Sleep Lab Technologist

Owensboro Health•Leitchfield, KY

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the completion of all functions of Sleep Lab testing in order to provide accurate test results and quality patient service. Performs clinical assessment, physiological monitoring and testing, diagnosis, management, and prevention of sleep related disorders with the use of various diagnostic and therapeutic tools providing care to patients.

Requirements

Requires critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
Works under general supervision.
Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Applies more advanced skills and knowledge in the area of specialization.
No experience required
High school diploma, General Equivalency Diploma (GED) or higher required upon hire
RST - Registered Sleep Technologist from American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) required upon hire OR RPSGT - Registered Polysomnography Technologist from Board of Registered Polysomnography Technologist (BRPT) required upon hire OR RPSGT - Registered Polysomnography Technologist from National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) required upon hire
BLS - Certified as a Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider required within 90 days of employment in this position

Responsibilities

Verifies the medical order and protocol.
Reviews history, physical information, medications, procedure request and study protocol.
Explains the procedure and orients the patient to the sleep lab.
Prepares and calibrates equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning.
Performs routine positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted standards.
Follows procedures to establish and document baseline values.
Documents routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnography results.
Follows procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process.
Performs routine polysomnography data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free.
Identifies and reports signal abnormalities.
Scores sleep/wake stages and clinical events according to guidelines and protocols.
Performs appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments, if necessary.
Implements appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.).
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of all adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Scores clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.).
Generates accurate reports by tabulation of sleep/wake and clinical event data.
Supports Owensboro Health’s Mission, Vision, Core Commitments, and business interests.
Adheres to all organizational policies and procedures.
Executes all tasks and behaves in a manner consistent with a culture of compliance, safety and a high reliability organization.