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MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Regular
Job Highlights:
· Department: Neurodiagnostics
· Schedule: Full time variable shift
· Pay Range starts at: $28.36
· Shift Differentials: Available for night, weekend, and additional shifts
· Location: Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital
Registered Electroencephalographic Technologist (R. EEG T.) - ABRET Neurodiagnostic Credentialing and Accreditation
Relocation assistance is available for those outside of metro St. Louis. *
* qualified external candidates only.
Job Summary:
Performs diagnostic electroencephalograph (EEG) testing.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conducts and assists in ECGs, exercise tolerance, holters, BIOZ's, and Prime ECG procedures. Recognizes cardiac rhythmic abnormalities, especially cardiac or respiratory arrest, notifies appropriate personnel according to well-established procedures, and initiates CPR if necessary.
- Routinely checks status of EEG software, troubleshooting as necessary, and notifies appropriate service and user personnel when troubleshooting procedures fail.
- Maintain appropriate logs for statistical and accounting purposes, and perform calculations for required reports.
- Assist in Quality Assurance monitoring; environmental controls; infection control standards, and equipment selection, operation, application and inventory.
- Identifies and corrects for artifacts. Edits and forwards results to attending physician for analysis and interpretation.
- Maintain EEG equipment and supplies.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- High School diploma or equivalent or equivalent years of experience and education
EXPERIENCE
- 2 years of experience required. CREDENTIALS
Registered Electroencephalographic Technologist (R. EEG T.) - ABRET Neurodiagnostic Credentialing and Accreditation
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
- Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving patients.
- Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Occasional driving.
Work Shift:
Variable Shift (United States of America)
Employee
3600000010 EEG/EMG
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36
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