What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pediatric Polysomnographic Technologist (Sleep Technician) position at Inova Health System?
Inova Fairfax Hospital - Sleep Lab - Pediatrics is looking for a dedicated Polysomnography Technician 3 to join the team. This role will be Full-time, Part-time or PRN Nightshift. Sign-on Bonus & Relocation Available.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and more!
Polysomnography Technician 3 Job Responsibilities:
- Implements required training seminars for the department while providing consistent quality, accuracy, and legibility in the performance of all pertinent clerical duties such as filing reports and patient logs as well as billing for each procedure without incidence of administrative correction or request for additional information/clarification.
- Orders appropriate supplies, performs routine maintenance, detects equipment malfunctions, troubleshoots, makes minor repairs, and reports major problems to the appropriate hospital personnel according to department policy.
- Keeps work area in a clean and orderly fashion. Keeps equipment clean and in proper working order according to department guidelines.
- Practices good time management, keeps authorized breaks within accepted policy, and maintains levels of productivity established for the department.
- Consistently arrives for work and meetings on time and completes assigned duties ahead of deadlines. Adjusts pace of work to compensate for delays caused by others. Consistently completes all tasks in a timely manner and in accordance with established departmental policies.
Minimum Requirements:
- Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) Upon Start, Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (R.PSGT) Upon Start
- Licensure: None required
- Experience: Two years of prior work experience in sleep disorder testing
- Additional work experience in scoring of sleep tests and CPAP applications
- Experience conducting EEG/sleep training seminars and quality control procedures
- Education: High School or GED High School graduate, RPSGT certification plus documented completion of Advanced Polysomnography workshops, courses, seminars, and/or comparable experience in an EEG/Respiratory/OR monitoring and/or sleep disorders laboratory
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
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