Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Education
• There are no specific educational requirements for this occupation
• Education may be substituted for experience only at the GS-4 and GS-5 levels
• See the grade requirements part of this standard for information regarding educational substitutions
• Licensure or Certification
• Licensure or Certification is not required for this occupation
• however, it is strongly desirable at GS-6 or above as evidence of possession of the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities
• For certain functional areas at the higher levels or supervisory assignments, specific certifications appropriate to the specialty are indicated in this standard under "Titles and Certification/Registrations
• English Language Proficiency
• Medical Instrument Technicians must be proficient in spoken and written English
• Certification
• No certification or registration is required
• however, it is desirable that employees at this level have BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) and ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certifications
• May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria)
• Grade Determinations GS-8. Experience
• At least 1 year of experience comparable to the next lower grade level which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics related to the duties of the positions to be filled
• This would be experience which provided knowledge of the more complex procedures, the pharma-cology related to this occupation, and knowledge of related acute disorders and diseases and their effects on organs and methods of treatment
• In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: Ability to interpret testing data to evaluate critical information for surgeons and other medical staff during testing procedures
• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the nervous system and the ability to understand the relationship of EEG and evoked potential testing in detecting states of disease and health
• Knowledge of behavior assessment during seizure attacks in order to insure adequacy of recordings during seizure discharges
• Knowledge of a variety of advanced EEG equipment and peripheral equipment such as equipment for brain mapping, video EEG telemetry systems with seizure detection computers, and spike analysis software
• Knowledge of anticonvulsant medications and their effects on the EEG as well as other frequently used pharmaceuticals
• Ability to adapt neurodiagnostic devices, parameters, and procedures to complex, unusual, and often critical situations
• Preferred Experience: Experience performing routine EEGs on both inpatient and outpatient populations Experience conducting portable EEGs Experience performing EEGs and EEG monitoring in ICU settings Experience with long-term EEG monitoring Certification as an EEG Technician preferred Experience performing evoked potentials also preferred Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• This position is at the full performance level of GS-08
• Physical Requirements: Needs ability to move portable EEG equipment to different units in the hospital, ability to carry reach above shoulder, use fingers and hands walk up to 1hr standing up to 3 hours, repeated bending up to 1 hour.