EEG Technologist - Full Time - Nights

Overview

The EEG Technologist I is a competent, experienced Technologist who performs routine, ambulatory and long term monitoring (LTM) electroencephalograms (EEG), and/or visual, brainstem, and somatosensory evoked potential (EP) procedures according to hospital and departmental policy and procedures. The EEG Technologist is efficient in independently performing two (2) or more modatlities (examples: EEG studies, epilepsy monitoring unit, evoked potentials, etc.). The EEG Technologist provides findings, results, and descriptive analyses according to established policy and procedures.

Houston Methodist Standard

PATIENT AGE GROUP(S) AND POPULATION(S) SERVEDRefer to departmental "Scope of Service" and "Provision of Care" plans, as applicable, for description of primary age groups and populations served by this job for the respective HM entity.

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional, ethical, physical, and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth, dignity, and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET, Managing Up, Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees' experiential journeys to ensure strong communication, ease of access to information, and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organization's vision, fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

Responsibilities

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Promotes a positive work environment and contributes to a dynamic, team focused work unit that actively helps one another to achieve optimal department results. Collaborates with all members of the patient care team by actively communicating and reporting pertinent patient care information and data in a comprehensive manner.

• Guides, teaches and mentors EEG Technicians and students to help build confidence in skills, knowledge and abilities. Provides technical supervision to lower ranking and/or non credentialed team members as required.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Communicates appropriately and effectively with the patient and staff to convey the purpose of the procedures and answers questions regarding the procedures.

• Performs patient assessment as related to care such as electrode fixation product allergies, movement restrictions, and cognitive function; knows and recognizes drug and physiological status effects on activity monitored.

• Stocks supplies and prepares patient rooms and equipment for upcoming procedures and performs any other related duties that are consistent with patient and technical care for this level.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Efficiently and effectively independently performs duties and responsibilities for EEGs and EPs; recognizes clinically significant events and follows policy and procedures and government regulations regarding critical test results; maintains the patient's safety through communication to other patient care support staff during these procedures as needed.

• Maintains correct electrode connections; identifies and performs basic and intermediate technical troubleshooting and artifact identification and elimination; follows concepts of digital equipment and electrical safety with regards to the equipment; identifies need for alternate montages, protocols, and alternate equipment settings, implementing as appropriate and accounts for their effects on the test data.

• Independently performs EEG studies including bedside studies and monitoring of epilepsy patients.

• Identifies opportunities for corrective action and process improvement providing recommendations, and contributes to meeting departmental and hospital targets for quality and safety. Assists with implementation and education of departmental based safety initiatives and standards of practice.

• Reports ¿near misses¿ and inputs errors promptly into PSN to improve processes and