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IL-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Worker Type
Regular
Job Highlights
- Schedule: Full-Time,
- NIGHT
- SHIFT
- WORKING
- TUESDAY,
- Wednesday
- AND
- Thursday
- From 6pm-6:30am
- No on-Call, no weekend requirements
- Ideal applicant must be comfortable with technology and learning new skills
- Location: St. Mary's hospital - Centralia
Pay Range
$24.24 - $36.36
Pay Rate Type
Hourly
SSM Health values the skills and talents that each team member brings to our organization. Compensation for this role is based on a variety of components including relevant experience, labor market, and other qualifications. The posted pay range for this position is what SSM Health reasonably expects, in good faith, to offer based on the circumstances at the time of posting. SSM Health may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.
Job Summary
Supports the diagnosis and treatment of patients with sleep disorders by assisting in the preparation, monitoring, and documentation of diagnostic sleep studies under direct supervision.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements
- Primary responsibilities
- Prepares patient and equipment for ordered testing. Interviews patient to determine sleep disorder issues and to explain testing procedures.
- Performs and documents testing. Monitors patient throughout testing and intervenes as necessary to resolve patient needs or equipment issues.
- Applies patient monitoring devices (EEG electrodes, EKG, EMG, EOG, airflow, respiratory effort, and oximetry) and records physiologic calibrations.
- Collects, analyzes and integrates patient information to identify and meet patient-specific needs. Scores, interprets, and reports results of sleep studies.
- Prepares, calibrates, repairs and maintains equipment required for testing. Determines and reports needed repairs/replacements.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Education
- High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
- Experience
- No experience required
- Physical requirements
- Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional driving.
- Rare crawling and running.
Required professional license and/Or certifications
State of Work Location
- Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
Work Shift: Night Shift (United States of America)
Job Type
Employee
Department: 3602000207 Sleep Disorders Testing
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36
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