Sleep Technologist Trainee - Pediatric Sleep Center

About the role

Part-time, PRN position with variable night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Follow procedural protocols (e.g., PSG, Multiple Sleep Latency Test, Maintenance of Wakefulness Test, parasomnia studies, PAP, oxygen titration, home sleep studies) to ensure appropriate data collection.
• Perform physiological calibrations and make required adjustments to ensure proper signals.
• Follow “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values (body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.).
• Monitor study-tracing quality to ensure artifact-free signals; identify, correct, and document artifact.
• Document routine observations (sleep stages, clinical events, procedure changes, significant events) to facilitate scoring and interpretation.
• Assist with interventions for patient safety and therapeutic needs (e.g., positive airway pressure, oxygen administration).
• Follow “lights on” procedures to verify data integrity; complete calibrations, instruct patients on questionnaires, and ensure completeness.
• Recognize sleep vs. wake states and identify clinical events while monitoring sleep study patients.
• Provide age-specific care, assessment, education, and treatment for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Prepare and perform data download for portable monitoring equipment.
• Educate and instruct patients for out-of-center sleep testing.
• Adhere to cleaning and disinfection procedures for portable monitoring devices.
• Identify artifact, inadequate signals, and study failures in portable monitoring.

Physical Requirements

• Standing, use of hands to handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms.
• Sitting required.
• Close vision, distance vision, and color vision.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Education, Experience and Certifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Associates Degree or Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Currently enrolled in or have completed a BRPT-accepted pathway to become a registered polysomnographic technologist.
• RPSGT credential within 18 months of employment required.
• BCLS CPR certification required.

Pay

• Base compensation: $20.80 – $31.20 per hour.
• Premium pay (e.g., shift, on-call) based on job-specific factors.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits: adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.