Supervisor of Neurodiagnostics

Major Responsibilities:

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  Supervises and ensures efficient multidepartment/site neurodiagnostic operations, ensuring a high level of productivity, providing operational and technical direction, assigning, and monitoring work and managing teammate schedules. Continually monitors the functioning of the department(s), resolves problems, and revises operations as needed.
  
  



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  Maintains clinical expertise and competency in neurodiagnostic procedures and stays abreast in clinical issues related to the neurodiagnostic area.
  
  



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  Ensures cohesive patient care delivery by providing day-to-day work direction to assigned staff. Collaborates with department and/or facility leadership to ensure smooth functioning of department.
  
  



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  Oversees all functions of the sites and departments including but not limited to coordinating the inpatient, outpatient, and surgical schedules, neurodiagnostic technician support for diagnostic studies, registration, health information, and/or clinical services.
  
  



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  Evaluates the quality of patient care provided by all personnel through direct observation, staff adherence to policies, procedures, standards of practice, and through peer input. Collaborates on performance improvement initiatives.
  
  



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  Provides orientation and continuing training programs and serves as a clinical and educational resource to staff.
  
  



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  Participates in the development of capital, personnel, and operational budgets. Oversees purchases for areas of responsibility to ensure appropriateness, maintenance of inventory control, and cost containment.
  
  



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  Performs human resources responsibilities for staff which includes coaching on performance, completes performance reviews and overall staff morale. Recommends hiring, compensation changes, promotions, corrective action decisions, and terminations.
  
  



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  Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and for ensuring that personal actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with the policies, regulations, and laws applicable to the organization's business.
  
  



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  Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.
  
  

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  Bachelor's Degree
  
  



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  Typically requires 3 years experience in In neurodiagnostic testing/technology that includes EEG, Evoke Potential procedures, intraoperative monitoring (IOM) and transcranial dopplers.
  
  

License/Registration/Certification:

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  R. EEG T. Registered Electroencephalographic Technologist
  
  
  issued by American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET) and
  
  



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  Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA)
  
  
  
  

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  Excellent interpersonal, communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
  
  
  
  



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  Must be able to communicate effectively with physicians, patients and other staff members.
  
  
  
  



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  Basic skills in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint and Word) or similar products.
  
  
  
  



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  Knowledgeable of Advocate Health platforms such as Workday and Symplr
  
  
  
  

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  May be exposed to hazardous materials and life-threatening diseases Direct contact with body fluids
  
  



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  Ability to stand/bend or kneel for length of time.
  
  



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  Ability to move equipment around hospital to do portable procedures.
  
  



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  Ability to trouble shoot equipment.
  
  



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  Ability to use good judgment, mature, self-motivated.