Polysomnography Tech RPSGT - Casual/PRN - Nights

Nebraska Methodist Health System; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Nebraska Methodist Health System in Council Bluffs is seeking a casual/PRN Sleep Diagnostic Technician to perform sleep testing. This role entails conducting tests, analyzing patient information, and ensuring proper documentation. Candidates must have a High School Diploma, relevant experience, and RPSGT certification.

The position may require working nights and offers an engaging work environment where staff contribute significantly to patient care and community health.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D) required.
• 3 to 6 months experience in sleep testing is preferred.
• Registered Polysomnographic Tech (RPSGT) certification required at hire or within 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Conduct all aspects of sleep diagnostic testing.
• Gather and analyze patient information to meet patient needs.
• Conduct polysomnographic procedures and follow protocols.

Skills

Sleep diagnostic testing

Patient interaction

Data analysis

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Education

High School Diploma or G.E.D

Tools

Polysomnography equipment

Job description

Overview

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System? At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued. Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Location Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Address: 933 E. Pierce St. - Council Bluffs, IA

Job Summary

Location: Methodist Jennie Edmundson

Work Schedule: This is a casual/PRN position. Casual/PRN employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis to meet the needs of the business. Work days/hours will often vary from week to week. Shifts will be nights.

Responsibilities

• Conduct all aspects of sleep diagnostic testing.
• Positive relations when interacting with patients, visitors, families, physicians, customers, and coworkers.
• Greet, smile and make eye contact. Introduce self by name. Volunteer to help co-workers and other employees.
• Address patients and others by surname. Respond quickly to patients and/or other peoples\' needs.
• Know and demonstrate the 6-step customer complaint management process.
• Gather and analyze patient information; collect, analyze and integrate patient information to identify and meet patient needs and determine testing parameters in conjunction with the ordering physician or clinical director and laboratory protocols.
• Complete and verify documentation. Explain pre-testing, testing, and post-testing procedures to the patient.
• Prepare and calibrate equipment for testing. Determine proper functioning and make adjustments as necessary. Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted standards.
• Perform physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments; perform PAP mask fitting.
• Conduct polysomnographic procedures and follow procedural protocols (MSLT, MWT, Parasomnia studies, positive Airway pressure, oxygen titration).
• Perform data acquisition while monitoring. Document routine observations, sleep stages, clinical events, and significant events to facilitate scoring.
• Score polysomnographic data (sleep/wake stages and clinical events) according to guidelines; generate accurate reports for physician review; participate in polysomnographic physician review.
• Facilitate communication to pulmonologists for interpretation. Maintain supply inventory and supply orders as needed.

Schedule

This is a casual/PRN position. Casual/PRN employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis to meet the needs of the business. Work days/hours will often vary from week to week. Shifts will be nights.

Job Requirements

Education

• High School Diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D) required

Experience

• 3 to 6 months experience in sleep testing is preferred.

License/Certifications

• Registered Polysomnographic Tech (RPSGT) certification through the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) required at the time of hire or within 12 months of hire if currently a Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) or Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) or Registered EEG Technician (R.EEGT).
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• Registered Polysomnographic Tech (RPSGT) certification through BRPT required at the time of hire or within 6 months of hire if a graduate from an accredited Sleep Technologist program.
• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.
• Iowa Polysomnographic Technologist (PSGT) license required at the time of hire or within 12 months of hire if currently an Iowa licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP.IA) or Registered EEG Technician (R.EEGT).
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• Iowa Polysomnographic Technologist (PSGT) license required at the time of hire or within 6 months of hire if a graduate from an accredited Sleep Technologist program.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Good understanding of all aspects of sleep diagnostic testing.
• Ability to perform Multiple Sleep Latency Testing (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Testing (MWT), and scoring polysomnograms.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%): Climbing, Crawling, Kneeling, Sitting
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%): Balancing, Carrying, Crouching, Distinguish colors, Keyboarding/typing, Lifting, Pulling/Pushing, Repetitive Motions, Standing, Stooping/bending, Twisting, Walking
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%): Grasping, Hearing, Reaching, Seeing/Visual, Speaking/talking

Job Hazards

• Not Related: Explosives (pressurized gas); Electrical Shock/Static; Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc); Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue)
• Rare (1-33%): Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex); Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
• Occasionally (34%-66%): Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF); Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps); Equipment/Machinery/Tools

About Methodist

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.