Neurophysiology Technologist I

Healthier Mississippi People; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 40,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthier Mississippi People in Mississippi seeks a neurodiagnostic professional to record EEG and related tests such as NCS, SSEP, BAEP, and VEP. You will interact with patients and collaborate with neurologists to ensure accurate data collection.

The role requires maintaining equipment, acquiring data, and interpreting responses, while upholding safety and quality standards in a clinical environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or associate's degree with healthcare experience.
• Knowledge of nervous system functions and neurodiagnostic testing principles.
• Ability to interpret data and clinical test results.

Responsibilities

• Develops rapport with patients and explains testing procedures; prepares patient for testing.
• Obtains and records patient medical history.
• Elicits and records electrical potentials and interprets responses for review by a neurologist.
• Ensures proper care in equipment use and maintenance; reports problems to supervisor.
• Performs long-term EEG/video monitoring and transcribes EEG data.

Skills

Neurodiagnostic knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Data acquisition

EEG interpretation

Education

Bachelor's or Associate degree

Tools

EEG equipment

NCS devices

Job description

Job Summary

To record electrical activity arising from the brain, central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems using techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG), nerve condition studies (NCS), somatosensoroy evoked potentials (SSEP), brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP), and visual evoked potentials (VEP).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of the functions and disorders of the nervous system and the principles and practical applications of neurodiagnostic testing. Interpersonal skills to interact with patients, family members, and staff. Ability to recognize normal and abnormal electrical activity. Ability to comprehend computer averaging and data acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Develops a rapport with patients and explains testing procedures to the patient; prepares patient for testing.
• Obtains and records patient medical history.
• Elicits and records electrical potentials and interprets responses for review by a neurologist.
• Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment; reports equipment problems to supervisor.
• Preforms long-term EEG/video monitoring in accordance with established procedures; transcribes digital EEG data.
• Complies with safety, environmental, and/or infection control practices and procedures.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical And Environmental Demands

Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, frequent exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-upto 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Requirements

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree or associate's degree with two (2) years of healthcare experience.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration required

N/A