Sleep Technician-Registered

Renown Health•Reno, NV

About The Position

This position performs overnight sleep studies to assist in the evaluation and treatment of sleep patients in compliance with AASM guidelines. It prepares patients and equipment for in-center or out-of-center sleep testing, conducts sleep-study procedures, provides patient education, and helps maintain the quality and operation of the sleep center. The role provides patient care and requires compliance with applicable safety, infection-control, privacy, and professional standards. The description is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, or working conditions.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and effectively.
Certification by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist.
Complete at least ten continuing-education requirements per year.
Participate in monthly inter-scoring reliability through the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Word.
Ability to use a computer for online learning requirements, job-specific competencies, online forms and policies, and benefits enrollment.
Maintain current CPR or BCLS certification.

Nice To Haves

Previous Medical Assistant experience.

Responsibilities

Collect, analyze, and integrate patient information, including patient-specific needs, limitations, current status, and relevant medical and social history.
Determine final testing parameters and procedures with the ordering physician or clinical director and in accordance with laboratory protocols.
Review patient history and verify medical orders.
Follow sleep-center protocols related to sleep studies.
Verify patient identification, collect documents, and obtain consent when patients arrive.
Explain procedures and orient patients for in-center or out-of-center sleep testing.
Select and calibrate appropriate testing equipment, check that it functions properly, and make adjustments as needed.
Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
Perform routine positive airway pressure (PAP) interface fitting and desensitization.
Provide age-specific care, assessment, treatment, and education for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Prepare portable monitoring equipment and download its data.
Provide patient education and instruction appropriate for out-of-center sleep testing.
Clean and disinfect portable monitoring devices according to procedures.
Follow AASM scoring parameters for out-of-center sleep testing; identify artifacts, inadequate signals, and study failures; and generate accurate reports.
Comply with applicable safety and infection-control laws, regulations, guidelines, and standards.
Perform routine equipment care and maintenance and evaluate inventory.
Maintain current CPR or BCLS certification.
Use appropriate computer skills and demonstrate effective written and verbal communication, social, customer-service, critical-thinking, teamwork, and direction-following skills; work with minimal supervision.
Follow HIPAA policies to protect the privacy and security of patient information.
Respond to patient questions related to procedures with appropriate information and provide patient education using sleep-center protocols.
Follow sleep-center quality-assurance policies.
Evaluate sleep-study equipment and inventory; review and evaluate sleep studies and provide feedback to staff.
Analyze complex situations and apply policy, and comply with professional standards of conduct.
Assist the Sleep Lab Operations Manager in all aspects of sleep-center operations.