Polysomnography Technologist: Sleep Data & Patient Care

Jobtailor; Tinley Park (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Tinley Park, IL, is seeking a Polysomnographic Technologist to support sleep study procedures across the South Region Sleep Centers, with Tinley Park as the primary location. You will acquire polysomnographic data, apply monitoring equipment, calibrate devices, monitor data quality, and assist with patient safety interventions such as CPAP/BIPAP, while educating patients and physicians.

This role requires strong organizational and data-handling skills and offers opportunities to

Qualifications

• Advanced training beyond High School from an accredited program.
• BLS for Healthcare Providers cert within 30 days.
• BRPT/ABSM/RST/RRT-SDS certifications within 3 years.
• No experience required.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and problem solving skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and perform physical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and calibrate equipment for testing.
• Apply monitoring electrodes, bands, thermistors, and probes to patients.
• Prepare PAP mask fittings.
• Follow sleep procedures and document baseline values.
• Assist with scoring sleep/wake stages and generating reports.
• Tabulate various physiological data and ensure data integrity.
• Implement patient-safety and therapeutic interventions (CPAP, BIPAP, oxygen).
• Assist with SV titrations, MSLT, MWT procedures.
• Perform data acquisition and monitor tracing quality.
• Explain testing process and educate physicians and patients on sleep medicines.
• Work between South Region Sleep Centers, Tinley Park as the primary location.

Skills

Polysomnographic Data Acquisition

Patient Safety Interventions

Equipment Calibration

Data Integrity Verification

Monitoring Electrode Application

PAP Mask Fitting

Sleep/Wake Stage Scoring

Age-Appropriate Patient Care

Education

Advanced Sleep Tech Program (accredited)

BLS Certification

Tools

CPAP

BIPAP

Oxygen Administration Equipment

Video Monitoring Apparatus

Audio Monitoring Apparatus

Job description

Jobtailor in Tinley Park, IL, is seeking a Polysomnographic Technologist to support sleep study procedures across the South Region Sleep Centers, with Tinley Park as the primary location. You will acquire polysomnographic data, apply monitoring equipment, calibrate devices, monitor data quality, and assist with patient safety interventions such as CPAP/BIPAP, while educating patients and physicians.

This role requires strong organizational and data-handling skills and offers opportunities to