Sleep Technologist - PRN Nights - Osborn

Responsibilities

• Collects, analyzes, and integrates patient information to identify and meet patient-specific needs.
• Determines final testing parameters/procedures in collaboration with ordering physician or clinical director and laboratory protocols.
• Completes and verifies documentation.
• Explains pre-testing, testing, and post-testing procedures to the patient.
• Prepares and calibrates equipment for testing to ensure proper functioning and makes adjustments if necessary.
• Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
• Performs appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and makes adjustments, if necessary.
• Performs positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Follows procedural protocols (such as MSLT’s or MWT), Parasomnia studies, PAP, oxygen titration etc., and collects appropriate data.
• Follows “lights out” and “lights on” procedures to establish and document baseline values and complete the data collection process.
• Performs polysomnography data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and makes adjustments, if necessary.
• Documents routine observations including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and significant events to facilitate scoring and interpretation of Polysomnography results.
• Scores sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines.
• Scores clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.) according to center specific protocols.
• Generates accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Implements appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.).
• Oversees and performs difficult and unusual procedures and therapeutic interventions.
• Complies with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and standards regarding safety and infection control issues.
• Complies with the Board of Registered Polysomnography Technologists (BRPT) Standards of Conduct.
• Performs routine and complex equipment care and maintenance.
• Evaluates sleep study related equipment and inventory.
• Responds to study participant’s procedural-related inquiries by providing appropriate information.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED or Vocational/Specialized Training such as related coursework, seminars or certifications.
• Successful completion of an accredited educational program leading to an Associate's Degree with an emphasis in health care.
• Two years of related experience.
• Certified Polysomnography Technologist - Certification.
• Registered Polysomnographic Technologist - Certification.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) - Certification.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED or Vocational/Specialized Training such as related coursework, seminars or certifications.
• Preferred Education: Successful completion of an accredited educational program leading to an Associate's Degree with an emphasis in health care.
• Experience: Two years of related experience.
• Certification: Certified Polysomnography Technologist - Certification.
• Board Eligibility: Registered Polysomnographic Technologist - Certification.