EEG Technician

Description

Welcome to Holy Name, a medical center where innovation is not just a goal — it's a commitment. Here, medical excellence thrives, allowing hope to reign supreme and leaving no room for fear. At our hospital, every patient is cared for with undivided attention — because healing every soul is our sole focus.

Holy Name is New Jersey's only independent Catholic health system, comprising a 361-bed acute care hospital, a renowned cancer center, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a residential hospice, a prestigious nursing school, and an extensive physician network. Healing at Holy Name goes beyond medicine and technology – it is infused with faith, conviction, compassion, and a commitment to educating the next generation of healthcare professionals through graduate medical education, a Pharmacy Residency Program, and our Institute for Simulation Learning. Our mission to provide care for the body, mind, and soul spans education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and overall wellness. This is at the core of who we are and what we do, and we've done it this way across generations, every single day, for nearly 100 years. Every innovation, medical breakthrough, and groundbreaking treatment is powered by some of the best minds in medicine, ensuring nothing is left on the table or the road to recovery.

A Brief Overview

Performs specific technical duties related to Electroencephalography.

What you will do

• Identify patients using the patient wristband and written requisition.
• Verbally explains the procedure to the patient prior to beginning the procedure. LTM hookups require patient consent or administrative consent before a hookup can be started. Obtain pertinent history noting any contraindications to activation procedures.
• Protect patient privacy by applying appropriate draping, closing curtains and closing room doors.
• Perform EEG/LTM hookups by measuring the patient's head in accordance with the 10/20 System of measurement. LTM hookups are glued with the use of collodion.
• All EEG’s are run in accordance with Departmental guidelines.
• Proper and consistent documentation of changes seen in the EEG to include wake cycle, drowsy, sleep, any abnormal patterns, activation procedures and patient cooperation
• Record written testing data in Departmental Record Books.
• Monitors LTM patients and completely documents any changes seen on the EEG appropriately both on the actual recording and in the patients technical chart.
• Must know when critical changes are seen on patients EEG/LTM recordings, the nurse (if inpatient) and Neurologist must be immediately notified.
• If a patient has a seizure or becomes unresponsive in the Department a Rapid Response/Emergency Response Team must be called immediately.
• All EEG techs are required to perform infant hearing screens and work in conjunction with the Labor and Delivery Department..
• The Neurophysiology Department is a 24/7 operation. All techs are required to work various shifts including days, evenings, overnights, holidays and weekends.
• All requests for time off must be approved by the Departmental Coordinator in advance.
• All techs are required to take some days of call each month.
• Verbally report equipment malfunction to Neurophysiology Coordinator.
• Observe strict patient confidentiality regarding written records and test reports.
• Maintain EEG equipment in clean working order.
• Maintains an orderly, safe and clear working environment.
• Assists with training of new personnel when applicable.
• Perform any related duties as assigned.

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma Or equivalent in experience Required

Experience Qualifications

• Prior hospital experience Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Attention to detail; focus 

Licenses and Certifications

• EEG registry Upon Hire Preferred

Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.