What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sleep Technologist (RPSGT) position at Springhill Medical Center?
Hours Per Week: 8
Pre-Employment Requirements:
- We are a drug free facility. Passing a pre-employment drug screening is required .
Requirements:
- Validation of a high school diploma or equivalent required.
- Must be a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT).
- Must have CPR certification.
- Minimum of one year as a Sleep Technologist.
Job Responsibilities:
- Perform nighttime and daytime sleep studies including NPSG, CPAP titration, MSLT and MWT as specified in Sleep Lab protocols.
- Perform appropriate physiological calibrations to ensure proper signals and make appropriate adjustments.
- Perform data acquisition while monitoring studies to ensure signals are free of artifact and to document, identify and correct any such artifacts.
- Document routine observations during sleep studies including changes in procedure, clinical events sleep stages and other events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of sleep studies.
- Perform operational checks prior to initiating sleep studies to ensure all equipment is working safely and adequately.
- Attach all electrodes and transduces to patients prior to sleep studies.
- Score sleep/wake stages and sleep-related events (respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.) using AASM standards. Present all scoring to Clinical Director the morning after the sleep study for review.
- Implement appropriate interventions such as O2 therapy or PAP therapy according to Laboratory Policy and Procedures
- Perform positive airway pressure interface fitting and education.
- Clean all non-disposable electrodes and transducers after sleep studies are performed.
- Comply with all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and standards related to safety and infection control issues.
- Recognize and respond to cardiac emergencies during sleep studies.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
- Demonstrated computer skills.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated critical thinking, ability to analyze complex situation.
- Ability to initiate appropriate therapeutic interventions according to protocol.
- Ability to troubleshoot laboratory equipment.
- Ability to maintain accurate records.
- Analytical and organizational skill.
- Ability to work as a member of a team.
- Good to excellent verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to set up and monitor two to three patients independently.
- Ability to demonstrate adherence to cleaning and disinfection procedures.
Qualifications
Licenses & Certifications
Required