RPSGT - Mid-Hudson - Poughkeepsie, NY

RPSGT Opportunity In Poughkeepsie, NY

Full Time RPSGT needed for our Poughkeepsie, NY location urgently hiring. Up to $15k sign on bonus available.

MedBridge Healthcare is seeking an experienced NY-licensed RPSGT (Technologist) or RT/CRT, to work on a full time basis 3-4 nights per week 8pm-6am. Competitive hourly rates available depending on experience, with 3:1 ratio.

Additional incentive pay per shift is available based on attended study and scoring productivity!

MedBridge is a leading provider of sleep laboratory management services and sleep therapy. MedBridge partners with hospitals and physician practices to offer comprehensive fully-integrated services for patient identification, testing, diagnosis, treatment and long-term care management of patients with sleep disorders.

Responsibilities will include:

• Gather and Analyze Patient Information
• Collect, analyze and integrate patient information in order to identify and meet the patient-specific needs (Physical/mental limitations, current emotional/physiological status regarding the testing procedure, pertinent medical/social history), and to determine final testing parameters/procedures in conjunction with the ordering physician or clinical director and laboratory protocols
• Complete and verify documentation
• Explain pre-testing, testing, and post-testing procedures to the patient
• Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments if necessary.
• Verify patient video recording(s) is operating properly per laboratory standard protocol
• Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
• Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary. Perform positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Follow procedural protocols such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, PAP, oxygen titration etc. to ensure collection of appropriate data.
• Follow "lights out" procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.)
• Perform polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and make adjustments, if necessary.
• Document observations every 20 minutes on recording and in technical comments to include: sleep stage, clinical events, position changes, pressure changes, SaO2 values, heart rate, and respiratory rate, changes in procedure, and significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.

Pay Range - $45 and up DOE/Depending on experience (no gaps in working as an RPSGT for more than two months)

Job Requirements:

• High school diploma required
• Completion of an accredited Polysomnography program required
• NY PSG and/or CRT/RT license(s) also preferred
• Certification by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist "RPSGT" in the State of NY required, but NY PSG and/or Respiratory Therapist license(s) also preferred
• Current BCLS certification required
• Proof of immunizations required

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: MedBridge Healthcare LLC, and its subsidiaries, are dedicated to providing equal opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran's status, or any other factor that is a prohibited consideration under applicable law.