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Position: Intraoperative Monitoring Specialist

Talent Area: Professional - Clinical

Full/Part Time: Full time

Location: Houston, TX, US

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Department: Neurology Administration

Shift: Monday-Friday 6:30a-3p

Job ID: 405986

We’re searching for an Intraoperative Monitoring Specialist, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position you will collect and analyze multiple types of recordings and measurements of the electrical activity of the central and/or peripheral nervous system. This information allows intraoperative interventions that may reverse or minimize neurological morbidity, such as complete paralysis or loss of normal motor function.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities
•   Serves the Intraoperative Neuromonitoring service, in collaboration with the team leader, clinical manager, and medical director.
•   Performs procedures efficiently and effectively during operations.
•   Ensures compliance with all regulatory standards, including Joint Commission (JC), American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), and the American Society of Electro-neurodiagnostic Technologists (ASET) as appropriate.
•   Sets goals and initiates a development plan.
•   Works with Clinical Manager to establish intraoperative monitoring policies and protocols according to ACNS Guidelines and keeps them current.
•   Coordinates staffing schedules with Clinical Manager
•   In collaboration with the Clinical Manager evaluates and recommends equipment purchases.
•   Performs patient care and related activities in the operating room (preoperative, intraoperative, and post-operative) and in other Neurophysiology service areas as needed.
•   Provides clinical mentorship.
•   Attends health, safety and training in-services and other mandatory hospital activities.
•   Serves the Intraoperative Neuromonitoring service, in collaboration with the team leader, clinical manager, and medical director.
Skills & Requirements
•   Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any booster dose(s) of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the Centers for Disease Control when eligible, is required for all employees unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.
•   Required H.S. Diploma or GED with a preferred bachelor's degree
•   Required Licenses/Certifications
o   CNIM - Cert Neurophy Intraop Monitor by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET)
o   REPT - Evoked Potentials American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET)
o   REEGT - Reg Electroencephalogra Tech American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET)
o   RNCST - Cert-Reg Nerve Conduct St Tech American Association of Electrodiagnostic Technologists (AAET)
•   3 years of experience in intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring

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Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Center for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston. We have also created the nation’s first HMO for children, established the largest pediatric primary care network in the country and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is also academically affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

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