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DESCRIPTION

Decypher is seeking a Polysomnographic Technician to support at Lackland AFB

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Program montages on sleep acquisition systems; troubleshoot acquisition
  and scoring program issues. Address environmental, equipment and engineering issues that affect patient care delivery; determine appropriate course of action including test cancellations and initiating system changes
• Conduct and score all types of sleep studies including overnight polysomnography (multiple montages), MSLT, MWT, CPAP and Bilevel PAP titration, supplemental 0 2 titration, pH monitoring, and portable sleep studies
• Prepare home sleep studies, manage patient charts, manage provider/clinic schedules, shall manage sleep scheduling as well as uploading procedure reports, and maintaining sleep rooms as well as equipment used for all sleep studies
• Perform end-tidal CO2 monitoring and some ventilator management
• Performs test and accurately transcribes and prepares data for physician interpretations
• Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments if necessary
• Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted standards. Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary
• Perform positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting

QUALIFICATIONS

The HCW will be a Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) or will obtain registration within 2 years of hiring: either a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) through the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT), a Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) through the American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM), or a Registered Respiratory Therapist-Sleep Disorders Specialist (RRT-SDS) or Certified Respiratory Therapist-Sleep Disorders Specialist (CRT-SDS) through the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).

o All technologists and technicians conducting sleep testing who are not registered by the ABSM, BRPT, or NBRC:

• Must be enrolled in or have completed the A-STEP Online Self Study Modules. Non-registered technologists and technicians must complete A-STEP Online Self Study Modules within two (2) years of enrollment. OR
• Must be enrolled in or have completed training in polysomnography in a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or a Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) program with the polysomnography option within two (2) years of enrollment. o If the employee is not a registered technologist at the time of hiring, he/she will obtain registration by the ABSM, BRPT, or NBRC within two (2) years of hiring. o The employee will maintain registration (RPSGT, RST, RRT-SDS, or CRT-SDS) throughout employment after obtaining it (if not registered upon hiring).

Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support (5.2.3): None

Experience:

• Shall have a minimum of one (1) year of experience within the last three (3) years conducting sleep studies in a patient care setting and a minimum of one (1) year of experience scoring sleep studies.