Position Summary:

Under the leadership of the Medical Director and the Manager, Sleep Center, the Polysomnographic Technologist - Registered is an active member of the Sleep Center that assists in the delivery of care and services. The Polysomnographic Technologist - Registered conducts comprehensive evaluation, assessment and treatment of sleep disorders. The Polysomnographic Technologist - Registered performs polysomnographic, diagnostic and therapeutic services and patient care and education.

Basic Qualifications:

• Education:

Requires a high school diploma in General Studies or a GED state certification with the completion of an Accredited Sleep Technologist Education Program and ASTEP courses. 

Membership in one or more professional associations (AAST, AASM or GASP) related to sleep/wake technologist is preferred.

• Experience:

Requires up to one year of work related experience or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience as a sleep technologist.

• Licensure, Registrations & Certifications:

Requires and maintains a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist certification (RPSGT) from the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologist and/or Registered Sleep Technologist certification (RST) from the American Board of Sleep Medicine.

Requires and maintains a certification in Basic Life Saving (BLS).

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Collects, analyzes and integrates patient information in order to identify and meet the patient-specific needs and to determine final testing parameters/procedures in conjunction with the ordering physician or clinical director and Center protocols.
• Interviews patients to assess current medications, recent caffeine or alcohol ingestion, and current sleep pattern, and identify any potential need for treatment intervention during testing.
• Explains pre-testing, testing, and post-testing procedures to the patient.
• Prepares and calibrates equipment required to determine proper functioning.
• Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards and performs appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals.
• Performs positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Follows procedural protocols such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, PAP, oxygen titration etc. to ensure collection of appropriate data.
• Follows “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values and to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process.
• Performs Polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and makes adjustments, if necessary.
• Documents routine observations including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure and significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
• Implements appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc).
• Recognizes and provides age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Oversees and performs difficult and unusual procedures and therapeutic interventions.
• Scores sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines and clinical events according to center specific protocols.
• Generates accurate and timely reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Creates, maintains, and updates patient information and study data in files and ensures that files are secured to protect patient information in compliance with all HIPAA rules and regulations.  
• Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team promoting positive interpersonal communication skills when communicating with patients, families, visitors, physicians, and staff in other departments of the organization.
• Complies with CRHS and department safety, infection control, mission, values, and performance improvement initiatives and sterile procedures, ensuring the delivery of products and services.
• Presents a professional image to CRHS and medical staff members.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.