Registered Neurodiagnostic Technologist Neurological Testing jobs in Chicago, IL

Walk me through how you apply electrodes for a routine EEG using the 10-20 system and check your impedances.

What they are checking: Core hands-on skill, since a poor setup leads to artifact and an unreadable study.

During a long-term EEG on nights, you see what looks like seizure activity. What do you do?

What they are checking: Recognizing clinical events and knowing when and how to alert the team and document the event.

How do you tell real brain activity apart from artifact like muscle, movement or electrical noise?

What they are checking: Pattern recognition that protects the reading physician from misleading data.

What experience do you have with EMG and nerve conduction studies, and how do you prepare a patient for them?

What they are checking: Range across the modalities the Neurological Testing Center covers, not just EEG.

You work 12-hour night shifts with rotating weekends and holidays. How do you stay sharp and safe overnight?

What they are checking: Realistic habits for night work, since fatigue causes errors in monitoring.

A patient is anxious and confused and keeps pulling at their electrodes. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Patient care and calm problem solving to save a study without compromising safety.

Have you done evoked potentials or intraoperative monitoring? Tell me what that work involved.

What they are checking: Whether they can grow into the additional modalities the posting mentions.

What do you document at the end of a study so the neurologist has what they need?

What they are checking: Thorough technical notes that support an accurate reading.