Sleep Technologist

Pivotal Health is a leading provider of sleep laboratory management services and sleep therapy, partnering with hospitals and physician practices to offer comprehensive, fully-integrated services for patient identification, testing, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care management of patients with sleep disorders.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate tests and collect data
• Prepare equipment, record activities, and analyze results
• Follow proper polysomnographic procedures, including the use of electrodes, sensors, calibration of equipment, and fitting of airway pressure masks
• Analyze (score) clinical events, such as respiratory and cardiac episodes
• Tabulate final data to be submitted for further review
• Ensure compliance with regulations and laws concerning safety control

Requirements

• High School diploma or higher education level
• Completion of an accredited Polysomnography program preferred
• Certified nationally (for application to ND) by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) or certification as a Registered Respiratory Therapist preferred
• Current BCLS certification
• Certification in basic cardiac life support (BCLS) and/or CPR
• Vaccination and immunization records or titers may be required
• Travel may be required 10% of the time

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, and sit; talk and hear
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus
• Required to use hands to operate office equipment
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds