Registered Sleep Tech

3110 Kennestone Hospital, Inc.•Marietta, GA

About The Position

The Registered Polysomnographic Technologist works under the general supervision of the Director of Sleep Services or designee to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders. This includes in-center and out-of-center sleep testing, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, comprehensive patient care, and direct patient education. The technologist is credentialed in sleep technology, can perform the duties of a sleep technologist, and can provide oversight of other sleep center staff. The position prepares patients and equipment for sleep studies, conducts and monitors sleep testing, scores sleep and clinical events, generates reports, provides patient education, and supports sleep center operations. It requires applying professional standards and protocols, maintaining equipment and credentials, protecting patient information, and collaborating with clinical leadership and staff.

Requirements

Successful completion of an accredited educational program leading to a certificate, or an associate's degree, with an emphasis on sleep technology.
Alternatively, successful completion of a sleep technology program associated with a state-licensed and/or nationally accredited educational facility, or equivalent experience with documented proficiency in all sleep technologist competencies.
Required sleep technology credential: Sleep Disorders Specialist, Registered Polysomnographer, or Registered Sleep Technologist.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or BLS Instructor certification.
A Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) must possess the Sleep Disorders Specialist (SDS) credential; required upon hire.
Maintain current CPR or BLS certification and sleep technology certification.
Acquire 10 Continuing Education Units (CEU) to maintain the credential.
Demonstrate computer skills, effective written and verbal communication, appropriate social and customer service skills, critical thinking, teamwork, and the ability to follow direction and work with minimal supervision.
Comply with HIPAA policies and applicable safety, infection-control, quality-assurance, and professional standards.

Responsibilities

Collect, analyze, and integrate patient information to identify patient-specific needs and relevant medical and social history.
Determine testing parameters and procedures with the ordering physician or clinical director and follow laboratory protocols.
Review patient history, verify medical orders, confirm patient identity, collect documents, and obtain consent.
Explain procedures and orient patients for in-center and out-of-center testing.
Select, calibrate, and adjust equipment; apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted standards; and fit and desensitize patients to PAP interfaces.
Follow protocols for sleep procedures, including MSLT, MWT, parasomnia studies, and PAP and oxygen titration.
Perform physiological calibrations, establish and document baseline values, acquire data, monitor tracing quality, and identify, correct, and document artifacts.
Document sleep stages, clinical events, procedural changes, and other significant observations.
Implement appropriate patient-safety and therapeutic interventions, including PAP and oxygen when appropriate.
Verify data integrity and complete data collection at lights-on, including calibrations and questionnaire instructions and review.
Score sleep/wake stages and clinical events using professionally accepted guidelines and AASM standards, and generate accurate reports.
Provide age-specific care and education for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Prepare portable monitoring equipment, download data, educate patients about out-of-center testing, and follow device cleaning and disinfection procedures.
Apply AASM scoring parameters for out-of-center sleep testing; identify artifacts, inadequate signals, and study failures; and generate accurate reports.
Comply with applicable safety, infection-control, privacy, quality-assurance, and professional-conduct requirements.
Maintain and evaluate equipment and inventory, and perform routine equipment care and maintenance.
Maintain current CPR or BLS certification and sleep technology certification, including acquiring 10 continuing education units to maintain the credential.
Use appropriate computer, written and verbal communication, social, customer service, critical-thinking, teamwork, and direction-following skills; work with minimal supervision.
Respond to patient questions related to procedures and provide patient education using sleep-center protocols.
Review and evaluate sleep studies and provide feedback to staff.
Assist the medical director and/or Director of Sleep Services with all aspects of sleep center operations.