Polysomnographic Technologist Student - MOB OP Sleep Center - PRN - Nights

Responsibilities

• Arrive and register patients as needed.
• Complete all required documentation in a timely manner.
• Under supervision of staff polysomnographic technologist, perform Multiple Sleep Latency Test, Maintenance of Wakefulness test, Parasomnia studies, PAP, Oxygen titration and collect appropriate data and compile for reading physician.
• Absorb and assist with implementation of appropriate intervention necessary for the safety of the patients and therapeutic interventions such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressures and oxygen administration.
• Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper function.
• Notify Clinical Eng if service is required.
• Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted standards.
• Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments as necessary.
• Explain pre-testing, testing, post-testing procedures to patients in a form and manner necessary to demonstrate education.
• Arrive, register, and discharge patients and perform all required documentation.
• Follow “light out” and “light on” procedures to establish and document baseline values.
• Document routine observations that meet standards and guidelines.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED plus six months of direct patient care experience, or current enrollment or graduate from an accredited educational program with an emphasis in sleep technology.