RPSGT - Olmsted - Rochester, MN

Medbridge Healthcare•Rochester, MN

7h•Onsite

About The Position

Seeking RPSGTs and / or RRT's for full-time, part-time, or PRN positions at Olmsted Medical Center and surrounding Labs. This role involves gathering and analyzing patient information, preparing and calibrating equipment, applying electrodes and sensors, and performing various polysomnographic procedures. The goal is to identify and meet patient-specific needs, ensure proper functioning of equipment, and collect accurate data for interpretation.

Requirements

RPSGT and/or RRT certification

Responsibilities

Collect, analyze, and integrate patient information to identify and meet patient-specific needs, considering physical/mental limitations, emotional/physiological status, and medical/social history.
Determine final testing parameters/procedures in conjunction with the ordering physician or clinical director and laboratory protocols.
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.
Verify patient video recording is operating properly per laboratory standard protocol.
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 observations every 20 minutes on recording and in technical comments to include: sleep stage, clinical events, position changes, pressure changes, SaO2 values, heart rate, and respiratory rate, changes in procedure, and significant events to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.