Coordination of patient care and delivery of noninvasive brain stimulation, primarily transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for the treatment of depression. This is a clinical position that entails interaction with patients and their caregivers.

The clinical TMS service at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is part of the recently established Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics. The Center is a joint initiative across the departments of neurology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, and radiology. The goal of the Center is to improve care for patients with brain disease by directly targeting brain circuits responsible for neurological and psychiatric symptoms. Advanced brain imaging is used to identify these circuits and tools such as deep brain stimulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and focused ultrasound are used to modulate these circuits for symptom relief. The Center includes clinical, research, and educational components.

1. Administer TMS under the supervision of an on-site physician (may involve advanced TMS equipment and neuro-navigation to guide TMS therapy to the appropriate brain region).
2. Navigate and mitigate patient side effects during treatment.
3. Adhere to safety and compliance guidelines
4. Call patients ahead of their first TMS treatment to answer questions and address concerns
5. Administer standardized questionnaires to assess psychiatric symptoms.
6. Triage patient concerns and elevate urgent ones to on-site prescribing physicians.
7. Document daily notes in the medical record and quality check patients' charts to ensure their authorizations are up to date, visit numbers are correct, and all consent forms and documents are uploaded.
8. Discuss patient progress at weekly Rounds meeting
9. Assist the Lead TMS Technician in maintaining a database for clinical and research activities.
10. Provide feedback and advice on ways to improve the TMS clinical service
11. Work with the TMS Coordinator and Lead TMS Technician to maintain TMS equipment, order supplies, ensure the proper maintenance and function of the equipment used, and contact appropriate vendors for repairs, when necessary.
12. Work with the TMS Coordinator and Lead TMS Technician to develop and monitor quality control testing of equipment as necessary.
13. Assist the Lead TMS Technician in training initiatives
14. May initiate purchasing requests, monitor accounts/expenditures; reconcile statements if Lead Technician needs assistance
15. Stay up to date on TMS literature.
16. May involve TMS administration or coordination of clinical research protocols
17. Performs other related duties as required

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. One year of previous clinical experience with psychiatric populations is preferred but not required.

1. Excellent interpersonal skills including the capacity to work with patients with behavioral and psychiatric problems and communicate with other professional and administrative staff
2. Experience with computer software applications including Microsoft Office suite
3. Excellent organizational skill and attention to detail
4. Working knowledge of medical terminology
5. Ability to quickly learn new skills, including use of advanced hardware and software for delivering transcranial magnetic stimulation

EEO Statement

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