Neurodiagnostic Technologist

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Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital in Mooresville, North Carolina. The smallest of Duke Health’s four hospitals at 123-beds, it offers a comprehensive range of medical services, including 24-hour emergency care, cardiology, orthopedics, women's services, and surgical specialties.

Occ Summary

Perform routine and complex procedures to obtain data for use in the diagnosis of clinical disorders of the nervous system in at least one of the following modalities of Neurodiagnostics: Electroencephalography (EEG), Evoked Potentials (EP), Epilepsy Monitoring (CLTM).

Work Performed

Level 1 guidelines. - Perform one of the following END study: EEG or Evoked Potentials. - Explains testing procedure to patient and family using age appropriate - Accurately takes and documents a pertinent history from the patient or chart. - Sets-up patient for appropriate study to include: patient, paperwork, room and equipment. - Runs study with appropriate documentation on study, observation of the patient, troubleshooting equipment and physiological artifacts, distinguishing normal from abnormal and utilizing appropriate resources to perform study. - Recognizes and takes appropriate action to respond to evolving patient care needs. - Demonstrates proper cleaning procedures for the patient, room and equipment after each study. - Utilizes down time for training, cleaning equipment and reading educational materials. - Demonstrates ability to apply knowledge to different testing situations to include regular participation in the on-call schedule, working independently on 2nd, 3rd and weekend shifts and EEG OR. - Performs needed maintenance on equipment to include communication of problem to co-workers, appropriate vendor or the supervisor. Level 2 - Perform all duties of the Level 1. - Perform two of the following END studies: EEG, Evoked Potentials, - Maintains registry in one of the following areas: EEG or Evoked Epilepsy Monitoring, and float resource to the sleep lab. Potentials. - Has computer skills to correct duplicate file names, incorrect history numbers, starting patients under the wrong names, networking issues, lost files, appending patient studies, etc. - Develops Clinical Standards and protocols. Level 3 - Perform all duties of the Level 1 and 2. - Perform three of the following END studies: EEG, Evoked Potentials, Epilepsy Monitoring, Epilepsy OR, and float resource to the sleep lab. - Maintains registry in one of the following areas: EEG, Evoked Potentials, or Epilepsy Monitoring. - Troubleshoots equipment and lab issues independently, considered an equipment super user. - Generate requisitions for patient studies. - Processes daily charges. - Perform minimum number of hours designated a year as charge tech.

Level Characteristics

Level 1 Level 1 performs one modality of Neurodiagnostics, 10 hours of CE, selects 2 choices from a list of options for professional growth (e.g., member of national organization, committee work). Level 2 Level 2 performs two modalities of Neurodiagnostics, 12 hours of CE, selects 3 choices from a list of options for professional growth and maintains clinical ladder requirements. Level 3 Level 3 performs three modalities of Neurodiagnostics, 16 hours of CE, selects 5 choices from a list of options for professional growth and maintains clinical ladder requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

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Education

Education:(All Level s) Associate's degree in neurodiagnostic technology (orcomparable), biol ogical, health science or related field stronglypreferred. Bachelor's de gree in biological, health science or relatedfield preferred.

Experience:Level 1:With Associate's degree in neurod iagnostic technology (or comparable),no experience required.With Associa te's degree in a biological, health science, or relatedfield, six months of direct patient care experience OR one year of non-patient care healt hcare, laboratory, or research experience.With a Bachelor's degree in bi ological, health science, or relatedfield, no experience required.With H igh School diploma, five years of clinical neurodiagnosticexperience and registry/certification in one modality of NeurodiagnosticTechnology req uired.Level 2: Two years experience in Neurodiagnostic Technology requir ed.Level 3: Five years experience in Neurodiagnostic Technology required . ABachelor's degree in biological or health science can substitute for twoyears of experience.

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends onthe robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.