Medical Instrument Technician (Polysomnography)

Allied Va Health Professional

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Incumbent orients patients regarding nature and purpose of procedures being performed.
• Maintains a good rapport with patient to ensure maximum relaxation and cooperation is attained during the procedures.
• Calibrates and adjust equipment to obtain an accurate and technically acceptable record.
• Performs and appropriately documents all types of sleep disorder studies as specified by the Physician's order.
• Incumbent documents pertinent events and changes during the study.
• Maintains a log of patient data.
• Incumbent reports pertinent and significant data from previous night to Chief Technologist/Physician in charge of the department.
• Recognizes technical, mechanical, and patient-induced artifacts and takes appropriate steps to eliminate them.
• Incumbent follows specific protocol for oxygen and CPAP administration.
• Intervenes promptly and appropriately for respiratory and cardiac emergencies.
• Maintains and organizes the sleep laboratory and patient area before and after the patient leaves to ensure cleanliness and patient safety.
• Incumbent conducts weekly inventory, ordering supplies to replenish stock levels.
• Performs light clerical duties as needed.

Work Schedule: Night Shift: 7PM - 7AM

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): 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 #:

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.