Polysomnographic Technologist - Sleep Center

Regions Hospital; Maplewood (MN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Regions Hospital is seeking a Polysomnographic Technologist to join the Sleep Center team. The role entails performing and evaluating overnight polysomnograms under medical supervision, operating specialized equipment, and generating detailed sleep study reports.

The technologist will monitor respiratory events, brain waves, heart rate, and limb movements, ensuring accurate scoring and patient safety. BCLS certification and RPSGT eligibility or certification are required.

Qualifications

• OTJ training in Polysomnography of no less than one year duration.
• Successful passing of the RPSGT exam.
• Certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS).

Responsibilities

• Perform and evaluate overnight polysomnograms under medical supervision.
• Operate recording equipment and monitor polysomnography procedures.
• Record review and scoring of polysomnograms and generate concise reports.
• Ensure patient safety and respond to physiological events during sleep studies.

Skills

RPSGT exam

BCLS certification

Patient safety awareness

Education

High School diploma

Polysomnography OTJ training

Job description

Polysomnographic Technologist

Regions is looking to hire a Polysomnographic Technologist to join our Sleep Center team! Come join us as a Partner for Good and help us make an impact on the care and experience that our patients and their families receive every day.

Job Description

Position Summary

The Polysomnographic Technologist works under medical supervision to perform and evaluate overnight polysomnograms. This individual functions independently to safely operate sophisticated medical equipment to record sleep/wake physiology. The application of recording devices, cleaning/sterilization of equipment and monitoring of polysomnogram are essential duties of the technologist. Polysomnographic technologists must recognize sleep pathology when it occurs in the laboratory and respond with the appropriate interventions to ensure patient safety. Knowledge of normal cardiorespiratory, neurologic, and sleep physiology is essential to the polysomnographic technologist. The technologist understands the function of equipment used to monitor and record breathing (airflow/effort), electroencephalograms (brain waves), electrocardiograms (heart rate and rhythm), electromyograms (muscle activity), and pulse oximetry (blood oxygenation/saturation). The polysomnographic technologist monitors nasal continuous positive pressure, oxygen, and employs ventilatory assistance devices in accordance with established protocols. This individual is also Certified in Basic Life Support. The technologist also performs special procedures such as multiple sleep latency testing, pediatric polysomnography, ambulatory monitoring, and patient education. Record review/scoring of polysomnograms is an integral part of the job and may consume as much time as data acquisition. The identification of normal/abnormal patterns, artifacts, and sleep/wake stages is critical to high quality patient care. The polysomnographic technologist generates a report that accurately and concisely summarizes the patient's sleep/wake stages, respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousal analysis, and other clinical events.

Work Schedule

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights 7:30pm-7:30am

Required Qualifications

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
• High School diploma/GED with OTJ training in Polysomnography of no less than one year duration, associated with a state licensed and/or nationally accredited facility. and successful passing of the RPSGT exam.
• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:
• Certification by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist. ( or registry eligible)
• Certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Demonstrates knowledge of age-related growth and development principles necessary to provide appropriate service and assure safety of patients.

Benefits

Regions offers a competitive benefits package (for eligible positions) that includes medical insurance, dental insurance, a retirement program, time away from work, insurance options, tuition reimbursement, an employee assistance program, onsite clinic and much more!

About Us

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