Overview:
Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 384-bed not-for-profit Level 2 Trauma Center located in Carmichael California. We have served north Sacramento County as well as south Placer County for over 50 years. Our facility is one of the area's largest medical centers and also one of the most comprehensive. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to community well-being; providing excellent patient care to all. Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a Comprehensive Stroke Center as well as a Spine Center of Excellence. We are proud recipients of the Perinatal Care Certificate of Excellence and a Certificate of Excellence for Hip and Knee Replacements.
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Responsibilities:
The incumbent demonstrates competency in patient care for neonate, pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. This position is responsible for the performance of EEGs and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response Testing at Mercy San Juan Medical Center.
* Accurately schedules appointments for out-patients via phone for Neurodiagnostic procedures at MSJMC with no more than 3-4 errors in a 6 month period. Assures pre-authorization is completed prior to appointment. Assures physicians order includes all required elements.
* Correctly places electrodes in all testing modalities with 95% accuracy. This is determined by random sampling. Demonstrates competence in care of neonatal, pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. Tests are relatively free of artifact, recorded notes are accurate and complete, test is run the appropriate amount of time, patients are stimulated during test if appropriate and record is downloaded into computer system for physician interpretation within 1 hour of completion.
* Distinguishes between patient artifact and equipment artifact and good documentation of cause and effective correcting to be determined by a doctors evaluation sheet and random sampling with less than a 5% error rate.
* Provides patient information on seizure disorders as documented by random sampling 95% of the time. Video capture of seizure activity if machine has capabilities.
* Accurately mails transcription reports to doctors within two (2) working days in an efficient manner.
Qualifications:
Experience:
Performing EEGs in adult, and pediatric patients.(2years)
Licensure:
BLS
Special Skills:
Working knowledge of computers.
Training:
Graduation from an accredited Neurodiagnostic Technology training program.
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