Supplemental EEG Technician - LBJ Hospital

Company: Harris Health System
Location: Houston
Posted on: April 24, 2024

Job Description:

Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health's robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet - nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.
JOB SUMMARY:

The EEG (electroencephalogram, electroencephalograph or electroneurodiagnostic) Technician is responsible for operating equipment that measures the electrical activity of the brain as well as other parts of the nervous system such as the spinal cord.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Education/Licensure/Specialized Training:

a. Education and Experience: Associate degree in Electroneurodiagnostic Technology from a school accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program or two (2) years of EEG experience and eligible to write the certification exam.

b. Licensure/Certification: Certification from the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic Technologies (ABRET) preferred. BLS certification.

2. Work Experience: Two (2) years preferred.

3. Management Experience: N/A.

4. Equipment Operated: EEG equipment

5. Skills/Knowledge: Computer knowledge

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. Communication Skills: Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact)

2. Other Skills: PC

3. Advanced Education:

Advance Training Specialty: Electroneurodiagnostic technology

4. Work Schedule: Weekends, Holidays, Flexible, Overtime, On Call

5. Other Requirements: N/A

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