Medical Instrument Technician - Polysomnography

Veterans Health Administration • Salt Lake City, UT

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Instrument Technician - Polysomnography evaluates, manages, and educates patients with sleep disorders while ensuring high-quality care and adherence to sleep medicine protocols. The role supports patients through telehealth, in-person appointments, and telephone consultations, with a focus on effective positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy. It requires knowledge of sleep-disorder diagnostics, PAP technologies, and applicable regulatory standards.

The technician triages consults, supports CPAP clinic operations, manages sleep-study data, provides patient education and equipment troubleshooting, and collaborates with healthcare teams to ensure continuity of care. The role uses CPRS to manage patient records, consult tracking, and clinic scheduling; reviews and archives sleep studies; and prepares technical summary reports for physician review and quality assurance. The full performance level is GS8; selection may be at GS4 through GS8.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Ad-hoc telework may be available under agency policy. This is not a virtual position. Physical duties include standing, bending, walking, stooping, pushing and pulling patient stretchers and mobile imaging equipment, and occasionally lifting and carrying items up to 30 pounds. The position may require transporting equipment for bedside examinations and positioning patients, sometimes in awkward positions. Heavy lifting of totally incapacitated patients is performed with assistance. Work areas have adequate heating and cooling, but may involve disagreeable odors and minor injuries; eyestrain may occur.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship, subject to the stated exception for non-citizens when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Meet the experience or education requirements for the grade sought: GS4 requires one year of qualifying experience or two years of post-high-school education in a directly related field; GS5 requires one year of qualifying experience or four academic years of related post-high-school education; GS6 requires one year of qualifying experience at the next lower grade; GS7 requires one year of qualifying experience at the next lower grade, including capability to independently conduct difficult but standardized polysomnography examinations; GS8 requires one year of experience comparable to GS7 involving complex procedures and uncommon or rare sleep disorders.
• Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities applicable to the grade sought, including medical terminology, equipment operation, sleep-study procedures and protocols, polysomnographic data, PAP therapy, and recognizing and responding to relevant findings.
• Complete required background/security investigation and online onboarding; selected applicants are subject to pre-employment drug testing for testing-designated positions.
• Register for Selective Service if applicable to males born after December 31, 1959.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a VA health care personnel requirement.
• Serve a one- or two-year trial period, subject to written certification for continued employment.
• Meet application and identification-document requirements, including use of acceptable identification for pre-employment processing.

Nice To Haves

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification is strongly desirable at GS6 or above.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification is highly desirable at GS8.
• Registration by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Apply established protocols to interpret and score sleep studies accurately.
• Identify and treat sleep-related breathing disorders.
• Provide expertise in PAP therapy, including mask fitting and setup of CPAP, BiPAP, AVAPS, and Servo Ventilator devices.
• Coordinate oxygen therapy with Home Oxygen services.
• Conduct PAP mask fittings and educate patients on equipment use.
• Set up and troubleshoot CPAP/BiPAP equipment and perform patient re-evaluations.
• Enroll patients in and manage CPAP/BiPAP clinic follow-up programs.
• Provide compassionate patient service and guidance on PAP-related concerns through multiple communication channels.
• Use CPRS to manage patient records, track consults, and schedule clinics.
• Review and archive sleep studies, ensuring data accuracy and compliance.
• Generate technical summary reports for physician review and quality assurance.
• Ensure contract compliance with home oxygen and CPAP providers.
• Develop and implement process improvements to improve clinic efficiency.
• Collaborate with healthcare teams to ensure continuity of care.

Benefits

• The announcement states that federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive federal benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree