What are the responsibilities and job description for the IOM Technologist position at MPOWERHealth?
Overview
For over a decade, MPOWERHealth has supported the independent musculoskeletal physician with best-in-class clinical services, back-office solutions, and advanced technology. We pride ourselves on being a partner that offers foresight to customers. We simplify what’s complex, and we help them find a better way. Our best-in-class analytics coupled with industry-leading expertise make MPOWERHealth the company our customers can rely on no matter what lies ahead.
Benefits:
- Multiple medical plan options
- Health Savings Account with company contributions
- Dental & vision coverage for you and your dependents
- 401k with Company match
- Vacation, sick time & Company paid holidays
- Company wellbeing program with health insurance incentives
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the clinical manager, performs a preoperative assessment of the patient, conducts intraoperative sensory and motor tests using currently accepted electrophysiological techniques. Compiles real-time collection and interpretation of data and completes post-operative reports and billing forms. The purpose of this testing is to reduce the incidence of stroke, paresthesia, impotence, incontinence, and paralysis as a post-operative surgical outcome.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Explains test procedures so they are understandable to the patient and any family members that are present.
- Measures and accurately applies to recording electrodes in a timely manner, according to the international 10-20 Electrode Placement System.
- Calibrates, evaluates, and adjusts equipment, optimizing recording and stimulation parameters, to acquire salient data and information.
- Implements appropriate troubleshooting methods, such as adjusting stimulation, to assure accurate recording of information. • Keeps equipment clean and in proper working order, reporting technical malfunctions to supervisor and/or manufacturer.
- During surgery, interacts with the surgical team and surgeons to provide interpretive data regarding the patient’s neurological status.
- Identifies and eliminates physiological and non-physiological artifacts.
- Recognizes normal patterns, normal variants, and abnormal patterns; understands the medical and pharmacological/anesthetic conditions that influence all recording IOM modalities (e.g., EP, BAER, MEP, Etc.); understands the clinical correlations between abnormal evoked potentials and various disease states.
- Displays, prints, and labels waveforms to hard copy for interpretation marking, measuring, and calculating information such as latencies, voltages, and conduction times following established National Neuromonitoring Services guidelines and protocols.
- Accurately documents significant events and stages of surgery in a timely manner complete all IOM logs, files, and work/technical sheet, including a technical description of the IOM modality recorded, with emphasis on the clinical observations in order to assist the neurologists and/or designated MD with the final interpretation.
- Following the completion of training, assists new IOM technologists
- If workload allows, attends scientific courses and seminars for continuing education.
- Performs additional duties as assigned by the Clinical Manager or Corporate staff.
Qualifications
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