Neurodiagnostic Technologists

Career Overview

Conduct electroneurodiagnostic (END) tests such as electroencephalograms, evoked potentials, polysomnograms, or electronystagmograms. May perform nerve conduction studies.

Also Known As

• Certified Neurodiagnostic Technologist
• Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist (END Technologist)
• Registered Electroencephalogram Technologist (Registered EEG Tech)
• Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT)

Alternate Job Titles

• Cardiovascular Operating Room Technologist (CVOR Technologist)
• Certified Intraoperative Neurophysiology Technologist (Certified Intraoperative Neurophysiology Tech)
• Certified Neurodiagnostic Technologist
• EEG Tech (Electroencephalogram Technician)
• EEG Technologist (Electroencephalograph Technologist)
• Electroencephalogram Technologist (EEG Technologist)
• Electroencephalograph Technician (EEG Tech)
• Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist (END Technologist)
• Electrophysiology Technician
• EP Technologist (Electrophysiology Technologist)
• Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Technologist (IONM Tech)
• Laboratory Technologist (Lab Technologist)
• Medical Technologist
• Neurodiagnostic Technician
• Neurodiagnostic Technologist (Neurodiagnostic Tech)

What You'll Do

In this role, your typical responsibilities include:

• Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
• Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
• Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
• Collect patients' medical information needed to customize tests.
• Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients, as needed.
• Set up, program, or record montages or electrical combinations when testing peripheral nerve, spinal cord, subcortical, or cortical responses.
• Summarize technical data to assist physicians to diagnose brain, sleep, or nervous system disorders.

Knowledge You'll Use

You'll need solid knowledge in these areas:

• English Language
• Customer and Personal Service
• Computers and Electronics
• Medicine and Dentistry

Essential Skills

Success in this career requires strong skills in:

1. Active Listening
2. Speaking
3. Reading Comprehension
4. Critical Thinking
5. Monitoring

Key Abilities

This career requires key abilities in:

• Oral Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Oral Comprehension
• Inductive Reasoning
• Written Comprehension
• Information Ordering
• Deductive Reasoning
• Near Vision
• Speech Clarity
• Written Expression

Work Style

People who excel in this career typically demonstrate:

• Attention to Detail
• Dependability
• Cautiousness
• Integrity
• Cooperation

What Matters in This Career

This career tends to satisfy these work values:

• Support
• Relationships
• Independence
• Achievement
• Working Conditions

Education & Preparation

Typical Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)

Related Work Experience Needed: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

On-the-Job Training: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

Education Details: Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Experience Required: Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Technology You'll Use

Popular Technologies & Software

• JavaScript
• MEDITECH software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Word
• R

Tools & Equipment

• Air dryers
• Computer monitors
• Corkscrew needle electrodes
• Depth electrodes
• Desktop computers
• Differential amplifiers
• Disposable foam pad electrodes
• Electrode input panels
• Electroencephalography EEG amplifiers
• Electroencephalography EEG equipment
• Electromyographs EMG
• Epidural electrodes
• Evoked potential measuring systems
• Eye charts
• Goggles

Work Environment

• Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
• Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams
• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
• E-Mail
• Contact With Others

Salary & Job Market

Wages reported for the broader Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other occupational group (BLS 2024), which includes Neurodiagnostic Technologists.

Salary Percentile	Annual Wage
Entry-Level (10th percentile)	$37,290
Median	$48,790
Top Earners (90th percentile)	$81,290

Workers Employed Nationally: 174,060

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Occupational data sourced from the O*NET OnLine database, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), 2024.