Patient Care Technician- Sleep Lab
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Job Location:
Raleigh, WV - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Duke Health were driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients their loved ones and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie join us and discover how we can advance health together.
About Duke Raleigh Hospital A Campus of Duke University Hospital
Pursue your passion for caring with the Duke Raleigh Campus in Raleigh North Carolina. With 204-beds it is the third largest of the four Duke Health hospitals and offers a comprehensive array of services including cancer cardiovascular neuroscience advanced gastrointestinal and wound healing care.
Location
Duke Raleigh Hospital (Sleep Lab) 3400 Wake Forest Rd Raleigh NC 27609
Work Schedule
8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday not including holidays
General Summary
Perform patient education on use of Home Sleep Testing device a variety of specialized technical and supportive patient care activities to assist medical professional personnel in diagnostic therapeutic and research procedures. This role will be supervised by a sleep tech supervisor.
Work Performed
- Prepare and set up medical supplies and equipment for diagnostic therapeutic and research procedures.
- Interacting with patients and providing instructions on how to use at home sleep aid equipment
- Confer with patients to obtain information for chart and laboratory records explain procedures allay fears and elicit cooperation; ensure completion of patients laboratory tests prior to examination by Prepare patients for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to include obtaining specimens taking vital signs and measurements positioning patients and attaching equipment leads to specific body locations.
- Assist physicians and nursing personnel during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to include handling instruments calling out equipment readings and administering oxygen and opaque dyes; alert physician to patient discomfort.
- Operate equipment such as polygraphs magnetic and video tape recorders and X-ray machines to monitor and obtain recordings of specific body functions; calculate compile and record data obtained from graphs and numerical readings.
- Operate manual and automatic laboratory equipment to make qualitative and quantitative analyses of specimens.
- Calibrate and perform routine maintenance on equipment to ensure proper functioning; clean and sterilize instruments supplies and equipment. inventory of supplies; reorder as required.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
CNAs EKG Techs and or ER techs experience preferred
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Work requires completion of a related 1-year technical school program.
Experience
Work generally requires two years of experience in health care EXPERIENCE specialties related to the specific position; two years additional years related experience may be substituted for the technical school. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR
Degrees Licensures Certifications
N/A
Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individuals age color disability gender gender expression gender identity genetic information national origin race religion sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions) sexual orientation or military status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration innovation creativity and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideasan exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives backgrounds and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome that the contributions of all individuals are respected and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions:
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
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