Lead Medical Instrument Technician (Polysomnography)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Mather AFB Munitions Storage (formerly) (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Childcare subsidy

Federal retirement plan

Federal health insurance

Job summary

Lead Medical Instrument Technician (Polysomnography) within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Sacramento area. The role encompasses neurodiagnostic testing, polysomnographic procedures, and DME program application for sleep-related breathing disorders.

Lead responsibilities include workload distribution, training, and quality patient care within the Northern California care system. Includes managing consults, maintaining production records, and ensuring timely completion of tasks.

Qualifications

• Experience leading neurodiagnostic/polysomnography teams in a clinical setting.
• Ability to manage workload and coordinate multiple technicians.
• Knowledge of durable medical equipment (DME) used in sleep disorders.

Responsibilities

• Distribute and balance the workload among technicians they lead and monitor progress.
• Provide on-the-job training and maintain records; prepare production reports as requested.
• Monitor equipment and inventory; arrange repairs or replacements as needed.
• Draft updates to policies and procedures; triage new consults and review outside sleep study records.

Skills

Polysomnography

Leadership

Neurodiagnostic testing

DME management

Job description

Lead Medical Instrument Technician (Polysomnography)

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Medical Instrument Technician (Polysomnography)- Lead will perform a variety of Neurodiagnostic and polysomnographic testing as well as the application of durable medical equipment (DME) program for any sleep related breathing disorder for patients. Within the Northern California care system and for patients covered under any sharing agreement with other facilities.

Key Responsibilities

The incumbent will perform Lead Technician functions which will include but is not limited to: Distribute and balance the workload among technicians that they will be leading, assure efficient, high quality and compassionate patient care. Track the status and progress of work among technicians that they will be leading, and make day-to-day adjustments, obtaining assistance from the supervisor on problems that may arise, such as backlogs which cannot be completed promptly.

Estimate and report on expected time of completion of work and maintain records of work accomplishments and time expended and prepare production reports as requested. Provide on the job training to employees in accordance with established procedures and practices including written instructions, reference materials and supplies. Monitoring equipment and inventory, arranging for repairs or replacements weekly or more often if needed.

Maintain a current knowledge to respond to questions on procedures, policies, directives, etc. and obtain needed information or decisions from supervisor on problems that arise. Draft regular written updates to policies and procedures, and review existing ones regularly. Management of consults including triaging new consults, and documenting results of outside hospital records of previous sleep studies.

Follow-up on work in progress and review completed work to ensure work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines have been met. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Duty Station: Sacramento Mather VA Medical Center Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

• Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
• Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VAInsurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not eligible for Telework Functional Statement #: 04160-F

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $77339 – $93161/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-23.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.

Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-18 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov