Per Diem Sleep Center Technician - Sleep Study Center 9th Floor - NYEE
Per Diem Sleep Center Technician - Sleep Study Center 9th Floor - NYEE
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Per Diem Sleep Center Technician Sleep Study Center NYEE
A Polysomnographic Technician performs comprehensive polysomnographic testing and analysis and associated interventions under the general supervision of a Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) and/or the clinical director (MD PhD DO) or designee. A Polysomnographic Technician can provide supervision of a Polysomnographic Trainee.
Responsibilities
- Review history physical information medications procedure request and study protocol.
- Complete and verify documentation.
- Explain the procedure and orient the patient to the sleep center
- Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments if necessary.
- Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
- Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary
- Perform routine positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
- Follow procedural protocols such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) parasomnia studies PAP and oxygen titration etc. to ensure collection of appropriate data.
- Follow lights out procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position oxyhemoglobin saturation respiratory and heart rates etc.
- Perform polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring studytracing quality to ensure signals are artifactfree and make adjustments if necessary.
- Document 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.
- Implement appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bilevel positive airway pressure oxygen administration etc..
- Follow lights on procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process (e.g. repeats the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing questionnaires etc.
- Assist with scoring sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines.
- Assist with scoring clinical events (such as respiratory events cardiac events limb movements arousals etc. with center specific protocols.
- Assist with the generation of accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
- Comply with applicable laws regulations guidelines and standards regarding safety and infection control issues.
- Perform routine equipment care and maintenance and inventory evaluation.
Qualifications
- Education:
High School Diploma or GED equivalent required. - Requirements:
- New York State Polysomnographic Technology Licensure and
Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) by Board of Registered Technologist (BRPT) or
Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) by American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) or
Registered Respiratory TherapistSleep Disorders Specialty (RRTSDS) by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)
Basic Life Support CPR
Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199NYEE
SEIU 1199 at New York Eye & Ear BNW Sleep Study Center 9th Floor NYEE New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
