Sleep Tech Registered/Sleep Tech Trainee

Sleep Technologist Night Shift

St. Charles Health System

Job Description

Title: Sleep Technologist Night Shift

Reports To Position: Clinical Supervisor, RPSGT

Department: St. Charles Sleep Center

Date Last Reviewed: July 2024

Our Vision: Creating America's healthiest community, together

Our Mission: In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

Our Values: Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

Department Summary: St. Charles Medical Group encompasses practices in three Central Oregon counties and numerous specialties including family care, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, immediate/urgent care, cardiology, pulmonology, rheumatology, general surgery, cancer care, and sleep medicine. We encourage collaboration between clinical and non-clinical staff to assure we are providing our community with comprehensive and compassionate health care. Sleep Medicine provides diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients.

Position Overview: A Sleep Technologist at St. Charles Health System works under the general supervision of the medical director or designee to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders including in center and out of center sleep testing, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, comprehensive patient care and direct patient education. A sleep technologist is able to perform the duties defined for a sleep technician and is able to provide oversight of other sleep center staff. The sleep technologist is credentialed in sleep technology. This position does not directly manage other caregivers.

Essential Functions and Duties:

• Collects, analyzes, scores, and integrates patient information in order to identify and meet the patient-specific needs.
• Performs sleep study data acquisition for pediatric and adult PSGs according to ordering provider.
• Determines final testing parameters/procedures in conjunction with the ordering physician or clinical director and laboratory protocols.
• Reviews the patient's history and verify the medical order.
• Follows sleep center protocols related to the sleep study.
• Prepares bedroom to accommodate patient's need and comfort.
• When patient arrives, verifies identification, collects documents, and obtains consent for the study.
• Selects appropriate equipment, calibrates for testing to determine proper functioning, and adjusts if necessary.
• Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
• Performs routine positive airway pressure (PAP) interface fitting and desentization/acclimation.
• Responsible for patient care during overnight testing procedures.
• Educates and informs patients about sleep procedures.
• Performs appropriate physiological calibrations to ensure proper signals and make required adjustments.
• Performs basic troubleshooting to maintain data integrity.
• Administers supplemental low flow oxygen therapy per ordering provider or as direct by oxygen therapy protocol.
• Implements appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.)
• Documents routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results
• Monitors capnography during polysomnogram.
• Scores sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines.
• Scores clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.) utilizing AASM standards.
• Generates accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to perform portable monitoring equipment preparation and data download.
• Performs patient education and instruction appropriate for out of center sleep testing.
• Demonstrates adherence to cleaning and disinfection procedures for portable monitoring devices.
• Fields patient questions on Home Sleep Apnea Testing.
• Participates and completes Monthly interscore reliability Exams to meet QA on Sleep Record Scoring.
• Recognizes and activates emergency precautions.
• Participates in and assists with training Sleep tech I staff and/or students from accredited sleep programs.
• Supports the vision, mission and values of the organization in all respects.
• Supports Lean principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change.
• Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests.
• Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality. Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures, supporting the organization's corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violation of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings.
• Delivers customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate.
• May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned.

Education:

• Required: High school diploma or GED.
• Preferred: Associate's degree or higher.

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

• Required: RPSGT, RST or Respiratory Therapist with SDS certification. Licensed the by the state of Oregon through the Polysomnographic Technologist Licensing Board.
• -Or-
• Respiratory Therapist, RRT credentialed. SDS credentialed required within 6 months of hire. Licensed the by the state of Oregon through the Polysomnographic Technologist Licensing Board. Current BLS certification.
• Preferred: Certification in Clinical Sleep Health (CCSH).

Experience:

• Required: N/A
• Preferred: Two (2) years of patient care experience as a sleep technician/technologist.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.

Additional Position Information:

• Demonstrates St. Charles Health System values of Accountability, Caring and Teamwork in every interaction.
• Must have excellent communication skills and ability to interact with a diverse population and professionally represent St. Charles Health System.
• Strong team working and collaborative skills.
• Ability to effectively reach consensus with a diverse population with differing needs.
• Ability to manage facilitation and consensus building among health care professionals and agencies and achieve expected results.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to multi-task and work independently.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills, written and oral communication and customer service skills, particularly in dealing with stressful personal interactions.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills.
• Performs basic math (add, subtract, multiply and divide) calculations.
• Read, write, speak and understand English