix, AZ

Category: Imaging

Shift: Day

Department: Network EEG Float Pool

Full-time day shift, 4x10-hour shifts - Float Pool position

$2500 Sign-On Bonus available

Great care starts with great people. (Like you.)

At HonorHealth, you'll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona's largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most - caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities:

The EEG TECHNICIAN position performs standard and complex electroencephalographic (EEG) procedures, Electro cerebral Silence (ECS) recordings to determine suspected brain death, Full Battery Evoked Response procedures, Computer Spectral Array of EEG activity, and Electromyography (EMG). The staff member must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients being served in the EEG department. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development for each age group. The individual must possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status, and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age specific group.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Performs standard and complex EEGs by measuring the patient's head, utilizing the International 10-20 Placement System, and applies electrodes to appropriate positions. Measures electrode impedance, calibrates and adjusts EEG machine. Obtains recordings, using activating procedures such as hyperventilation, photic stimulation, and sleep. Adapts methods and instrumentation to obtain optimal results based on history, clinical observations and EEG findings.
• Maintains equipment, and inventory of supplies. Reorders as necessary. Detects instrument malfunction, makes minor maintenance adjustments, or reports need for major repairs to Clinical Engineering.
• Records routine clinical computer-averaged electrical responses to visual, auditory, somatosensory, or other stimuli with evoked response equipment. Recognizes any EP signal change due to electrical artifact, anesthetic effects, temperature, position or perfusion and determines the significant influences of any surgical events on the signal. Implements alternative methods or adjusts acquisition parameters to obtain optimal recordings.
• Provides appropriate patient care and detailed observations of clinical manifestations during seizures and other patient emergency situations.
• Summarizes the patient's neurologic status and clinical history from the chart, patient, or other knowledgeable persons. Explains the recording procedures to the patient and any family members present.
• Performs comprehensive analysis of raw and processed EEG using compressed spectral array (CSA).

EDUCATION

• High School Diploma or GED Required
• Other / Certificate Completion of 11-month EEG training program OR 6 months on the job training Required
• Other / Certificate Graduate of an EEG program or 12 months on-the job training. Preferred
• Technical Training Diploma/Degree Vocational/Specialized training Preferred

EXPERIENCE

• None except as indicated in Basic Education Required

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification Required
• Registered EEG Technician - Certification R-EEG-T certificate. Preferred

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