Sleep Technologist - 9th Floor-New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai - Full Time; Wednesday - Friday 6:30pm – 7:30 am no weekends
About The Position
The Sleep Technologist performs clinical and research sleep-disorder testing, including nocturnal polysomnograms (NPSGs) for patients of all ages. The role may also serve as nighttime lead technician, training staff and helping ensure the sleep laboratory functions properly overnight. The technologist documents sleep stages, clinical events, procedural changes, and other significant observations to support scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results. The position requires working knowledge of polysomnography, MSLT, MWT, oximetry, supplemental oxygen, CPAP and/or BPAP studies, and basic sleep medicine, as well as the ability to recognize cardiac arrhythmia. The technologist reviews patient information and study protocols, prepares and calibrates equipment, applies electrodes and sensors, performs sleep studies and therapeutic interventions, monitors data quality, and documents results and events. The role also includes patient orientation and education, age-appropriate care, staff training, equipment and supply monitoring, and compliance with safety, infection-control, professional, and ethical standards. The schedule is Wednesday through Friday, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with no weekends.
Requirements
- College graduate from a two- or four-year program.
- Five years of experience associated with a state-licensed and/or nationally accredited educational facility, or equivalent experience.
- Documented proficiency in all competencies required of a Polysomnographic Technician.
- Maintain current CPR/BCLS certification.
- Obtain and maintain CITI certification.
Nice To Haves
- Sleep Medicine as the college major is preferred but not required.
- Certification, or eligibility for certification, as a Registered Polysomnographic Technician by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists is preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Review patient history, physical information, medications, procedure requests, and study protocols; communicate with the Medical Director as needed.
- Check laboratory voicemail upon arrival, complete and verify documentation, and assist with explaining procedures and orienting patients to the sleep center.
- Obtain informed consent from subjects participating in research studies.
- Attempt to locate patients who do not arrive and fill unexpected openings using the Stand-By Waiting List.
- Prepare and calibrate testing equipment, apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted clinical and research standards, and perform physiologic calibrations.
- Follow protocols for diagnostic polysomnography, MSLT, MWT, PAP and oxygen titration, and other sleep studies.
- Perform polysomnographic data acquisition, monitor tracing quality, and adjust equipment or signals as necessary.
- Document routine observations, sleep stages, clinical events, procedural changes, and significant events to facilitate scoring and interpretation.
- Implement appropriate patient-safety and therapeutic interventions, including CPAP or bi-level positive airway pressure and oxygen administration.
- Complete lights-out and lights-on procedures, verify data integrity, repeat calibrations as appropriate, and instruct patients on questionnaires.
- Provide age-specific treatment, assessment, and education for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Recognize sleep/wake stages and clinical events according to professionally accepted guidelines.
- Train new polysomnographic technicians and provide staff education; help ensure overnight standards of practice are implemented.
- Perform or assist with studies as staffing needs require.
- Report supply and equipment-maintenance status to the daytime supervisor and report concerns about night staff or laboratory operations to management.
- Comply with applicable laws, regulations, safety and infection-control standards, and professional ethics and conduct guidelines.
- Perform routine equipment care and maintenance and inventory evaluation.
- Maintain current CPR/BCLS and CITI certifications.
- Communicate effectively in writing and verbally, demonstrate appropriate social skills, follow direction, and respond to participants' procedure-related questions with appropriate information.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
