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Medical Instrument Technologist (Lead Electroencephalography) EEG
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 36 days ago
On-site Asheville, NC $62K – $80K Apply by Aug 19, 2026 Medical Instrument Technician ESTJESTPISFPISTP Trades
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The technician operates and monitors neurodiagnostic equipment in the Neurodiagnostic Center at the Asheville, NC VAMC, VISN 6
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but not limited to: The technician independently performs routine and specialized EEG's (including awake and asleep recordings, portable recordings, and electrocerebral silence recordings), EEG's during PET, SPECT, and, WADA.
- →They perform routine and specialized NCV's, routine and specialized Intraoperative monitoring (electrocorticography), Multiple Sleep Latency Testing (MSLT), routine and specialized Evoked Potential (EP) and routine and invasive Long Term Epilepsy Monitoring (LTM).
- →Functions: Equipment: The technician will independently operate a variety of neurodiagnostic equipment to administer routine and specialized diagnostic or treatment procedures.
- →The technician will conduct routine maintenance, and adjustment checks on the equipment.
- →The technician will recognize and trouble shoot equipment failures.
- →They will communicate with manufacturer technical support to fix equipment problems.
- →They will communicate with Bio-medical engineering to fix equipment problems.
- →They will notify supervisor if they are unable to fix equipment problems.
- →Medical Terminology: The technician will understand more advanced medical terminology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuroradiology and how it relates to the neurodiagnostic testing being performed.
- →The technician will have knowledge of acute neurologic disorders and their effects on organs and methods of treatment.
- →The technician knows antiepileptic and other medication (neuropharmacology) effect on neurodiagnostic studies.
- →The technician will have the ability to interpret testing data to provide information for medical or surgical staff during testing procedures.
- →Testing: The EEG technician will utilize standard or alternate positions for patients with common physical disabilities for the procedure being performed.
- →They will utilize two methods of patient identification.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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