Sleep Technologist Trainee Atrium Health Rutherford/ Kings Mountain FT Nights
About The Position
This is a full-time night shift position for a Sleep Technologist Trainee at Atrium Health Rutherford/Kings Mountain. The role involves performing various sleep studies, monitoring patients, and ensuring data integrity. The trainee will be responsible for following procedural protocols, performing calibrations, monitoring study tracings, identifying and correcting artifacts, documenting observations, and assisting with interventions. The position requires the ability to recognize sleep vs. wake states and clinical events, provide age-specific care, and prepare and download portable monitoring equipment. Patient education for out-of-center sleep testing and adherence to cleaning procedures are also key responsibilities. The trainee will rotate between the RIMA and Kings Mountain facilities.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Currently enrolled in or have completed a BRPT accepted pathway to become a registered polysomnographic technologist.
- RPSGT credential within 18 months of employment required.
- BCLS CPR certification required.
Nice To Haves
- Associates Degree or Bachelor's Degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Follow procedural protocols such as PSG, MSLT, MWT, parasomnia studies, PAP, and oxygen titration, home sleep studies, etc. to ensure collection of appropriate data.
- Perform appropriate physiological calibrations to ensure proper signals and make required adjustments.
- Follow “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.).
- Perform data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free.
- Identify, correct, and document artifact.
- Document routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and other significant events to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
- Assist with appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.).
- Follow “lights on” procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process (e.g., repeats the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing questionnaires, and check for completeness, etc.).
- Demonstrate proficiency in recognizing sleep vs. wake and identify clinical events while monitoring sleep study patients.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care and treatment, assessment, and education of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to perform portable monitoring equipment preparation and data download.
- Perform patient education and instruction appropriate for out of center sleep testing.
- Demonstrate adherence to cleaning and disinfection procedures for portable monitoring devices.
- Demonstrate ability to identify artifact, inadequate signals, and study failures in portable monitoring.
Benefits
- Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
- Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
