Lead Polysomnographic Technician Registered Reader

Cleveland Clinic • Elkton, MD

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Join Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital and experience world class healthcare at its best. Located in Dover, Ohio, the award-winning not-for-profit Union Hospital serves the communities of eastern Ohio. Here, you will be part of a talented, compassionate, and driven team of caregivers, work with state-of-the-art technology and provide stellar patient care. Accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), the Union Hospital Sleep Medicine Center has helped more than 10,000 people overcome a sleep disorder like apnea, loud snoring, restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy and daytime sleepiness. As the Lead Polysomnographic Technician Registered Reader, you will be responsible for scoring both pediatric and adult sleep studies. Types of studies will include PSG, CPAP, BIPAP, HSAT, MSLT, MWT, Double studies, RBD studies and Inspire and Provent. You will also oversee the work performed by the Polysomnographic Technician Registered Readers ensuring the team is up-to-date on meeting their requirements. Your work is essential to ensuring we are meeting accreditation standards and that we have the supplies needed to best care for patients. This is an ideal role for someone who is able to take initiative, proactively identify issues and has strong communication skills. Through this position, you will find opportunities to continue your education as well as a pathway to advance in your career.

Requirements

• Current RPSGT credential from the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (BRPT)
• Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT)
• Five or more years of experience with testing and scoring both adult and pediatric patients (strong focus)
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• Ability to accurately identify sleep stages, respiratory events, along with all other parameters pertaining to sleep testing
• Successfully meet and uphold the scoring requirements set by the American Academy of Sleep of Medicine (AASM) for the inter-scorer reliability (ISR)
• Ability to effectively oversee and provide feedback to sleep technologists and scorers to help improve upon the overall scoring and testing in the sleep center

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with the accreditation process

Responsibilities

• Assist Sleep Supervisor in the assessment of the competency of technologists.
• Oversee the productivity and accuracy of the Polysomnographic Technician Registered Reading team.
• Monitor for quality assurance in accordance with Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center policies and procedures and established guidelines from American Academy of Sleep Medicine Scoring Standards.
• Perform all duties of a Polysomnographic Technician Registered Reader.
• Provide education to staff and all sleep technologists regarding best practices in reading sleep studies.
• Provide mentorship to enhance the skill sets of other Readers and sleep technologists, help in the development of the ASTEP program in conjunction with the Program Direction and potentially be asked to provide instruction to ASTEP students.
• Potentially present interscorer reliability findings and review at sleep technologist and sleep staff meetings.

Benefits

• Opportunities to continue your education
• Pathway to advance in your career

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed