Sleep Lab - Sleep Technologist

Overview

Wilson Health is looking for a direct hire Sleep Lab Technologist for our location in Sidney, Ohio (North Dayton, Ohio) area.

• Access to Employer Direct Care Clinic. Free medical care and pharmacy services for eligible employees and dependents covered by Wilson Health's medical insurance plan.
• Generous paid time off program beginning day one.
• Medical Insurance:
  Your Choice of Two High Deductible Health Plan Options or a PPO, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• H S A with employer contribution for eligible health plans, FSA for medical and dependent care expenses
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Company provided short term and long term disability
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness, and employee and dependent Life and AD&D Insurance.
• Industry leading retirement plan- employer contributions begin day one, no waiting period for participation.
• Tuition Assistance Program

Employment Status: Part-Time

Working Hours: 20 hours a week (40 hours per pay period)

Shift: 7:45 pm - 6:15 am

Position Reports to: Director of Laboratory & Respiratory

Wilson Health's Sleep Center helps individuals who may be suffering from sleep disorders by examining their sleep cycles to give doctors more information on how to help those patients. In 2005, the sleep center was moved and expanded. The center offers four large master suites with private baths and showers, all beautifully decorated to feel just like home, the Wilson Sleep Center is designed to ensure maximum comfort and privacy in order to get the most accurate and in-depth sleep study possible.

The staff are clinically competent in adult and pediatric sleep medicine.

A sleep technologist works under the general supervision of the medical director or designee to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders including in center and out of center sleep testing, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, comprehensive patient care and direct patient education. A sleep technologist is able to perform the duties defined for a sleep technician and is able to provide oversight of other sleep center staff.

The sleep technologist is credentialed in sleep technology and is performed and under the supervision of the Sleep Center Medical Director.

• Collect, analyze and integrate patient information in order to identify and meet the patient-specific needs (physical/mental limitations, current emotion/physiological status regarding the testing procedure, pertinent medical/social history)
• Determine final testing parameters/procedure in conjunction with the ordering physician or clinical director and sleep center protocols.
• Review the patients history and verify the medical order.
• Follow Sleep Center protocols related to the sleep study.
• When patient arrives, verify identification, collect documents and obtain consent for the study.
• Explain the procedure and orient the patient for either in center or out of center sleep testing.
• Select appropriate equipment and calibrate for testing to determine proper function and make adjustments, if necessary.
• Apply electrodes and sensors according to the accepted published standards.
• Perform routine positive airway pressure (PAP) interface fitting and desensitization.
• Provides and assists in orientating new employees and students as appropriate.
• Performs emergency and acute respiratory care procedures in accordance with the department’s policies and within the Registered Polysomnographic Technician’s (RPSGT) and/or Respiratory Care Practitioners (RCP’s) scope of practice.
• Actively participates in departmental quality assurance and hospital-wide organizational performance improvement activities.
• Maintains clinical and professional competency based upon established standards of practice. Completes annual educational requirements, attends departmental meetings and in-services and complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Is aware of and functions within the scope of hospital policies and procedures, disaster/fire manual, and infection control manual.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety…