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Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

12 Hour Night Shift

Description:

POSITION SUMMARY: Set-up, acquire and analyze sleep studies. Schedule patient if necessary. Send reports, organize charts, accurate documentation of testing and patient behavior and maintain good communication between physicians, patients and staff. Primarily night shift work, 3 12-hour nights per week. Must be able to work independently and in team setting. Must be motivated to learn new skills and use them independently. Must be able to demonstrate skills and problem solve, must be open to new ideas and growth of department and skills.

Gathers and Analyzes Patient Information

• Reviews history, physical information, medications, procedure request and study protocol.

• Completes and verifies documentation. Ensures any medication that were taken prior to entering the Sleep Lab by patients are

recording in the sleep lab software system for provider review.

• Explains the procedure and orients the patient to the sleep center.

Testing Preparation Procedures

• Prepares and calibrates equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments, if necessary.

Cleans sleep equipment (masks, tubing, electrodes, etc.) according to manufacturers’ recommendations.

• Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.

• Performs appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments, if necessary.

• Performs routine positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.

Polysomnographic Procedures

• Follows procedural protocols [such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, PAP and oxygen titration, etc.] to ensure collection of appropriate data.

• Follows “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.).

• Performs polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free. Identifies and reports signal abnormalities.

• Documents routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.

• Assists with appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.).

• Follows “lights on” procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process (e.g. repeats the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing questionnaires, etc.).

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.

Polysomnographic Record Scoring

+ Assists with scoring sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines.

+ Scores clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals etc).

Complies with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and standards regarding safety and infection control issues

Performs other related duties as assigned

Credentials/Licensure

Minimum: Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)

RPSGT (Registered Polysomnographic Technologist)

certification

****NON-REGISTERED CANDIDATES** must become a Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) within 18 months of hire

Related Experience

Minimum: Strong medical background

Preferred: RPSGT, CRT, RRT, LPN, RN.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran