Job: END IOM PRACTITIONER (70982)

Department: IONM PRACTITIONER
Employment Type: FULL TIME
Hours per pay period: 80
Shift: DAY
Facility: ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL & MED CTR
Location: PHOENIX, AZ

Facility Information:

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has been a symbol of quality healthcare in the Valley of the Sun for more than 110 years. We are extremely proud to announce that we are the only Arizona hospital to be voted a "Best Place to Work in the Valley" five years in a row. We are also proud to be named a top hospital by Ranking Arizona Magazine and to be routinely recognized as one of the country's best neuroscience centers by U.S. News & World Report.

St. Joseph's is home to: the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute; St. Joseph's Children's Health Center, which is the second largest provider of comprehensive pediatric services in the state; The Heart & Lung Institute at St. Joseph's; and St. Joseph's Trauma Center, which is the only Level 1 trauma center in Arizona that's verified by the American College of Surgeons.

St. Joseph's continues to expand and enhance its services to meet the growing needs of the community by providing comprehensive neurological, neurosurgical, pediatric, perinatal, cardiac, thoracic, and cancer care. The hospital's nine critical care units serve more than 60,000 patients each year. In 2006, St. Joseph's opened a 144-bed tower, making it the largest hospital in Arizona with 743 beds.

Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's continues to help the underserved through clinics, community grants and outreach programs. The hospital is part of Catholic Healthcare West, which has more than 40 hospitals in Arizona, California and Nevada.

Join us as we are seeking an IONM Practitioner. The successful candidate will be responsible for budget generation and management,staffing management, hiring, training, overseeing the call schedule and meeting regularly with the Medical Director and surgeons to provide the service level needed. Other duties include supporting the report and charge generation for each case with the IONM reading physician. Successful candidate will be able to skillfully operate and teach junior technologists on the operation of IONM equipment including averaging, recording and stimulation equipment. As well as the ability to manage and direct the O.R. technologists as they cover 10-30 cases per day.

REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelors Degree in a related field preferred.
5 years experience in the field of intraoperative monitoring as a lead or practitioner.

Certified in Neurophysiological Monitoring (CNIM)
Must complete American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring (ASNM) certification within one year of employment or when the first oral exam is given after written is passed.

Must be able to apply electrodes and record high quality SSEPUE, SSEPLE, cranial nerve monitoring, EEG, TcMep (upper and lower ext.).


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