Night Sleep Technician
BetterNight · Leominster, MA · 2 wk ago
Healthcare$22–$24/hrFull-time
About the role
Join our Epoch & Clinical team and help us improve the lives of countless patients suffering from sleep apnea. We're on a mission to make a positive impact on the lives of patients living with sleep disorders by simplifying the complex process from diagnosis to treatment.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and conduct sleep studies in accordance with established protocols, including verifying medical orders, educating patients, and ensuring proper equipment setup and calibration.
- Greet patients, verify identification, collect necessary documentation, and obtain informed consent for sleep studies.
- Provide clear explanations of procedures and deliver age-appropriate patient education for in-center or Home Sleep Apnea Testing (HSAT).
- Select, calibrate, and adjust sleep study equipment to ensure proper functionality prior to testing.
- Apply electrodes and sensors in accordance with published standards and protocols.
- Perform positive airway pressure (PAP) interface fitting and patient desensitization procedures.
- Conduct sleep studies including MSLT, MWT, parasomnia studies, PAP titration, and oxygen titration according to established protocols.
- Perform physiological calibrations and monitor real-time data quality, identifying and correcting artifacts during acquisition.
- Document sleep stages, clinical events, procedural changes, and other observations to support accurate scoring and interpretation.
- Implement appropriate interventions to ensure patient safety and therapeutic effectiveness (e.g., oxygen administration, PAP adjustments).
- Complete post-study “lights on” procedures, including final calibrations and collection of patient questionnaires.
- Assist in scoring sleep/wake stages and clinical events in alignment with AASM standards.
- Generate accurate preliminary reports by tabulating and summarizing sleep data and events.
- Demonstrate age-appropriate care and communication with patients across all age groups, from neonatal to geriatric patients.
- Prepare, clean, and disinfect HSAT equipment; instruct patients on proper home use and ensure proper data download and review.
- Identify and document HSAT data quality issues, such as artifacts or study failures, and assist in generating accurate reports.
- Perform routine equipment care and maintenance, and inventory evaluation.
- Adhere to sleep center policies related to quality assurance.
Qualifications & Skills
- No direct experience? No problem - we'll train the right motivated candidate.
- HS, GED or equivalent required.
- Previous experience in the medical field such as MA, EMT, CNA preferred.
Benefits
- $22.00 - $24.00 /hour DOE
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Sick, Holiday & Vacation time off
Pay
$22.00 - $24.00 /hour DOE
Schedule
Work 3 twelve-hour shifts overnight at our Dartmouth, MA location (370 Faunce Corner Road, N. Dartmouth, MA 02747).
Skills
- Age-appropriate care and communication with patients across all age groups, from neonatal to geriatric patients.
- Prepare, clean, and disinfect HSAT equipment; instruct patients on proper home use and ensure proper data download and review.
- Identify and document HSAT data quality issues, such as artifacts or study failures, and assist in generating accurate reports.
- Perform routine equipment care and maintenance, and inventory evaluation.