Lead EEG Tech

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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:

$30.91 - $55.59

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday, On Call - Required

Scheduled Hours:

8-4:30

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center:

10020 - 4470 Neurodiagnostic Ctr

Union:

SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees)

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

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At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

In collaboration with the Manager of Ambulatory Operations and Technologist Supervisor, oversees day to day operations and staffing. Maintains and troubleshoots diagnostic equipment. Provides technical leadership to neurodiagnostic technologists. Provides and oversees training for new technologist and/or for new procedures in collaboration with the Technologist Supervisor. Assigns and checks the work of others. Proficiently performs 3 or 4 procedures included in the neurodiagnostic lab. These procedures include EEG, EMU, CLTM, Evoked Potentials, and OR Monitoring.

I. Major Responsibilities: 

1.    

Distributes and monitors the flow of work for the NDC technologists.  Provides training and technical assistance to the techs.  Assists manager in assuring assigned employees are provided with appropriate resources, materials, and methods.  Provides recommendations to manager for the most efficient utilization of assigned personnel.  Relays work instruction from the manager.  Participates in resident training program.  

2.    

Troubleshoots equipment and reports equipment problems to IS, Biomedical Engineering and/or EEG vendors.

3.    

Assists manager and supervisor with Quality Assurance projects, and update of policies and procedures.

4.    

Responsible for timely and accurate reporting of departmental statistics to manager.

5.    

Develop training plans and competencies. 

6.    

Performs the duties of a Neurodiagnostic Technologist, Registered. 

Standard Lead Level Responsibilities:  

1.    

Distributes and monitors the flow of work for an assigned group of employees. Provides training and technical assistance to employees within the assigned work area. Assists supervisor in assuring that assigned employees are provided with appropriate resources, materials, and methods. Provides recommendations to manager or supervisor for the most efficient utilization of assigned personnel. Relays work instruction from the supervisor.

2.    

Complies with established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.

3.    

Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients, and visitors.

4.    

Attends variety of meetings, conferences, and seminars as required or directed.

5.    

Demonstrates use of quality improvement in daily operations.

6.    

Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.

7.    

Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.

8.    

Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II.  

Position Qualifications:License/Certification/Education:

Required:1.    Two years of college with specialization in human anatomy and physiology, training including national registration in EEG (REEGT or CBRET or CLTM). Preferred: 

Preferred: 

1.    Additional neurodiagnostic credentials in EP (REPT) is desirable.2.    Board registry in 2 testing areas.

Experience/Skill:

Required:

1.    

3-5 years of experience in a Neurodiagnostic Lab setting (EEG, or CLTM, or EMU, or EP).

2.    

Must demonstrate proven ability to instruct medical students, residents, and students in electroneurodiagnostic procedures.  

3.    

Excellent oral and written communication skills necessary, to interact with staff, physicians and patients.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies, including age-specific competencies and their measurements, will be developed and maintained in the individual departments.  The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description.  Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III.     Physical Demands and Environmental ConditionsWork is considered light.  Position requires work indoors in a patient care laboratory environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.