Polysomnographic Technician - PRN

What You Will Do

• Gather and analyze patient information
  

  * Review history, physical information, medications, procedure request, and study protocol

  * Complete and verify documentation

  * Explain the procedure and orient the patient to the sleep center

  
  
• Testing preparation procedures
  

  * Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments, if necessary

  * Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.

  * Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustment if necessary.

  * Perform routine positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.

  
  
• Polysomnographic Procedures
  

  * Follow procedural protocols [such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, PAP and 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 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.

  * Implement appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.).

  * Follow "lights on" procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process (e.g. repeats the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing questionnaires, etc.).

  * Demonstrate 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.

  
  
• Polysomnographic Record Scoring
  

  * Assist with scoring sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines

  * Assist with scoring clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.) with center specific protocols

  * Assist with the generation of accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data

  
  
• Service Management and Professional Behavior
  * Comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and standards regarding safety and infection control issues.
  * Participate in equipment care and maintenance.
  * Maintain current CPR or BCLS certification.
  * Demonstrate effective written and spoken communication skills.
  * Demonstrate appropriate social skills.
  * Demonstrate ability to follow direction.
  * Respond to patient's procedural-related inquiries by providing appropriate information
  
• Active participation in unit operations and quality improvement process.
• Involved in learning and self-improvement.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.