EEG Technician

Job description / Role

- Records routine and portable electroencephalographs (EEG) on digital equipment.
- Records brainstem auditory evoked potentials, visual evoked potentials and somatasensory evoked potentials and performs nerve conduction studies.
- Reviews pertinent information in patients chart including history and physical and other information prior to and after patient arrival
- Utilized the International 10-20 System of electrode placement
- Accurately measures and marks the placement position for each electrode
- Uses material and techniques to assure optimal electrode site preparation while minimizing patient discomfort
- Makes decisions about electrode placement when adjustments need to be made
- Knows the appropriate montages for each modality
- Utilizes systematic troubleshooting procedures and methods to correct artifacts and maintain signal integrity
- Discriminates between patient and devised induced artifact
- Follows professionally accepted guidelines for evoked potentials

Requirements

- Bachelor Degree of 3 years in the field of Applied Sciences, Neurophysiology or Biophysics or equivalent from a recognized institution
- OR Completion of Secondary School or its equivalent AND 1 year certification program approved in home country
- Minimum 2 years post graduate experience in a hospital setting
Current license as a EEG Technician in home country and in current country of work
- Fluency in written and spoken English (Arabic language skills are well regarded)
- Demonstrated competence in EEG, nerve conduction studies and evoked potentials
- Demonstrates critical thinking skills to include but not limited to electrode positioning, troubleshooting, interaction with other medical personnel, etc
- High level of verbal and written communication skills
- High level of interpersonal and organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and manage patient schedules
- Demonstrated ability to deliver quality patient care
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary

About the Company

Mediclinic Middle East is part of Mediclinic International, one of the top 10 listed private hospital groups in the world with 52 healthcare facilities in Southern Africa, 14 in Switzerland under the name Hirslanden AG and 10 in the UAE. Their headquarters are in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Previously EHL Management Services, the company became Mediclinic Middle East when its majority shareholder, Mediclinic International, acquired all remaining shares from its partners Varkey Group and General Electric in October 2012.

Mediclinic Middle East owns and operates some of the most respected healthcare facilities in the region. These include Mediclinic Welcare Hospital, Mediclinic City Hospital, Mediclinic Dubai Mall, Mediclinic Ibn Battuta, Mediclinic Meadows, Mediclinic Arabian Ranches, Mediclinic Mirdif, Mediclinic Al Qusais, Mediclinic Al Sufouh and Mediclinic Beach Road.