Best Care
Location
Nebraska
The technician will conduct all aspects of sleep diagnostic testing, including gathering and analyzing patient information, preparing and calibrating equipment, and performing various polysomnographic procedures like MSLT and MWT. Essential functions also include scoring sleep/wake stages, generating reports, and maintaining supply inventory.
Candidates must have a High School Diploma or GED and typically 3 to 6 months of experience in sleep testing is preferred. Required certification is Registered Polysomnographic Tech (RPSGT), with BLS certification strongly preferred at hire and required within three months.
Essential Functions 1. Positive relations when interacting with patients, visitors, families, physicians, customers, and coworkers. Greet, smiles and makes eye contact. Introduces self by name. Volunteers to help co-workers and other employees. Addresses patients and others by surname. Responds quickly to patients and/or other peoples' needs. Know and demonstrates 6 step customer complaint management process. 2. Gather and Analyze Patient Information. Collects, analyzes and integrates patient information in order to identify and meet patient specific needs (Physical/ mental limitations, current emotional/ physiological status regarding the testing procedures, pertinent medical/ social history), and to determine final testing parameters/procedures in conjunction with the ordering physician or clinical director and laboratory protocols. Completes and verifies documentation. Explains pre-testing, testing, and post testing procedures to the patient. 3. Prepares and calibrates equipment for testing. Determine proper functioning and make adjustments, if necessary, to equipment. Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards. Performs appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary. Performs positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting. 4. Polysomnographic procedures Follows procedural protocols such as MSLT, MWT, Parasomnia studies, positive airway pressure, and oxygen titration. Performs data acquisition while monitoring. Documents routine observations including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure and significant events in order to facilitate scoring. 5. Polysomnographic record scoring. Scores sleep/wake stages according to guidelines. Scores clinical events according to protocols. Generates accurate reports for physician review 6. Polysomnographic physician review. Facilitates communication to pulmonologists for interpretation. 7. Maintains supply inventory. Maintains supply orders as needed.
Schedule: Casual rotating day and night shift hours
Job Requirements Education High School Diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D) required Experience 3 to 6 months experience in sleep testing is preferred. License/Certifications Registered Polysomnographic Tech (RPSGT) certification through the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) required at the time of hire or within 12 months of hire if currently a Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) or Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) or Registered EEG Technician (R.EEGT). Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire. Skills/Knowledge/Abilities Good understanding of all aspects of sleep diagnostic testing. Ability to perform Multiple Sleep Latency Testing (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Testing (MWT), and scoring polysomnograms. Physical Requirements Weight Demands Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force. Physical Activity Occasionally Performed (1%-33%): Climbing Crawling Kneeling Sitting Frequently Performed (34%-66%): Balancing Carrying Crouching Distinguish colors Keyboarding/typing Lifting Pulling/Pushing Repetitive Motions Standing Stooping/bending Twisting Walking Constantly Performed (67%-100%): Grasping Hearing Reaching Seeing/Visual Speaking/talking Job Hazards Not Related: Explosives (pressurized gas) Electrical Shock/Static Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc) Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means) Rare (1-33%): Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex) Mechanical moving parts/vibrations Occasionally (34%-66%): Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF) Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment) Equipment/Machinery/Tools About Methodist: Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission. Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law. At Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and the people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. If you join our organization, you will have the opportunity to excel in your field, use the latest technologies, learn from the best and work as a team. You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference through The Meaning of Care.
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