Polysomnographic Technician

Lifepoint Health • Ishpeming, MI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

UP Health System Bell is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Polysomnographic Technician joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

Requirements

• Minimum: High School Diploma
• Basic Life Support

Nice To Haves

• Associated Degree in Applied Science or 6 months work experience in a sleep lab or related field.

Responsibilities

• Review patient history, physical information, medications, procedure request, and study protocol.
• Complete and verify all patient information documentation.
• Explain the procedure and orient the patient to the sleep center.
• Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments, if necessary.
• Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
• Perform appropriate physiological calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments, if necessary.
• Performs routine positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Follow procedural protocols to ensure collection of appropriate data.
• Follow "lights out" procedures to establish and document baseline values.
• Perform polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and make adjustments, if necessary.
• Document routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
• Implement appropriate interventions.
• Follow "lights on" procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Assist with scoring sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines.
• Assist with scoring clinical events with center specific protocols.
• Assist with the generation of accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Perform routine equipment care and maintenance and inventory evaluation.
• Demonstrate self-directed learning and participates in continuing education by attendance at scheduled meetings and in-services.
• Support the culture of service excellence throughout the organization.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED