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General Purpose of Job:

The Polysomnography Technologist will conduct all common duties as a nighttime sleep tech in the pediatric sleep center. Duties include greeting patients; sleep study acquisition; recognizing medical conditions that would require urgent intervention; scoring studies and follow all the sleep lab protocols; cleaning equipment; partake in the sleep center’s quality improvement activities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.

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• List the job's essential or most important functions and responsibilities. Include all important aspects of the job -- whether performed daily, weekly, monthly, or annually; and any that occur at irregular intervals.  Standard functions listed below should be included on all job descriptions.
• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines. 
• Greets patients and their families at beginning of study.
• Performs hook-ups and acquisition of studies successfully in various pediatric age groups.
• Recognizes common medical emergencies that may require intervention (cardiac arrhythmias, seizures, respiratory distress, severe sleep disordered breathing)
• Cleans equipment at the end of the study to the standards required.
• Basic scoring of studies will be required, and on occasions, complete scoring may be necessary during acquisition of the study.
• Technical troubleshooting and escalating appropriately.
• Partake in quality maintenance and improvement activities of the sleep center.

Education and/or Experience:

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• 2+ years of experience required.
• Pediatric experience preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations.

• Registered Polysomnography Technologist (RPSGT), or (RST), or (RRT-SDS) required.
• Basic Cardiovascular Life Support (BLS)