Polysomnographic Technologist Team Lead

HealthPartners; Minnesota; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Methodist Hospital is seeking a Polysomnographic Technologist Team Lead to join the Sleep team. The role involves performing and evaluating overnight polysomnograms, monitoring equipment, and ensuring patient safety with appropriate interventions.

The technologist will review recordings, score sleep stages, and generate concise reports. A degree in polysomnography with 3–5 years of scoring experience and BLS certification are required.

Qualifications

• Associate degree with emphasis in polysomnography.
• Three to five years of scoring experience.
• Certification by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist.
• Certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support.

Responsibilities

• Perform and evaluate overnight polysomnograms under medical supervision.
• Record sleep/wake physiology and monitor of recording equipment.
• Prepare reports summarizing sleep/wake stages and clinical events.

Skills

Sleep study scoring

Education

Associate degree with emphasis in polysomnography

Job description

Polysomnographic Technologist Team Lead

Methodist Hospital is looking to hire aPolysomnographic Technologist Team Lead to join ourSleep 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 assist 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 event, limb movements, arousal analysis, and other clinical events.

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday 7:00am to 3:30pm

Required Qualifications:

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • Associate degree with an emphasis in polysomnography.
  • Three to five years of scoring experience
• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:
  • Certification by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist.
  • Certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: