Polysomnographic Technologist (Day shift)

Sleep Lab 
Full Time 
Day Shift 
8am - 5pm Mon-Friday

Sign-On Bonus: 5,000 

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina.

 

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs more than 8,700 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices.  Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies. 

Job Summary

Performs duties under the general supervision of the Sleep Lab Coordinator and the Clinical Medical Director (M.D., D.O., or PhD) or designee to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders. This may involve polysomnography, Home sleep apnea testing, diagnostic and therapeutic services or patient care and education.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: None.
Substitutable Education & Experience: Education can be substituted for successful completion of a polysomnography program of no less than one year duration associated with a state licensed and/or a nationally accredited educational facility or equivalent experience and documented proficiency at all competencies required of a Polysomnographic Technician.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Certification as a registered sleep technologist (RST), Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT), Sleep Disorders Specialist (SDS) or Registered Respiratory Therapist;

Infant/Child and Adult BLS.
Required Training: None.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for the following patient population:           
  • Child (3 years through 12 years)         
  • Adolescent (13 years through 17 years)        
  • Adult (18 through 65 years)          
  • Geriatric (over 65 years)
• Reviews history, physical information, medications, procedure request and study protocol.
• Collects, analyzes and integrates patient information in order to identify and meet the patient-specific needs to determine final testing parameters/procedures in conjunction with the ordering physician and laboratory protocols.
• Completes and verifies documentation, orders and consent for procedure.
• Orients the patient to the sleep lab, explains pre-testing, testing and post-testing procedures that are age appropriate for the patient.
• Prepares and calibrates equipment required for testing to determine proper function and make adjustments if necessary.
• Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards. Performs appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and makes adjustments as necessary. Performs Positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fittings.
• Follows procedural protocols to ensure collection of appropriate data.
• Follows “lights out” procedures including physiologic calibrations to establish and document baseline values and proper signals making adjustments as necessary.
• Performs Polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact free. Identify, Correct and Document Artifact.
• Documents routine observations including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of results.
• Implement appropriate interventions (Including CPAP, BiPAP and oxygen administration).
• Follows “lights on” procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete data collection process.
• Oversees and performs difficult and unusual procedures and therapeutic interventions.
• Scores sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines.
• Score clinical events such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, Etc. per AASM Standards.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Generates accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Demonstrate adherence to cleaning and disinfection procedures to c