Sr. Neurodiagnostic Tech

Minimum Education
High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
2 years in neurodiagnostics with proficiency in EEG, including Video EEG monitoring, surgical Video EEG (GRIDS) plus one of the following: evoked potential (Neurological BAER), neurological intraoperative monitoring (Somatosensory), nerve conduction studies/EMG (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge
Strong skills in patient and family interactions.
Proficiency in EEG (includes Video EEG monitoring, surgical Video EEG (GRIDS) plus one of: evoked potential (Neurological BAER), neurological intraoperative monitoring (Somatosensory), nerve conduction studies/EMG
Basic math and computer literacy and MS Outlook and Excel .
Demonstrates knowledge of peripheral nervous system, normal nerve and muscle anatomy and function and nerve conduction responses in normal and pathological circumstances.
Demonstrates cultural competence in delivering patient care.
Demonstrates supportive and friendly behaviors.

Required Licenses and Certifications
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Upon Hire (Required)
Credentials in a minimum of one modality of Electroneurodiagnostics: EEG, R. EEG T .; Evoked Potentials, R. EP T .; Nerve Conduction, R. NCV T .:
or Intraoperative monitoring, Clinical Neurological Intraoperative Monitoring (CNIM), through the American Board of Registration of
Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists, Inc. (ABRET) (Preferred)

Functional Accountabilities
Equipment Maintenance and Testing

• Apply suitable electrodes and check their performance/impedances.

• Select predetermined electrode combinations as well as special combinations made necessary by the case under study.

• Keep equipment in a clean operating condition, detect instrument malfunction and make minor maintenance adjustments or report need for major repairs.

• Operate routine/digital equipment as required for EEG, evoked potential and nerve conduction testing

Studies Management

• Evoked Response Studies - verify the integrity of the Evoked Potential instrument; obtain a standard evoked response record with clearly resolved waveforms, with at least two replications demonstrating consistency of latency and amplitude measurements; use appropriate recording and stimulus parameters; use additional electrode derivations and other techniques as needed to enhance or clarify abnormality; identify and eliminate or reduce artifact contaminating the waveforms; provide proper grounding of the patients and equipment.

• When performing Nerve Conduction Studies: calibrate and make adjustments to the electrodiagnostic instrument/machine; stimulate the nerve at the appropriate sites, accurately record the waveforms responses from the nerves and muscles; calculate nerve conduction velocities and amplitudes, prepare the data for interpretation by the physician; recognize normal and abnormal patterns and artifacts.

• When performing: EEG Testing - obtain standard recordings, recognize and mark artifacts and take appropriate steps to eliminate them; set up and record video EEG; review video EEG and make summary file; describe all abnormal clinical manifestations observed during the test; use activating procedures such as hyperventilation, photic-stimulation and sleep; obtain the patient's cooperation for the best performance of these procedures; select appropriate instrument settings and montages; utilize techniques to bring out or