Intraoperative Monitoring Technologist - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
Lebanon, NH
About the Job
Overview:
Sets up and performs basic intraoperative monitoring procedures, including MEPs, SSEPs, BAERs, EMGs and EEGs with minimal supervision. Maintains a high degree of interaction with responsible medical staff.
Responsibilities:- Sets up and performs intraoperative monitoring modalities, including MEPs, SSEPs, BAERs, EMGs and EEGs and a variety of stimulation procedures.
- Reviews planned intraoperative procedures and orders for monitoring with CNIM Technologists/Neurophysiologist to determine the structures at risk relative to patient history/pre-existing conditions and monitoring requested, and make adjustments as required.
- Prepares equipment and supplies and positions monitoring equipment in the operating room to ensure patient safety and ability to communicate with team members during the procedure.
- Communicates the monitoring plan to the patient/caregivers/family in language consistent with their ability to understand.
- Understand monitoring hardware and software sufficiently to perform basic troubleshooting of technical problems and assists with the implementation new or modified monitoring protocols.
- Works with minimal supervision in the OR setting and with a high degree of interaction with responsible medical staff who will visit the OR as needed and view ongoing monitoring via the hospital network.
- Closely reviews intraoperative recordings obtained and prepares summary printouts, preliminary interpretation and billing information for physician approval, and maintains a digital archive of recordings and a case database.
- Shares responsibility with other technologists for maintaining an intraoperative monitoring calendar, orders supplies and schedules general maintenance of the recording equipment.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
- 1 year of experience in neurodiagnostic testing (EEG, EPs, EMG) and/or 1 year of intraoperative monitoring experience.
- Must develop a plan and take steps to progress toward CNIM certification
- Excellent organizational and communication skills and college-level work in biological or engineering science preferred.
- Maturity and ability to work independently at a high technical and professional level, as well as maintaining good rapport with other departmental/hospital staff and patients.
- Must become registered with the New Hampshire Board of Registration for Medical Technicians
- BLS Certification
Source : Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health