[Hiring] Registered Monitor Technician Reader @Cleveland Clinic

Role Description

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. You will work alongside dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Cleveland Clinic's Neurological Institute includes more than 300 medical, surgical and research specialists dedicated to the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. The multidisciplinary institute offers a disease-specific, patient-focused approach to care. Cleveland Clinic is recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and care.

A caregiver in this position works 3:00pm—11:00pm every 3rd weekend.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Perform long term monitoring of adult and pediatric patients using closed circuit and digital audio/visual equipment and electrophysiological recording instruments.
• Present patient history and evolution, EEG and video data and radiologic studies in daily patient rounds for staff physicians.
• Describe current seizures and frequency.
• List current medications and results of previous investigations.
• Describe examination made during admission to the monitoring units.
• Map, classify an impression of ictal and interictal EEG/Video data.
• Write final report and detailed description of EEG patterns, seizure semiology, radiologic findings, mapping of ictal and interictal abnormalities and selection of representative EEG samples.
• Serve as an instructor for new personnel being trained to perform testing and care for long term monitoring patients.

Qualifications

• High School or GED
• Registered EEG Technologist (R.EEG.T) with Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
• Two years of recent technical experience in epilepsy long term monitoring, routine EEG lab with exposure to long term monitoring on Bedside Monitoring systems or any combination of such experience

Requirements

• Tech/computer experience
• Manual dexterity in order to place electrodes precisely and to operate recording equipment.
• Ability to assist with positioning and transporting of patients, pushing beds, carts and wheelchairs.
• Must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Possible exposure to communicable diseases and body fluids.

Benefits

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
• Compliance with the influenza prevention program, which includes obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.