Registered Sleep Tech (RPSGT) - Duke Raleigh Hospital - Weekend Nights (Commitment Bonus)

Duke Raleigh Hospital Duke Raleigh Hospital offers the latest in care and technology in a patient-friendly setting. It has been an important part of Duke Health since 1998 and has served Wake County for more than 35 years, employing more than 2,000 teammembers. The hospital provides 186 inpatient beds and a comprehensive array of services, including the Duke Raleigh Cancer Center, Duke Raleigh Orthopedic and Spine Center, cardiovascular services, neurosciences including the Duke Raleigh Skull Base and Cerebrovascular Center, advanced digestive care, disease management and prevention, wound healing, outpatient imaging, intensive and progressive care, pain clinic, same-day surgery, emergency department and community outreach and education programs. U.S.News & World Report ranked Duke Raleigh Hospital as high performing in orthopaedics and five adult procedures/conditions: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, kidney failure, lung cancer surgery, and stroke.

Summary

 

Duke Raleigh Hospital is seeking a talented Registered Sleep Tech to join the team. The registered sleep tech will provide clinical assessment, physiological monitoring and testing to assist with diagnosis, management, and prevention of sleep related disorders with the use of various diagnostic and therapeutic tools providing care to patients of all ages.

 

These tools include but are not limited to polysomnography, scoring of clinical events according to profession and laboratory guidelines (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.), generating accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data,. Positive airway pressure devices, oximeter, capnography, actigraphy, nocturnal oxygen, screening devices, and questionnaires. This position is elibile for the $5,000 commitment bonus, must be new to Duke or have one year break in service! 

 

Schedule

 

36 hours per week. Three (3) 12-hour shifts/week. Nights - Saturday, Sunday, Monday

 

 

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

 

Level 1

- Verify the medical order and protocol.

 - Explain the procedure and orient the patient to the sleep center.

- Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning.

- Perform routine PAP mask fitting.

- Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.

 - Assist with following "lights out" procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.)

- Assist and observe polysomnography data acquisition.

- Document routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnography results.

 - Assist with appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention (e.g. BPAP, O2 administration).

- Assist with following "lights on" procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process. (e.g. learn to perform the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing questionnaires, etc.)

- Perform routine polysomnography data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free.

- Identify and report signal abnormalities.

- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment and education of adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.

 

Level 2

- Perform all duties of the Level 1.

- Review history, physical information, medications, procedure request and study protocol.

 - Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments, if necessary.

- Perform "lights out" procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.).

- Independently perform routine and c-pap/split polysomnography data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and make adjustments, if necessary.

- Implement appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention (e.g. BPAP, O2 administration).

- Perform "lights on" procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process. (e.g. learn to perform the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing questionnaires, etc.).

 

Level 3

- Perform all duties of the Level 1 and 2.

- Collect, analyze and integrate patient information