Neurodiagnostic Technician - Neurology

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these are just a few words that our employees use to describe what it feels like to embody the “Buckeye Spirit” and work for our organization.
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What do we offer? Benefits! It's all about choices.
We know that having options and robust benefit plans are important to you.
That's why here at OSU Physicians, we offer our employees a flexible, competitive benefit package.
Full-time benefits start for individuals working a minimum of 30 hours per week, as well as some benefits available to employees working as little as 20 hours a week.
Some of our excellent benefits options and perks include: Diverse and Affordable Healthcare Choices: Coverage begins on your First Day of Employment; includes Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Programs.
Outpatient clinic settings with day shift hours, Monday through Friday.
Generous Paid Time-Off: Allowing a true work-life balance starting at 18 days per year and 11 paid holidays.
Competitive compensation and career ladder opportunities Retirement Plan: Company contribution of 7.
5% to your retirement plan in which you are fully vested from your first day of employment.
Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare and Dependent Care).
Paid Parental Leave Program Tuition Reimbursement Program We offer the Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) as part of our commitment to wellness.
OSUP offers eligible employees to use the LSA benefit to reimburse personal expense to health, fitness, family, emotional, and social wellness up to $125 quarterly.
Requirements: Associate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
2 years of relevant experience.
Certified through the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked potential Technologists in one of the following areas: EED (R EEG T), EP (R EP T), EMG (R NCS T) IOM (CNIM), Autonomics (CAP).
Preferences: High school graduate or equivalent required; preferably a two-year degree with coursework in the physical or biological sciences; At least three years of experience as an END technician; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Current BCLS certification preferred but not required.
4 years of experience Experience with electronic medical records EEG experience.
Evidence of organizational and problem solving skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
Demonstrative effectiveness in conveying information both in writing and verbally.
Demonstrates an understanding of job responsibilities and uses appropriate knowledge and skills to effectively complete work.
Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations.
Position continually requires demonstrated poise, tact and diplomacy.
A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
Work effectively with individuals and team.
Must be able to interact and communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization.
Reports to Physician Purpose: Performs a wide variety of electroneurodiagnostic procedures on patients with suspect neurologic injury and treatment of acute and chronic diseases; promote disease prevention and wellness for optimum health; and apply administration and management skills to support health care systems in a variety of settings.
Prepares patients for testing, performs testing, and collects information pertinent to the interpretation of test results in EEG, Electromyography (EMG), Autonomics, Epilepsy Monitory (EMU) and Evoked Potentials (EP).
Duties and Responsibilities: Maintain certification/registry (EEG: R.
EEG.
T / R.
EP.
T / R.
NCS.
T / CAP or IOM: CNIM).
Set up and prepares patient for tests including neurological, ontological and oculomotor neurophysiological testing, and vestibular evoked potential testing.
Perform specialized technical work for one or more of the following procedures standard and specialized EEGs, epilepsy monitoring, vestibular, nerve conduction, and evoked potential procedures, as well as additional physiologic phenomena and other neurodiagnostic testing, appropriate to the patient's age and according to departmental policies and procedures.
Must be able to differentiate the quality of procedure and patient cooperation for interpretive analysis.
Recognize, document, and report critical tests results to the designated interpreting physician.
Perform scoring and long-term monitoring review as requested.
Maintain equipment in good working order for daily testing.
Clean, calibrate and process neurophysiology equipment.
Update analysis software with normative values as they become available.
Work with equipment vendors to maintain and upgrade hardware/software to latest versions.
Ensure procedures are appropriately logged, charted, and distributed to the interpreting physician.
Complete necessary documentation and billing.
Document pertinent patient medical history, including current medications and circumstances surrounding reported symptoms.
Explain test procedures to the patient before the study to reassure and calm the patient and provide for the patient’s psychological needs while in the laboratory to obtain quality test results.
Disinfect testing room, equipment, and supplies in accordance with departmental/facility infection control policies.
Meet regularly with the Medical Director to discuss areas of quality improvement.
Ability to perform functions using job-related software and systems.
Travel may be required to accommodate staffing levels at other clinical facilities.
Attendance, promptness, professionalism, the ability to pay attention to detail, cooperativeness with co-workers and supervisors, and politeness to customers, vendors, and patients.
Other duties or special projects as assigned.