Polysomnographic Technologist - Sleep Center

HealthPartners; Maplewood, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement program

Time away from work

Insurance options

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Onsite clinic

Job summary

Regions Sleep Center is seeking a Polysomnographic Technologist to operate overnight polysomnograms under medical supervision. The role involves handling recording devices, monitoring brain, heart, and respiratory activity, and ensuring patient safety throughout the night.

Responsibilities include scoring studies, generating concise reports, and providing patient education. BLS certification and BRPT/RPSGT status (or eligibility) are required to join our team, with a strong emphasis on quality

Qualifications

• High School diploma/GED with on-the-job Polysomnography training.
• BRPT/RPSGT certification or registry-eligible.
• Certified in Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Knowledge of age-related growth and development for patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Operate polysomnography equipment for overnight studies.
• Score and interpret polysomnography data and generate reports.
• Monitor and ensure patient safety during sleep studies overnight.
• Educate patients and families about procedures and preparations.

Skills

Polysomnography

RPSGT (board cert)

BLS certified

Patient safety

Education

High School diploma / GED with OTJ in Polysomnography

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.

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!

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• a retirement program
• time away from works
• insurance options
• tuition reimbursement
• an employee assistance program
• onsite clinic