Neurology (Sleep) Technician

Decypher•Lackland AFB, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Decypher is hiring a Neurology (Sleep) Technician to work on-site at the AASM Accredited Wilford Hall Sleep Disorders Center at JBSA Lackland in San Antonio, Texas. The center operates 24 hours per day, seven days a week. Duty hours are typically 10-hour shifts and depend on lab needs; work may not exceed 80 hours per two-week period. Employees normally work night shifts, though periodic day shifts may be required for training, patient needs, or lab needs. Scheduling includes rotating shifts and weekends. The technician conducts and scores sleep studies, prepares and operates testing equipment, monitors patients, and provides education and support related to sleep testing and treatment. The role involves working with pediatric patients aged six months and above, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients. Candidates must have the required sleep-study and scoring experience, hold BLS certification, and be a U.S. citizen. Technicians who are not registered when hired must obtain an accepted professional registration within two years and maintain it thereafter. Compensation is up to $37 per hour, plus benefits or additional cash in lieu of benefits.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
At least one year of experience within the last three years conducting sleep studies in a patient care setting.
At least one year of experience scoring sleep studies.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Be a Registered Sleep Technologist (RST), or obtain an accepted registration within two years of hiring: RPSGT through BRPT, RST through ABSM, RRT-SDS, or CRT-SDS through NBRC.
Technicians conducting sleep testing who are not registered by ABSM, BRPT, or NBRC must be enrolled in or have completed A-STEP Online Self Study Modules, completing them within two years of enrollment; alternatively, they must be enrolled in or have completed polysomnography training in a CAAHEP-accredited program or a CoARC program with the polysomnography option within two years of enrollment.
Maintain registration as RPSGT, RST, RRT-SDS, or CRT-SDS throughout employment after obtaining it if not registered at hiring.
Possess good manual dexterity and fine motor skills; ability to lift and move equipment, patients, and supplies; read equipment displays, charts, and patient records; hear monitor alarms and communicate with patients and staff; move between work areas; and maintain stamina and focus during long monitoring sessions and varied conditions.

Responsibilities

Provide age-specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of pediatric patients aged six months and above, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
Program montages on sleep acquisition systems and troubleshoot acquisition and scoring program issues.
Address environmental, equipment, and engineering issues affecting patient care; determine appropriate actions, including test cancellations and system changes.
Conduct and score sleep studies, including overnight polysomnography, MSLT, MWT, CPAP, Bi-level, ASV, iVAPS/AVAPS titration, off-label and novel therapies, supplemental oxygen titration, pH monitoring, and portable sleep studies.
Perform end-tidal and transcutaneous CO2 monitoring and some ventilator management.
Perform tests, accurately transcribe results, and prepare data for physician interpretation.
Prepare and calibrate testing equipment, confirm proper functioning, and make adjustments as needed.
Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted standards and perform physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals.
Perform positive airway pressure mask fitting.
Conduct and score actigraphy sleep studies.
Adjust settings on devices used to treat sleep-related breathing disorders, including APAP, CPAP, BiPAP, AVAPS/iVAPS, ASV, off-label therapies, and novel therapies.
Obtain usage and adherence data and assess data from devices used to treat sleep-related breathing disorders.
Assess patients’ treatment usage and adherence and make adjustments to improve comfort, usage, and treatment-related outcomes.
Educate and counsel patients on diagnostic sleep testing, sleep-related breathing disorder devices, sleep diagnoses, and appropriate sleep practices.
Perform monthly Inter-Scorer Reliability scoring and complete 10 CECs per year to maintain AASM accreditation standards.