Polysomnography Tech

HMP•Jackson, MS

14d

About The Position

To conduct both daytime and nighttime polysomnographic exams on patients in order to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders. To provide polysomnographic, diagnostic, and therapeutic services of patient care and education. To serve as a shift leader, trainer and senior tech. To oversee other techs studies and continue to teach techs under them. To score and results sleep studies and prepare them for physician review.

Requirements

Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) - Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists or Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) - American Board of Sleep Medicine and a minimum of one (1) year of work experience scoring and resulting sleep studies.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification Or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) - Board Of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists or Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) - American Board of Sleep Medicine.
Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) - Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists or Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) - American Board of Sleep Medicine and a minimum of one (1) year of work experience scoring and resulting sleep studies.

Responsibilities

Performs a variety of both daytime and nighttime polysomnographic exams on sleeping patients to detect common sleep disorders.
Scores and results sleep studies to completion for the physicians to review and interpret and gives scoring and decision making feedback to the techs that ran the studies when needed.
Teach and train new and less experienced techs in the procedures, techniques, responsibilities and expectations of a tech at this facility.
Assign studies and nightly duties to other techs on a nightly basis, oversee all studies being performed by all techs.
Follows procedural protocols to ensure collection of appropriate data.
Documents procedures and data recorded from exams in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
Attends sleep study clinic, perform tech consults, and complete other managerial duties as assigned when needed or when manager is out.
Collects, analyzes and integrates patient information in order to identify and meet patient-specific needs and to determine final testing parameters.
Explains pre-testing, testing and post-testing procedures to the patient in order to educate the patient.
Prepares and calibrates equipment used for testing to determine proper functioning and makes adjustments if necessary.
Keep track of supplies and supply needs to report to manager for ordering, as well as, performs equipment care and maintenance and complies with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and standards regarding safety and infection control issues.
The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.