EEG Tech I - PRN - Nights - EEG

DHR Health; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

DHR Health in Edinburg, TX is seeking an EEG Technologist to perform, monitor, and analyze EEG tests, educate patients, and operate EEG equipment under the Neurosciences and Neurodiagnostics EEG Supervisor. This role requires English proficiency, potential bilingual capability, and the ability to cross-train across departments.

Responsibilities include maintaining patient safety, preparing patients, setting up the EEG machine, and documenting findings.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; associate or bachelor's degree preferred.
• One year of job training in a medical setting is preferred.
• Ability to read, write and speak English; bilingual (English/Spanish preferred).
• Willingness to be cross-trained to other areas; good organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to interact with all levels of staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist supervisor, lead person or director with administrative tasks.
• Perform routine EEG testing and related procedures (EEG placements, sleep deprivation, etc.).
• Monitor EEGs, identify abnormalities, document findings and report.
• Maintain records of EEG appointments and use the Order Entry System.
• CPR certified and maintain equipment hygiene; follow universal precautions.
• Develop positive relations with department personnel and support others as assigned.

Skills

English proficiency

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Written and verbal communication

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Associate's or Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Order Entry System

CPR certification

Job description

US:TX:Edinburg | RESPIRATORY & SLEEP | PRN

Posted 2 months ago

Description

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

MISSION STATEMENT :

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

VISION :

Our Vision is to create a world‑class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY :

Under the supervision of the Senior Director of Neurosciences and Neurodiagnostics EEG Supervisor the Electroencephalogram (EEG) Technologist performs, monitors, and analyzes electroencephalogram (EEG) tests to record brain activity. Duties include educating and preparing patients for the procedure, applying electrodes to the scalp, operating EEG equipment, monitoring and maintaining patient safety.

POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS :

• High School Diploma/GED
• Associates or Bachelor’s Degree preferred

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE :

• One year job training in medical setting preferred.
• Ability to read, write and speak English
• Bilingual (English/Spanish preferred)
• Willingness to be crossed trained to other areas
• Organizational skills is necessary
• Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians
• Satisfactory completion of post-offer, pre-employment background investigation and drug test required.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Assist your assigned lead person, supervisor, charge nurse and/or Director with various administrative tasks to support department operations as directed.
• Performs routine EEG testing, EEG removals, continuous EEG placements, Hyperventilation, photic stimulation and sleep deprivation testing.
• Performs EEG monitoring, identifies abnormalities, reports and documents findings.
• Daily assignments
• Perform all tasks assigned
• Working knowledge of department programs, Policy & Procedures
• Keep records of appointments for EEG tests
• Working knowledge of Order Entry System
• CPR certified is required
• Maintains equipment in good repair and clean at all times
• Follows universal precautions
• Sets up and operates EEG machine
• Distributes patient reports to hospital
• Collects and compiles data and statistics for department
• Developing and maintaining positive interpersonal relations with other department personnel.
• Other duties as assigned

LINES OF REPSONSIBILITIES :

(Chain-of-command)

CUSTOMER SERVICE :

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC :

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA)

A. Essential Duties

B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3

Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3

Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3

Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3

Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match color adequately. 3

I have read and reviewed my job description with my supervisor or designee and I understand the job I am expected to perform.

If applicable ____________ certification will be completed within _________ time frame of hire/transfer date.

Employee Signature: ________________________________ Date: ____________________

Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.

Yes

Kneeling

Yes

Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.

Yes

Walking

Yes

Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.

Yes

Yes

Straight pulling

Yes

Yes

Pulling hand over hand

Yes

Pushing

Yes

Repeated bending

Yes

Yes

Reaching above shoulder

Yes

Yes

Yes

Climbing Ladders

No

Dual simultaneous grasping

Yes

Depth Perceptions needed

Yes

Ability to see

Yes

Yes

Operating office equipment

Yes

Twisting

Yes

Operating mechanical equipment

Yes

No

Ability to read and write

Yes

Ability to Count

Yes

Ability to hear verbal communication without aid

Yes

Operating Personal Vehicle

Yes

Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication

Yes

Other: Ability to deal with stress

Yes

OSHA Category

III