Medical Instrument Technician (Polysomnography) - RPSGT

Job Title

Allied Health Professional

Duties

This announcement is open continuous. Certificates will be issued to the hiring manager on a weekly basis until all positions have been filled. Announcement will remain open until all vacancies are filled and may close sooner than 9/11/2026. Major duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Receives/acts on assignments for a variety of difficult examinations on compromised patients for planned, urgent & emergent tests.
• Performs full range of complex procedures using specialized equipment requiring precise adjustments to respond to individual patient needs, conditions or test sequences.
• Performs sleep monitoring (PSG) on individuals with variety of sleep disorders.
• Explains procedures and positions patient to insure comfort during variety of tests, taking into account the patient's age, mental and physical status.
• Applies electrodes according to recognized standards using The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events.
• Applies thoracic and abdominal transducer; pulse oximeter finger or ear probe; respiratory effort belts; nasal/oral sensors; and other equipment.
• Recognizes sleep apnea, sleep movements, nocturnal seizures, and parasomnias such as nocturnal myoclonus and rapid eye movement (REM) behavior disorder; makes adjustments in recording parameters to optimize performance of sleep studies
• Annotates seizures, abnormal sleep behavior and significant respiratory events on electroencephalographic records in real time.
• Recognizes artifacts, movements and diagnostic findings making changes in recording techniques and parameters to optimize display of the phenomenon.
• Scans and examines environment of recording to detect/eliminate possible sources of artifacts, recognizes artifacts as they occur in real time; works rapidly to diagnose/eliminate artifacts, in order to preserve integrity of recording.
• Monitors patient, diagnostic equipment, recording and video equipment throughout the study; obtains artifact-free data and tracings; records significant observations.
• Provides an assessment of the patient's condition throughout the patient's stay.
• Scores clinical events and sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines.
• Analyzes approximately 1000 pages of information per PSG for sleep stages; heart rate and arrhythmias; respiration rate and pattern; oxygen saturation level; pH level; myoclonic activity; seizure activity; thoracic and abdominal movement pattern; tidal volume changes, tumescence activity; EOG activity; bruxism; specific EEG patterns; awakenings/ arousals; and other significant observations.
• Prepares and organizes patient charts and patient rooms.
• Participates in Home Sleep Testing (HST) program; sees HST patients, trains clinic staff on HST data collection and setup, PAP setup, and follow-up; instructs remote technicians to download the HST data to the Minneapolis VAHCS Sleep Center; assures competency in HST and CPAP setup.
• Assures sterile supplies and other required equipment are carefully selected and properly presented as determined by the test being performed.
• Maintains inventory of supplies and initiates purchase requests.
• Ensures that all equipment is kept clean and safe for use by the CPAP patient.
• Prepares, calibrates, interfaces, and operates all equipment used in polysomnographic procedures.

Work Schedule

Nights - Sunday to Wednesday

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):

Not Authorized

Pay

Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid Time Off:

37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

Parental Leave:

After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy:

After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66

Retirement:

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework:

Not Available

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #:

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS):

Not Authorized