Research Coordinator/ Sleep Technician

About the role

We are seeking a Research Coordinator/Sleep Technician to perform and score polysomnograms, completing appropriate procedures and quality checks associated with this work. This is an intermittent position (0-19.99 hours per week).

The role will support the SWORD program, which focuses on noninvasive mechanisms to monitor and modulate sleep for US Warfighters. Learn more about the SWORD program.

Pay

$28.84 - $38.46 per hour

Responsibilities

• Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to ensure proper functioning.
• Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
• Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals.
• Follow procedural protocols such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, insomnia, etc., to ensure collection of appropriate data.
• Follow “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values (e.g., body positions, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates).
• Perform polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free; identify and report signal abnormalities.
• Document routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and significant events to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
• Score sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines.
• Score clinical events such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, and arousals using center-specific protocols.
• Generate accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Promote safety and confidentiality of research participants at all times.
• Adhere to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), and infection control procedures.
• Plan and coordinate the initiation of research study protocols and the implementation of operating policies and procedures.
• Plan, implement, and maintain data collection and analysis systems in support of research protocols; may coordinate the collection and analysis of research data.
• Recruit, instruct, and coordinate research subjects and/or volunteers, as appropriate to specific study objectives and work scope.
• Coordinate the day-to-day activities of technical support staff engaged in carrying out research/clinical protocols; may perform aspects of research protocols as required.
• Organize and facilitate meetings, conferences, and other events associated with research activities; may perform and/or coordinate outreach activities.
• Document all correspondence and communication pertinent to the research.
• Interact and communicate effectively with the Principal Investigator, other site personnel, research participants, The Geneva Foundation, and the funding organization.
• Maintain current CPR or BCLS certification.
• Comply with the BRPT Standards of Conduct.

Requirements

• High School Diploma required.
• CPR Certification required.
• Maintained RPSGT certification required.