What are the responsibilities and job description for the Polysomnographic Sleep Tech position at UPMC?
UPMC Mercy is hiring a Full Time Polysomnographic Sleep Technician to support our Sleep Lab!
This position will work 3 12-hour overnight shifts from 7pm-7am with one Friday per month with no holidays.
This is an entry level Sleep Tech position that offers a career ladder, competitive pay and full time benefits!
Are you interested in joining our Sleep Medicine Team? Consider becoming a Polysomnography Sleep Technologist and working towards a Sleep Technologist role! EKG Monitor Technicians, Dialysis Technicians, Lab Nursing students, Respiratory Therapists, Allied Health graduates/students, and Pre-Med students are encouraged to apply! Once becoming a Polysomnography Sleep Technologist, you can immediately begin working towards your Sleep Technologist credentials. Once credentialed you can begin climbing the career ladder!
Patients are having sleep studies done and need a person with compassion and empathy and an included passion for Sleep Medicine. Patients range in age from 18 to 90 years old and can have complex medical conditions, require oxygen or advanced sleep studies. This will require someone interested in learning and patient to recognize when sensors need to be replaced even if it is in the middle of the sleep study.
Purpose:
Under the supervision of physicians and in the presence of a Registered Sleep Technologist (RPSGT, or RRT-SDS, or RST), the Polysomnographic Sleep Technician (Poly tech) is responsible for performing patient care duties and providing customer service to clients of the sleep center, while completing the ASTEP program and on-the-job training.
Responsibilities:
- Must enroll and complete the ASTEP program within 1 year of hire.
- While under direction of senior sleep lab staff according to department policy and procedure: Prepare patients for sleep testing, educate patients on sleep lab testing procedure, analyze and score sleep studies, perform therapeutic treatments and interventions, inventory and restock lab supplies, clean equipment and patient rooms, performs other duties as assigned
- Complete monthly ISR as a training scorer.
- Attend monthly staff meeting and required department/facility training.
- Performs duties in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors.