Registered Sleep Tech

UnitedHealth Group • Colorado Springs, CO

1d • $24 - $43

About The Position

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Provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders under direction of Provider or designee. This may involve polysomnography, diagnostic and therapeutic services or patient care and education. We are currently offering a schedule working Monday-Friday 8AM-4:30PM.

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent
• Registered Polysomnographic Technologist
• Maintain current CPR or BCLS certification
• Ability to communicate medical information to non-medically trained people and communicate with people of different social, educational, and cultural backgrounds
• Ability to neatly, efficiently, and effectively write routine reports, correspondence, and chart notes
• Ability to Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Nice To Haves

• Associate’s Degree with an emphasis in Polysomnography or an accredited Polysomnography Program; or equivalent experience and documented proficiency at all competencies required of a Polysomnographic Technician
• 6+ months of experience

Responsibilities

• Collect, analyze, and integrate patient information in order to identify and meet the patient-specific needs (Physical/mental limitations, current emotional/physiological status regarding the testing procedure, pertinent medical/social history), and to determine final testing parameters/procedures in conjunction with the ordering provider or medical director and laboratory protocols
• Complete and verify documentation
• Explain pre-testing, testing, and post-testing procedures to the patient
• 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 physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary. Perform positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting
• Follow procedural protocols [such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, PAP, oxygen titration etc.] to ensure collection of appropriate data. Follow “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.)
• 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 significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results
• Implement appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.)
• Follow “lights on” procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process (repeats the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing questionnaires, etc.)
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients
• Oversee and perform difficult and unusual procedures and therapeutic interventions
• Score sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines
• Score clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals etc.) according to center specific protocols
• Generate accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data
• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and standards regarding safety and infection control issues
• Perform routine and complex equipment care and maintenance
• Evaluate sleep study related equipment and inventory
• Respond to study participant’s procedural-related inquiries by providing appropriate information
• Comply with the BRPT Standards of Conduct
• Demonstrate and exemplify behavior consistent with DaVita’s core values - service excellence, integrity, team, continuous improvement, accountability, fulfillment, fun
• Perform all other job duties as directed by the supervisor or manager

Benefits

• a comprehensive benefits package
• incentive and recognition programs
• equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees