Supervisor Sleep Lab - Neurology

Washington University in St Louis • Saint Louis, MO

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Supervises daily activities of sleep lab and sleep technologists and technicians. Works closely with clinical administrator to ensure adequate coverage of all clinical hours while providing high quality clinical care and excellent customer service in order to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders. This may involve polysomnography, diagnostic and therapeutic services or patient care and education. Position is a working supervisor functioning as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist in a busy diagnostic sleep lab within the Department of Neurology. Position is second shift, 2:00 pm -10:30 pm, Monday-Friday.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience.
• Basic Life Support - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support - American Red Cross, Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (RPSGT) - Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT)
• Sleep Technologist (5 Years)
• Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within one month of hire date.
• Basic Life Support certification (Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements).

Nice To Haves

• Graduate of an accredited Sleep Technologist program.
• Anatomy
• Answering Telephones
• Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
• Highly Developed Interpersonal
• Interactive Communication
• Interpersonal Communication
• Medical Terminology
• Organizing
• Physiology

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a high commitment to excellent patient experience through customer service and high-quality care in all interactions with patients and their families, team members, Neurology faculty, staff and referring physicians.
• Focuses on a service culture that aligns with the Department of Neurology’s mission and vision.
• Supervise the work of Polysomnographic Technologists and Technicians and Technical Specialist.
• Create and maintain schedules and on-call roster for sleep lab staff to ensure adequate coverage of sleep lab.
• Resolve personnel problems, conducts meetings pertinent to staffing issues and documents appropriately.
• Ensure appropriate competencies are maintained by Sleep technologists and technicians.
• Supervise training of new employees, conducts performance evaluations, job performance counseling.
• Perform functions to support physicians in clinical setting. Duties may include patient appointment scheduling, pre-arrival work such as insurance eligibility, pre-certifications, answering patient calls, checking-in patients, collecting required data and entering it into the EMR, placing patients in rooms, etc.
• Perform both direct patient care and duties that support patient care.
• Conduct technical duties of polysomnographic technologist, including: gathering and analyzing patient information, testing preparation procedures, polysomnographic procedures (PSG, PAP, MSLT/MWT, HSAT, etc.), polysomnographic record scoring and over-scoring.
• Work in EMR and other clinical applications.
• Schedule and assign work to other sleep technologists/technicians to ensure appropriate staffing; assists in orientating and training new technologists/technicians and trainees.
• May route phone messages, patient questions and telephone communications to appropriate personnel.
• Complete necessary paperwork and documentation in a timely manner.
• Answer questions from patient/family regarding treatments, diagnosis and procedures using department standard operating procedures.
• Complete requisitions/orders per Washington University guidelines.
• Monitor supply inventory, ensuring adequate supplies, equipment, or garments are available and that they comply with regulations.
• Clean and stock sleep rooms and follows infection control procedures for sleep supplies and equipment.
• Maintain required HIPAA compliance, skills/competencies and participates in in-services, staff programs, continuing education and cross-training programs according to established standards and Washington University policies.
• Maintains RPSGT certification and BLS.
• Comply with OSHA, state and federal regulatory sources/standards.
• Ensure and enforce compliance to policies, procedures and standards established by accreditation with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
• Participate in quality assurance/quality improvement activities to ensure appropriate clinical outcomes and offers recommendations for improved, more efficient care and service.
• Supervise technical specialist in overseeing sleep lab quality assurance/quality improvement procedures to include development, implementation, oversight and reporting of quality assurance/quality improvement data.

Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
• Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
• Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!
• 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child.
• Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs.
• Adult care resources.
• Tuition coverage for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED