Registered Polysomnography Tech

UNC Health; Hendersonville (NC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health’s Pardee UNC Health Care Sleep Lab is seeking a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist to perform comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders, including in-center and out-of-center testing, scoring, and patient education. The role requires BRPT certification and completion of an accredited sleep technology program with licensure.

The selected candidate will work onsite in the Sleep Lab, contribute to patient care, and provide oversight as needed.

Qualifications

• Registered Polysomnographic Technologist by BRPT.
• Successful completion of a sleep technology program with state licensure and/or accredited program for certificate or associate degree in sleep technology.

Responsibilities

• Acquire polysomnographic data with artifact-free signals.
• Document sleep stages and events to support scoring and interpretation.
• Score sleep studies accurately and timely.
• Exercise independent clinical judgment when medical direction is not available.
• Evaluate patient conditions to prevent deterioration from misjudgment.
• Follow department procedures (PARDEE).

Skills

Sleep studies

Clinical judgment

Patient education

Education

BRPT certification

Sleep technology program certificate/degree

Tools

Polysomnography equipment

Job description

Job Description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary:
A Registered Polysomnography Technologist works under the general supervision of the medical director (MD, DO or PhD) or designee to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders including in center and out of center sleep testing, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, comprehensive patient care and direct patient education. A sleep technologist is able to perform the duties for a sleep technologist and is able to provide oversight of other sleep center staff. The sleep technologist is credentialed in sleep technology.

Responsibilities

• Performs polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free. Identifies and corrects signal abnormalities.
• Documents routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure and other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
• Scores sleep studies in an accurate and timely manner.
• Exercises independent clinical judgment in the absence of immediately available medical direction within the scope of practice.
• Evaluates situations/patient conditions when clinical intervention is required so that no patient condition deteriorates as a result of misjudgment.
• PARDEE

Other information:

Required

• Registered Polysomnographic Technologist by BRPT.
• Successful completion of a sleep technology program associated with a state licensed and/or a nationally accredited educational facility or successful completion of an accredited educational program leading to a certificate or associate degree with an emphasis in sleep technology.

Preferred

• One (1) year of working experience performing sleep studies, including PAP titrations (i.e., CPAP, BiLevel and other approved devices).

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Job Details

Legal Employer: Pardee - HCHC

Entity: Pardee UNC Health Care

Organization Unit: Sleep Lab

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Night Job

Location of Job: PARDEEHOSP

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.