Registered Polysomnographic Technologist

Working nights is tough!! We offer a Flexible Work Policy which allows employees to modify their arrival and departure time.

Shift : (3) 13 hour shifts per week (Overnight) - 2:1 Ratio

Shift 1: Sunday-Tuesday

Shift 2: Wednesday - Friday

Responsibilities:

Reviews history/physical information, medications, test requests and study protocol.

Completes and verifies all documentation, i.e. pre and post sleep questionnaires, technician notes.

Explains the procedure/orients the patient to the sleep center.

Prepares and calibrates equipment required for testing to determine 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 routine positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.

Follows procedural protocols (e.g., HSAT, MSLT, parasomnia studies, PAP and oxygen titration, etc.) to ensure collection of appropriate data.

Performs polysomnographic 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 other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.

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

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

Assists with scoring clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.) with center specific protocols.

Assists with generation of accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.

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

Performs routine equipment care and maintenance and inventory evaluation.

Demonstrates effective written and spoken communication skills.

Responds to study participant's procedural-related inquiries by providing appropriate information.

Keeps equipment orderly, clean and in good repair.

Other duties as assigned.

Certifications: Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) (RST) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.