Polysomnographer

Polysomnographer

Legal Address - Plymouth, NH 03264

Overview

Position Type Full Time Job Shift Days

Description

Job Title: Polysomnographic Technologist

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated healthcare professional with a passion for providing excellent patient care? If so, join our team as a Polysomnographic Technologist in our Sleep Lab and play a pivotal role in helping our patients achieve optimal health outcomes. If you thrive in a supportive, collaborative environment and enjoy helping others, we want to hear from you!

About Speare Memorial Hospital

Speare Memorial Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital serving dozens of communities in the Lakes Region. We are passionately committed to providing exceptional, local care to our friends, families, neighbors, and communities at large.

Mission: To work together to serve the needs of our patients and community.

Vision: A community where all can achieve optimal health.

Values: Kindness, Collaboration, Patient & Family-Centered, Safety, Excellence, Efficiency, and Professionalism.

What You'll Do:

• Gather and analyze patient information in order to identify and meet patient specific needs, 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.
• Perform testing preparation procedures, such as calibration of equipment, applying sensors and electrodes according to accepted published standards; performs appropriate physiologic calibrations, and perform positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Perform polysomnographic procedures following established protocols to ensure collection of appropriate data and documents appropriately.
• Follow "lights out" procedures to establish and document baseline values, and "lights on" procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete data collection process.
• Perform data acquisition while monitoring study-trace quality to ensure signals are artifact free and adjust if necessary.
• Document routine observations including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of patients.
• Implement appropriate interventions including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous bi-level positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.).
• Oversee and perform difficult and unusual procedures and therapeutic interventions.
• Score sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines. Score clinical events according to center specific protocols. Assist with generating accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Performs routine and complex equipment care and maintenance.

• Evaluate sleep study related equipment and inventory.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to perform portable monitoring equipment preparation and data download.
• Perform patient education and instruction appropriate for home sleep apnea testing.

What We're Looking For:

Required:

• Graduation from accredited program in Physical Therapy
• Licensed to practice Physical Therapy in the State of New Hampshire
• Current Basic Life Support (including use of an Automatic External Defibrillator) certification
• Knowledge of a range of therapy assessments, methods, and techniques

Preferred:

• Experience in orthopedics, acute care, home health and/or school programs
• Ability to effectively communicate medical information, assessment results, diagnoses and proposed treatment in a manner easily understood by the patient/caregiver

Why Join Speare Memorial Hospital?

• Community Connection: Be part of an organization deeply invested in local health and wellness.
• Collaborative Culture: Work alongside dedicated professionals who genuinely care about their work and each other.
• Professional Growth: Opportunities for continuing education and career development.
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  • Competitive salary
  • Health, dental and vision insurance
  • Health savings accounts with employer contributions
  • 403(b) retirement plans with generous employer contributions
  • Lifestyle Savings Account reimbursement program
  • Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Repayment programs
  • Employee recognition and appreciation programs
  • Generous Earned Time accrual
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Life insurance

Our Commitment

Speare Memorial Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that a diverse workforce strengthens our ability to serve our equally diverse community.

Join us in our mission to provide compassionate, high-quality healthcare to our community.

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