Position Summary:
Under the leadership of the Medical Director and the Manager, Sleep Center, the Polysomnographic Technologist - Registered isan active member of the SleepCenterthat assists in the delivery of care and services. The Polysomnographic Technologist - Registered conducts comprehensive evaluation, assessment and treatment of sleep disorders. The Polysomnographic Technologist - Registered performs polysomnographic, diagnostic and therapeutic services and patient care and education.
 
Basic Qualifications:

• Education:

Requires a high school diploma in General Studies or a GED state certification with the completion of an Accredited Sleep Technologist Education Program and ASTEP courses. 
Membership in one or more professional associations (AAST, AASM, SRS, ASET, AARC) related to sleep/wake technologist is preferred. Polysmnographer must be registered.

• Experience:

Requires up to one year of work related experience or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience as a sleep technologist.

• Licensure, Registrations & Certifications:

Requires and maintains a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist certification (RPSGT) from the Board
of Registered Polysomnographic Technologist and/or Registered Sleep Technologist certification (RST)
from the American Board of Sleep Medicine.
Requires and maintains a certification in Basic Life Saving (BLS).

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Collects, analyzes and integrates patient information in order to identify and meet the patient-specific needs and to determine final testing parameters/procedures in conjunction with the ordering physician or clinical director and Center protocols.
• Interviews patients to assess current medications, recent caffeine or alcohol ingestion, and current sleep pattern, and identify any potential need for treatment intervention during testing.
• Explains pre-testing, testing, and post-testing procedures to the patient.
• Prepares and calibrates equipment required to determine proper functioning.
• Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards and performs appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals.
• Performs positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Follows procedural protocols such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, PAP, oxygen titration etc. to ensure collection of appropriate data.
• Follows “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values and to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process.
• 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 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).
• Recognizes and provides age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Oversees and performs difficult and unusual procedures and therapeutic interventions.
• Scores sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines and clinical events according to center specific protocols.
• Generates accurate and timely reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Creates, maintains, and updates patient information and study data in files and ensures that files are secured to protect patient information in compliance with all HIPAA rules and regulations.
• Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team promoting positive interpersonal communication skills when communicating with patients, families, visitors, physicians, and staff in other departments of the organization.
• Complies with CRHS and department safety, infection control, mission, values, and performance improvement initiatives and sterile procedures, ensuring the delivery of products and services.
• Presents a professional image to CRHS and medical staff members.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

 
Standards of Performance:

• Collects, analyzes and integrates patient information and explains pre-testing, testing and post-testing procedures.
• Prepares and calibrates equipment, applies electrodes and sensors and performs appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals 
• Performs positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Follows procedural protocols such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, PAP, oxygen titration etc. to ensure collection of appropriate data.
• Establishes and documents baseline values, verifies integrity of collected data and completes the data collection process. Provides age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Performs Polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and make adjustments, if necessary.
• Documents routine observations including sleep stages, clinical events, changes in procedure and significant events.
• Implements appropriate interventions as required.
• Scores sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines and clinical events according to center specific protocols and generates accurate and timely reports. Complies with all standards of care, safety and infection control policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates reliability as measured by compliance with the CRHS Time and Attendance policy.
• Demonstrates professional conduct and adherence to all safety, confidentiality and HIPAA standards.
• Promotes teamwork with the entire staff, as well as other contacts within the hospital, as measured by observations of Manager and co-workers.
• Attends professional development programs and in-service training and meets the minimum requirement for continuing professional education.
• Adheres to the CRHS Standards of Behavior as measured by observations of staff, as well as outside and other inside customers.