Polysomnographic Technologist - PRN - Nights

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional ethical physical and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth dignity and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET Managing Up Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees experiential journeys to ensure strong communication ease of access to information and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organizations vision fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

• Contributes to teamwork by promoting a positive work environment and to a dynamic team-focused work unit that actively helps one other to achieve optimal department results. Collaborates with all members of the patient care team by actively communicating and reporting pertinent patient care information and data in a comprehensive manner which includes active listening and teaching.

• Communicates effectively with others to facilitate providing the highest quality service during every customer and patient encounter. Serves as a patient advocate in preventing/resolving ethical issues.

• Uses peer-to-peer accountability by providing contributions towards improvement of department goals for employee engagement.

• Performs procedures related to sleep studies including diagnostic and therapeutic procedures Multiple Sleep Latency Testing (MSLT) Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) Parasomnia studies Pulmonary Artery Pressure (PAP) and oxygen titration etc. to ensure collection of appropriate data and in accordance with established protocols and policies and procedures.

• Educates patients in sleep study procedures responding to questions and ensuring all paperwork and consent forms are completed. Consistently evaluates the patients comprehension and adapts teaching methods accordingly.

• Prepares patients for procedures providing for their physical needs applying electrodes sensors and other monitoring equipment per department protocols and professional standards. Performs appropriate physiological calibrations to ensure proper signals making adjustments as necessary for optimum outcomes.

• Uses peer-to-peer accountability to contribute towards improving department score for patient satisfaction.

• Perform polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free. Establishes and documents baseline values routine observations including sleep stages and clinical events position changes and other significant events such as cardiac arrhythmias seizure activities types of apneas hypoxemias sleep talking Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep (PLMS) and other movement disorders in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.

• Verifies integrity of collected data and completes the data collection process e.g. repeats the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing questionnaires etc.

• Prepares and calibrates equipment makes adjustments as necessary. Performs routine and complex equipment care and maintenance following department protocols for cleaning and disinfecting. Evaluates sleep study related equipment reporting and documenting malfunctions.

• Implements appropriate interventions during the study (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and Bi-level positive airway pressure oxygen administration etc.) involving others as needed to ensure quality outcomes. Reports near misses and inputs errors promptly into documentation system as applicable to improve processes and identify trends. Contributes to identification of corrective action and improvement activities and to meeting department and hospital targets for quality and safety.

• Accurately documents all patient care and polysomnography related activities and procedures in the appropriate documentation system. Enters charges at the time service is delivered.

• Uses resources efficiently; does not waste supplies. Evaluates and reports on inventory levels. Self-motivated to independently manage time effectively minimizing incidental overtime and prioritize daily tasks.

• Participates in department projects focused on innovation efficiency or improvement in patient care and activities and shared governance activities.

• Seeks opportunities to expand learning beyond baseline competencies with a focus on continual development as a Polysomnographic Technologist. Completes and updates My Development plan on an on-going basis.

• Graduate of education program approved by the credentialing body for the required credential(s) indicated below in the Certifications Licenses and Registrations section

• One year experience in a Sleep Disorders laboratory/center preferred

• Must have one of the following:
• RPSGT - Registered Polysonographer Technologist (BRPT)
• RRT-SDS - Registered Respiratory Therapist Sleep Disorder Specialty (NBRC) AND
• BLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA)

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job determined through on-going skills competency assessments and performance evaluations

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking reading and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients physicians family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles

• Possesses basic computer knowledge; operates multiple computer systems to include Hospital / Sleep Study Information Systems and Office software to maintain patient and exam documents

• Exhibits strong interpersonal and team player skills with all levels of the healthcare team and assures delivery of excellent customer service to all patients visitors physicians and co-workers

• Adapts to multiple ongoing priorities with minimal supervision including organizing work flow and actively participating in problem-solving

• Ability to function independently and exercise judgment in interactions with physicians interprofessional care team and patients and their families

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform No
• Scrubs Yes
• Business professional No
• Other (department approved) Yes

ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. DIsaster Severe Weather Events etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* No

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Since its founding in 1919 Houston Methodist Hospital has earned worldwide recognition. Houston Methodist Hospital is affiliated with the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital one of the nations leading centers for medical education and research. In 2020 U.S. News & World ReportnamedHouston Methodist Hospitalto its top ranked Honor Roll for the fourth time and second consecutive year. 2020 also marked the ninth year in a row Houston Methodist Hospital has been named the No. 1 hospital in Texas. Houston Methodist Hospital directs millions of research dollars into patient care and offers the latest innovations in medical surgical and diagnostic techniques. With 952 operating beds 85 operating rooms and over 8000 employees Houston Methodist offers complete care for patients from around the world.

The same high-quality care for which Houston Methodist is known is available at several Emergency Care Centers in Houston and the surrounding areas. These Emergency Care Centers house exam rooms full digital radiography suite low radiation dose 16-slice CT scan ultrasound and a full on-site stat chemistry lab.