appropriate interventions to ensure patient safety.
Job Description
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Sets up, calibrates and monitors recording equipment necessary for PSG, MSLT, MAD, Inspire, and CPAP/BIPAP/ASV to ensure artifact free tracings.
- Recognizes and records clinical and physiological relevant events.
- Detects and corrects equipment malfunctions.
- Interprets polysomnogram data.
- Interviews patients to obtain sleep history.
- Handles phone calls; answers questions for patients and physicians.
- Prepares for patients in high-risk situations, as with cardiac or pulmonary problems.
- Aids in the training of new trainees.
- Supervises and coordinates activities of other outpatients.
- Checks inventories and order supplies as needed.
- Assists with general maintenance and organization of the lab area.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions:
Job location/working conditions: Normal office environment, Direct patient care setting
Physical Effort: Typically sitting at a desk or table, Typically standing or walking, Typically bending, crouching, and stooping
Equipment: Office equipment, Clinical/diagnostic equipment
Required Qualifications
Education: High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience.
Certifications/Professional Licenses: Basic Life Support - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support - American Red Cross, Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (RPSGT) - Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT), Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) - American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM)
Work Experience: No specific work experience is required for this position.
More About This Job
Required Qualifications: 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).
Preferred Qualifications
Skills: BiPAP, CPAP, Data Interpretations, Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Operations, Onsite Training, Patient Education, Polysomnographs, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Medicine, Supervision, Supplies Management, Troubleshooting
