Registered Sleep Technician / Neurology / Full Time / Nights

About the role

The Registered Sleep Tech provides safe, accurate, and age-appropriate sleep diagnostic and therapeutic services. This role includes preparing patients and equipment, performing and monitoring sleep studies, analyzing and scoring data, and adjusting care as needed, while maintaining professionalism, patient confidentiality, and collaboration with the healthcare team. The Registered Sleep Tech is an onsite position.

Responsibilities

• Provide age-appropriate, patient-centered care and education to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients and their families throughout the sleep testing process.
• Prepare patients and equipment for sleep studies by selecting, calibrating, and applying electrodes, sensors, and PAP devices in accordance with established standards and protocols.
• Perform routine, non-routine, and complex sleep study procedures within scope of practice, including PSG recordings, PAP titrations, MSLT testing, seizure studies, REM behavior studies, oxygen titrations, and scoring of all records.
• Analyze and interpret sleep testing data accurately and in a timely manner, utilizing critical thinking to modify patient care based on ongoing assessments and patient response.
• Integrate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team while maintaining professionalism, patient confidentiality, and regulatory compliance, responding appropriately to emergencies, participating in staff orientation, and maintaining required competencies and continuing education.
• Prepare, prevent, protect and respond to support our culture of safety.
• Works hours per week in accordance with offer letter or per attributes of position at transfer request. May be expected to work longer hours as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Graduate of an approved Polysomnographic Technologist program
• License: Registered through Board of Registered Polysomnography Technologist Program
• Experience: Two (2) years of sleep testing including pediatrics and adults
• Certification: BLS
• If a Registered Respiratory Therapist: ACLS, PALS, NRP

Qualifications

• Education: Associate's degree (preferred)
• License: Respiratory Care through Ohio Medical Board (preferred)
• Experience: Hospital based testing center (preferred)
• Certification: Registered through the National Board of Respiratory Care (preferred)

Physical Requirements

• In an 8 to 12-hour workday, stands/walks 2-4 hours at a time
• In an 8 to 12-hour workday, sits 4-6 hours at a time
• Lifts over 50 lbs occasionally
• Uses hands for simple grasping: yes
• Uses hands for pushing/pulling: yes
• Uses feet for repetitive movement in operating foot controls: no
• Must be able to bend frequently
• Must be able to squat frequently
• Must be able to kneel occasionally
• Must be able to climb: not at all