EEG Tech - Full Time Nights Float Pool

10 John C. Lincoln Medical Center; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

HonorHealth EEG Technicians perform standard and complex EEGs, including ECS recordings and CSA analysis, ensuring high-quality data while prioritizing patient safety and comfort.

The role requires knowledge of the 10-20 system, ability to adjust procedures based on history and neuro status, and clear communication with patients and families. Night shift coverage is common; a sign-on bonus is offered.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Completion of an 11-month EEG training program or 6 months on-the-job training required.
• Graduate of an EEG program or 12 months on-the-job training preferred.
• Technical training or vocational EEG certificates preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs standard and complex EEGs using the International 10-20 Placement System.
• Measures electrode impedance, calibrates EEG machine and obtains recordings.
• Maintains equipment and inventory; detects instrument malfunctions or reports major repairs.
• Records evoked responses and interprets signals, accounting for artifacts and anesthetic effects.
• Explains recording procedures to patient and family; assesses patient status and care needs.
• Performs CSA analysis and summarizes EEG findings.

Skills

Patient care

EEG procedures

Equipment maintenance

Education

High School Diploma or GED

11-month EEG training program

EEG program graduate

Vocational training in EEG

Job description

Primary City/State: Various Locations - Phoenix, AZ Category: Imaging Shift: Night Department: Network EEG Float Pool

Full-time nights, varies in Float Pool

• $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

JOB SUMMARY

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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