EEG Technologist

To provide comprehensive, specialized diagnostic testing, interpretation, reporting and treatments in the field of Neurophysiology, in order to achieve the very best quality of patient care, for all service users. They will work independently, within clearly defined protocols and evidence-based practices as a multi-disciplinary team member. They will support clinical decision making by providing routine, non-routine and specialized investigations, required to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected or known Neurological Conditions.

They will provide high quality, Neurology and Neurophysiology services across the following key service areas:

• Neurology Inpatients and Outpatients

• Pulmonology & Sleep Services

• Neonatal care

Job Responsibilities 1

Provides a highly complex, clinical neurodiagnostic service to patients of all ages from a range of specialities suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders including those, which may be neurological and/or psychiatric in nature.

Provides diagnostic support to adults and children including but not limited to:

Performs and provides technical reports on Electroencephalographic (EEG) investigations employing current standard techniques without supervision and using specialist techniques, i.e., Sleep deprived EEG’s; EEG’s performed with sedation, multi-sleep latency testing and ambulatory EEG’s.

Performs emergency EEG’s at various locations.

Performs Nerve Conduction studies for suspected peripheral nerve involvement.

Assists with EMG (Electromyographic) examinations and complex Nerve conduction studies.

Performs multi-modality evoked potentials, i.e., Visual evoked potentials, auditory evoked potentials, upper and lower limb somato-sensory evoked potentials, taking appropriate action where necessary.

Performs Electro-retinography (ERG’s).

Provides analysis, assessment, and interpretation of a broad spectrum of adult diagnostic and some paediatric test results.

Provides goal orientated, evidence based and clinically reasoned treatment plans/recommendations alone and in conjunction with an integrated team of physicians, nurses, and other Allied Health Professionals (as applicable) in relation to clinical scope of practice.