POLYSOMNOGRAPHER - SLEEP STUDY LAB - Full-time

div h4Job Details/h4 divstrongJob Location/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;FHN Memorial Hospital - FREEPORT, IL/div divstrongPosition Type/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Flexible Full-time: F.8 (60-72)/div divstrongSalary Range/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;$23.80 - $39.28 Hourly/div divstrongJob Shift/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nights/div divstrongJob Category/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Health Care/div /div h4Description/h4h1 style="margin-left:11px; margin-right:7px; text-align:center"span style="font-size:17pt"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14pt"Job Summary/span/span/span/span/h1 p style="margin-right:1px"nbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Performs overnight and home sleep studies (polysomnograms) and related diagnostic procedures to support the diagnosis and treatment of sleep-related disorders.nbsp;nbsp; Studies include preparation and testing of patients.nbsp; /span/span/span/span/p pnbsp;/p p style="margin-right:-2px"nbsp;/p h1 style="margin-left:11px; margin-right:9px; text-align:center"nbsp;/h1 h1 style="margin-left:11px; margin-right:9px; text-align:center"span style="font-size:17pt"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14pt"Job Responsibilities/span/span/span/span/h1 ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Other duties may be assigned./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Provides patient education by preparing patients for overnight or home sleep studies, explaining procedures and answering questions to ensure comfort and cooperation. /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Performs diagnostic sleep studies, CPAP titrations and MSLT./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Studies include preparation and testing of patients/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Prepares and calibrates equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and signals/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Selects and applies special monitoring electrodes, bands, thermistors, and other monitoring probes to appropriate areas of the patient#39;s body/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Prepares positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fittings./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Follows sleep procedures to establish and document baseline values such as body position, movements, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Assists with scoring sleep/wake stages and with the generation of accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Implements appropriate interventions including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous (CPAP) and bi-level (BIPAP) positive airway pressure and oxygen administration/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Assist with procedures and therapeutic interventions such as auto servo ventilation (SV) titrations, average volume assured pressure support (AVAPS), multiple sleep latency testing (MSLT), maintenance of wakefulness testing (MWT)/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Performs polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to recognize and eliminate all artifacts observed during the test/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Follows wake procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process e.g. repeat the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing questionnaires/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Sets up video and audio monitoring apparatus/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Keeps the equipment in clean operating condition, detecting instrument malfunctions, making minor adjustments, and reporting the need for major repairs/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Monitors equipment supply levels and maintains appropriate equipment at hand/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Schedules and discusses the test process with patients, ensures their knowledge of the process, and answers their questions/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Monitor and record physiology data during studies, ensuring data quality and patient safety.nbsp; /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Score and interpret raw data in accordance with AASM (American Academy of Sleep Medicine) guidelines for physician review.nbsp; /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Maintain accurate, timely documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR)./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Maintains and troubleshoots sleep study equipment and ensure the environment is clean and safe. nbsp;nbsp;/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"Participates in continuing education and quality assurance programs.nbsp; /span/span/li /ul h4Qualifications/h4brh1 style="margin-left:11px; margin-right:7px; text-align:center"span style="font-size:17pt"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14pt"Requirements/span/span/span/span/h1 h1 style="margin-left:11px; margin-right:7px"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongEducation:/strongnbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;/span/span/h1 ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"High School Diploma or equivalent required/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Successful completion of a Polysomnography program associated with a state license and/or a nationally accredited educational facility or equivalent experience./span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongnbsp; nbsp;Required Experience:nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /strong/span/span/p table cellspacing="0" class="TableGrid" style="border-collapse:collapse; margin-left:146px; width:553px" tbody tr td style="height:96px; width:553px" ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Knowledge of sleep-related breathing disorders, circadian rhythm disorders and diagnostic criteria./span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Strong attention to detail and ability to analyze complex data./span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively with patients and the healthcare team./span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Comfortable working overnight shifts in a hospital environment./span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Proficient in using hospital EMR system and sleep lab software./span/span/span/span/li /ul /td /tr /tbody /table pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongnbsp; nbsp;Licensure/Certification/Registration: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /strong/span/span/p pnbsp;/p table cellspacing="0" class="TableGrid" style="border-collapse:collapse; margin-left:158px; width:440px" tbody tr td style="height:0.7in; width:440px" ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"BLS Certification required./span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Must be registered by the ABSM, NBRC, or BRPT or accepted to sit for the registry examination./span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Must obtain the Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) certification within 2 years of hire./span/span/span/span/li /ul /td /tr /tbody /table p style="margin-right:582px"nbsp;/p h1 style="margin-left:1px; margin-right:4px; text-align:center"nbsp;/h1 h1 style="margin-left:1px; margin-right:4px; text-align:center"nbsp;/h1 h1 style="margin-right:4px; text-align:center"span style="font-size:17pt"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14pt"Populations Served:/span/span/span/span/h1 p style="margin-left:11px; margin-right:10px; text-align:center"nbsp;/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"strongWhile performing this job, the employee may care for patients in the following age groups./strong/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Neonate (lt;30 days)/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Infant (lt;1 year)/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Early Childhood (1 year - lt;5 years)/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Late Childhood (5 years - lt;13 years)/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Adolescent (13 years - lt;17 years)/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Young Adult (17 years - lt;30 years)/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Middle Adult (3 years - lt;60 years)/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Older Adult (gt;60 years)/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt"span style="font-family:quot;Arialquot;,sans-serif"Services patients in areas other than direct patient care./span/span/span/span/li /ul pnbsp;/p