Polysomnographic Technologist

Trinity Health•Dubuque, IA

10d

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Neurodiagnostic Services Director and the general direction of the medical director, this technologist performs standard and complex polysomnographic recordings and multiple sleep latency testing. The role scores and documents data, assesses and applies CPAP or Bi-Level therapy, titrates treatment, and provides direct patient education. New graduates are welcomed. The position is full-time, 36 hours per week, on the night shift.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED; a higher-level degree that requires a high school diploma or GED as a prerequisite is also accepted.
Credentialing as CRT, RRT, REEGT, or BRPT, or registration in sleep technology or acceptance to sit for a registry examination through ABSM, NBR, BRPT, or AASM.
Must become registered within two years of hire.
Non-registered technicians must be enrolled in or have completed the A-STEP Online Self Study Modules or CAAHEP-accredited sleep technology program. If enrolled, all A-STEP modules must be completed within two years.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
Participate in an average of 10 hours per year of sleep-related continuing education activities over a three-year period.

Nice To Haves

Associate's or bachelor's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Collect, analyze, and integrate patient information to determine patient-specific needs and final testing parameters or procedures in conjunction with the ordering physician or clinical director and laboratory protocols.
Complete and verify documentation, and explain pre-testing and post-testing procedures to patients.
Prepare and calibrate testing equipment, verify proper functioning, and adjust equipment as necessary.
Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
Follow protocols for procedures such as MSLT, MWT, parasomnia studies, PAP, and oxygen titration.
Follow lights-out procedures and establish and document baseline values, including body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory rate, and heart rate.
Acquire polysomnographic data, monitor tracing quality, and adjust signals as necessary to address artifacts.
Document routine observations, sleep stages, clinical events, procedure changes, and significant events to support scoring and interpretation.
Implement appropriate patient-safety and therapeutic interventions, including CPAP or Bi-Level therapy and oxygen administration.
Follow lights-on procedures, verify collected data, repeat physiological and instrument calibrations, and instruct patients on completing questionnaires.
Provide age-specific care, treatment, assessment, and education for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Oversee and perform difficult and unusual procedures and therapeutic interventions.
Score sleep/wake stages using professionally accepted guidelines and score clinical events according to center-specific protocols.
Generate accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical-event data.
Perform physiological calibrations and make adjustments as necessary to ensure proper signals.
Fit positive airway pressure (PAP) masks.