Polysomnographic Tech - Pulmonary - Los Angeles, CA

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Los Angeles, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Polysomnographic Tech works under the direct clinical supervision of a sleep medicine physician. The role prepares sleep studies, supports patients with positive airway pressure-related issues, conducts polysomnogram scoring, and oversees home sleep study logistics, including setting up and scoring home sleep testing devices. The technologist collects, analyzes, and integrates patient information to identify and meet patient-specific needs, and determines final testing parameters and procedures with the ordering physician or clinical director in accordance with laboratory protocols. The role also explains procedures and orients patients to sleep testing; selects and calibrates equipment; applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards; and acquires data while monitoring the quality of study tracings. The technologist identifies, corrects, and documents artifacts, records routine observations such as sleep stages and clinical events, documents procedural changes and other significant events, and provides patient education and instruction appropriate to sleep testing.

Requirements

EEG (Electroencephalogram Technologist) Certification by ABRET.
Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (PSG) CA License by BRPT and/or Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner by the Respiratory Care Board of California.
One or more years of experience in polysomnographic technology and home sleep study scoring.

Responsibilities

Prepare sleep studies under the direct clinical supervision of a sleep medicine physician.
Support patients with positive airway pressure-related issues.
Conduct polysomnogram scoring.
Oversee home sleep study logistics, including setting up and scoring home sleep testing devices.
Collect, analyze, and integrate patient information to identify and meet patient-specific needs.
Determine final testing parameters and procedures with the ordering physician or clinical director and according to laboratory protocols.
Explain procedures and orient patients for sleep testing.
Select and calibrate appropriate equipment, make adjustments as needed, and apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
Perform data acquisition and monitor study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free.
Identify, correct, and document artifacts.
Document routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, procedural changes, and other significant events to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
Provide patient education and instruction appropriate for sleep testing.