Polysomnographic Technician Full-time Nights

Capefearvalley; United States; Sur place; USD 52 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cape Fear Valley Health System is seeking a Sleep Center professional to perform polysomnography, calibrate equipment, and assist with data interpretation in Fayetteville, NC. The role includes patient care, education, and routine maintenance of sleep study equipment.

Minimum qualifications include an accredited polysomnography program and BLS; BRPT/RPSGT pathways are considered. This on-site role supports a busy Sleep Center within a large health system.

Qualifications

• Accredited program leading to an Associate’s degree with emphasis in polysomnography.
• BLS certification required.
• Board Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (RPSGT) certification preferred or required.

Responsabilités

• Collect and analyze patient information to tailor care.
• Explain pre-testing, testing and post-testing procedures.
• Prepare and calibrate equipment for testing and ensure proper function.
• Apply electrodes and sensors according to standards.
• Score sleep/wake stages and clinical events per AASM.

Connaissances

Computer proficiency

Effective communication

Critical thinking

Teamwork

Age-specific care

Formation

Associate’s degree in polysomnography

High school diploma or equivalent

BRPT pathways (clinical experience/credential/training/int'l option)

Description du poste

Facility Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Location Fayetteville, North Carolina Department Sleep Center Job Family Allied Health Work Shift Nights (United States of America) Summary Provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders. This may involve polysomnography, diagnostic and therapeutic services or patient care and education. Can perform the duties defined for a Polysomnographic Technician and may provide oversight of other staff.

Major Job Functions

• Collect, analyze and integrate patient information to identify and meet the patient-specific needs
• Explain pre-testing, testing, and post-testing procedures
• Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and adjust if necessary
• Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards
• Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and adjust if necessary
• Perform positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting
• Follow procedural protocols to ensure collection of appropriate data
• Follow "lights out" procedures to establish and document baseline values
• Perform Polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and adjust, if necessary
• Document routine observations including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and significant events to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results
• Follow "lights on" procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process
• Score sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines
• Score clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals etc.) utilizing American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) standards.
• Assist with routine equipment care and maintenance and inventory evaluation
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

The following qualifications, or equivalents, are the minimum requirements necessary to perform the essential functions of this job:

Education and Formal Training

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Successful completion of an accredited educational program leading to an Associate’s degree with an emphasis in polysomnography required
• OR successful completion of one of the remaining four eligible pathways identified by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (clinical experience, healthcare credential, focused training or international option) required
• BLS required

Work Experience: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Computer proficiency
• Effective communication, social skills, and excellent customer service
• Critical thinking skills and follow directions accurately
• Strong teamwork capabilities
• Knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients

Physical Requirements

• Frequently required to stand
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Climb or balance
• Talk or hear
• Occasionally required to walk, sit, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• May be exposed to chemical vapors such as acetone, ether, or glutaraldehyde and may result in skin contact with these substances
• May be exposed to infectious agents including blood-borne pathogens

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Required Licenses and Certifications

RPSGT - Board Registered Polysomnographic Technologists

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cape Fear Valley Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

For exceptional healthcare come to Cape Fear Valley Health where caring employees are committed to integrity, patient-centeredness and excellence throughout the entire healthcare process. At Cape Fear Valley Health, our goal is to improve the quality of every life we touch. Our diverse team of doctors, nurses and staff work together to create a better experience for every patient, every time. Cape Fear Valley is a 950-bed, 8-hospital regional health system, the 8th largest in North Carolina, with more than 1 million inpatient and outpatients annually. A private not-for-profit organization with over 7,000 employees and 850 physicians. Our employees and physicians proudly serve a seven-county region of southeastern North Carolina, including Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Hope Mills, Raeford, Lumberton, Elizabethtown, Clinton, Lillington, Dunn and beyond. Our medical facilities include Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Cape Fear Valley Rehabilitation Center, Behavioral Health Care, Bladen County Hospital, Hoke Hospital, Central Harnett Hospital, Betsy Johnson Hospital, as well as more than 60 medical offices and specialty care clinics spread throughout the Cape Fear region.