Sleep Lab Manager

About the role

We’re looking for a Manager of the Sleep Lab who will manage all clinical and research procedures of the department by establishing policies and procedures, setting standards and objectives for provision of services, maintaining quality improvement, and directing, planning, and evaluating performance. This role ensures all job duties are performed in a developmentally appropriate manner for patients' ages (newborn to 21 years).

Responsibilities

• Develops and continually monitors QA standards.
• Monitors employee performance in accordance with established department and IDS guidelines.
• Manages daily operational activities.
• Supervises daily procedure schedule by reviewing initial appointment schedule, accepting, and prioritizing add-on and inpatient requests. Adjusts workload to changes in schedule.
• Monitors and orders supplies.
• Ensures the safe and proper functioning of all equipment.
• Interacts with vendors; participates in the selection, testing, and application of new instrumentation.
• Provides patient care.
• Provides direct supervision of the technical staff.
• Represents clinic and technical staff when responding to needs and concerns.
• Provides and coordinates staff education.
• Provides strategic leadership for program growth in Sleep Lab Expansion and programmatic growth.
• Participates in various IDS projects as appropriate.
• Attends continuing education workshops, seminars, and in-services and fulfills all mandatory education requirements as documented on the staff development register.
• Ensures that JCAHO requirements specific to your department are fulfilled and understands the linkage between your department’s requirements and those of the integrated delivery system.
• Collaborates with colleagues in other departments to ensure all JCAHO requirements are met.
• Ensures that AASM requirements are tracked, reported, and met for the department.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• RPSGT - Registered Polysomnographic Technologist by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists required.
• 5 years of technical experience, including 2 years of supervisory experience of technical personnel and general laboratory management.

About Us

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built, and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities, spanning from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, a 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab, and a full-scale pharmacy.