EEG Technologist Entry

The EEG Technician Entry provides beginner support to the EEG and EMU departments. Receives substantial oversight from a credentialed EEG Technologist or above, obtaining high quality, artifact-free neurodiagnostic studies on patients in the outpatient laboratory and\or at the patient's bedside. This is a transitional position; more senior EEG Technologist Entry level roles with signed competencies may work independently under general technical supervision. Performs tasks in partnership with the care team to ensure patient comfort and safety while the patient is being evaluated.

Duties & Responsibilities

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all the following essential functions. These examples do not include all the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

1. Performs independent EEG procedures as appropriate Assists with special procedure EEGs such as neonatal recordings, ECS recordings and PET scan recordings.
2. Assists with special projects during non-patient care down time.
3. Assists with maintaining equipment. Participates with keeping lab in good and clean condition. Reports malfunctions to department leadership as needed.
4. Completes all documentation for procedures being conducted; follows up with clipping, pruning (with competency demonstrated) and EEG clinical file preparation.
5. Follows the International 10-20 system for proper electrode application. - Identifies and performs basic and intermediate technical troubleshooting and artifact identification and elimination.
6. Adherers to ACNS guidelines for Neurodiagnostic procedures.
7. Maintains current knowledge to ensure a safe working environment and demonstrate practical application of all policies & procedures relative to safety, infection control, standard precautions, and risk management.
8. Observes, notates and analyses ongoing clinical and technical changes, adjusting the testing procedures as appropriate for individual recording session.

SCOPE & LEVEL

Guidelines: Trains in the field and assists higher level personnel to acquire learning through practical experience.
Complexity: Performs routine and/or basic tasks common to the field. Procedures, methods, and techniques to be used are well established with options to be considered well defined. Tools, work aids, and materials to be used are specified.
Decision Making: Duties assigned are primarily routine, repetitive, and restricted in intricacy with little or no discretion in how they are carried out.
Communications: Contacts with team members, clients, or the public where factual information relative to the organization or its functions are received, relayed, or a service rendered according to established procedures or instructions.
Supervision Received: Under close supervision, the team member receives training to develop skills and abilities in a specific line of work or general occupational area. Work product is subject to close, continuous inspection.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: High School diploma or equivalent. Actively enrolled in or graduate of an ABRET recognized EEG training program.
• Experience: Six months of experience in Electroneurodiagnostics including completion of clinicals.
• Certification(s): BLS for Healthcare Providers/CPR
• Licensure(s): Board Eligible according to American Board of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET) Pathways
  

Salary Information
Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Hourly Range: $24.72 to $37.08

Benefits Information
Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

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