What are the responsibilities and job description for the Polysomnography Technologist, Bellevue: PRN position at Firelands Health Careers?
Position Highlights:
- Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
- Employee-centric: 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.
- Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
About Firelands Health:
Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.
Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.
Our Core ACE Values: Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.
What You Will Do:
- Participates in on-the-job training, actively working toward competence in polysomnography.
- Obtains 546 clinic hours and board registration as a Registered Polysomnography Technologist within two years of hire.
- Collaborates with other professional disciplines to endure holistic patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes.
- Explains testing procedures to patients to obtain cooperation and reduce anxiety.
- Monitor patients comfort and safety during testing; responds to sleep pathology with appropriate interventions.
- Proficient in the use polysomnography testing equipment and treatment protocols
- Completes and maintains patient’s EMR/chart documentation in an accurate and timely manner.
- Keeps Lead Technologist and/or Director well informed of pertinent information relating to work issues and changes within the work environment that impact service.
- Ability to maintain and troubleshoot the patient schedule, verify insurance, and complete patient registration.
- Participates in community wellness and disease specific education programs.
What You Will Need:
- Currently has a healthcare credential recognized by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists.
- American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS.
- Becomes board registered within one year of hire.