EEG Technologist, Registry Days (Floating; Crown Point and Hyde Park) - The University of Chicago Medicine

Job Description

Join UChicago Medicine at Crown Point, as a EEG Technologist in our Neurophysiology Department. 

Come be a vital part of our team as a EEG Technologist at our cutting-edge facility in Crown Point! UChicago Medicine, Crown Point is a new two-story, 130,000-square-foot multispecialty care center and micro-hospital in Northwest Indiana for what will be the academic health system's largest off-site facility and its first freestanding building in Indiana.  It is anticipating an opening in Spring 2024.

Essential Job Functions

• Explains procedure ,Answers pertinent procedure questions -Documents medical history and other relevant information from the patient, patient's chart or physician.
• Utilizing paste or adhesive tapes to , apply electrodes according to the 10/20 System -Adds additional placements according to 10/10 Modified Nomenclature System under indirect supervision as needed.
• Obtains standard or extended recordings in outpatient area or as a portable study in the ER, ICU, NICU, EMU, radiology or inpatient wards.
• Recognizes artifacts and takes appropriate steps to eliminate them utilizing intermediate troubleshooting techniques.
• Appropriately monitors other variables such as EKG, EMG, EOG, or respirations as technically or clinically indicated.
• Uses activation procedures such as hyperventilation, photic stimulation and sleep, when appropriate and demonstrates additional activation procedures when necessary.
• Selects electrode combinations and demonstrates skill in creating new montages and equipment settings for electroencephalographic recordings when clinically indicated.
• Selects electrode combinations and demonstrates skill in creating new montages and equipment settings for electroencephalographic recordings when clinically indicated under indirect supervision.
• Ability to correctly identify normal and abnormal EEG patterns.
• Summarizes the recording for the purpose of informing the physician of abnormalities observed during the test.
• Keeps equipment clean and in good operating condition.
• Familiar with diagnostic trouble shooting techniques, notifying supervisor of problems.
• Plays a role in the general flow and operation of the EEG Lab and EMU including billing, logging, filing, and archiving.
• Performs other duties assigned.
• Provides guidance to junior technicians.
• Can obtain advanced recordings in Evoked Potentials OR Assist with NCS/NCV procedures and assist physician with EMG Procedure OR Can obtain advanced recordings in WADA, Ballon Occulsions, Epilepsy Monitoring, and EEG monitoring with PET under indirect supervision.

Required Qualifications

• Graduated from Electroneurodiagnostic (END) Program preferred.
• 3.5 or more years’ experience working in a clinical EEG setting –OR
• Board certification from ABRET [American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked.
• Potential Technologists] in R.EEG.T [Registered Electroencephalographic Technologist] or R.EP.T [Registered Evoked Potential Technologist] with 6 months experience working in a clinical EEG settingOR
• Board certification from AAET [American Association of Electrodiagnostic Technologists] in R.NCS.T [registered Nerve Conduction Studies Technologist] with 6 months experience working in a clinical EMG setting.
• Competency in all aspects of the EEG Technician, Evoked Potential Technician or Nerve Conduction Studies Technician.
• Basic PC and Microsoft™ Windows® knowledge
• ENDT Program Certificate Preferred

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Registry- 0.10
• Shift: 8am-4:30pm 
• Unit/Department: Neurophysiology - Crown Point
• CBA Code: Non-Union

Why Join Us

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

UChicago Medicine is growing; discover how you can be a part of this pursuit of excellence at: UChicago Medicine Career Opportunities.

UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

Must comply with UChicago Medicine’s COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination, you must provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly, a pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.