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Registered Polysomnography Tech
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What they do
A Sleep Laboratory Technician, also known as a polysomnographic technician, performs tests and collects data on patients with sleep disorders. Responsible for giving patients explanations of the impending sleep tests and procedures, preparing equipment for the procedures, recording activities and analyzing results - all while working under the advisement of a clinical director and/or sleep technologist.
$62,438 / year median in North Carolina
+9% projected growth
Job Description
Summary:
A Registered Polysomnography Technologist works under the general supervision of the medical director (MD, DO or PhD) 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 for a sleep technologist and is able to provide oversight of other sleep center staff. The sleep technologist is credentialed in sleep technology.Responsibilities:
- Performs polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free. Identifies and corrects signal abnormalities.
- Documents 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.
- Scores sleep studies in an accurate and timely manner.
- Exercises independent clinical judgment in the absence of immediately available medical direction within the scope of practice.
- Evaluates situations/patient conditions when clinical intervention is required so that no patient condition deteriorates as a result of misjudgment.
PARDEE Other information:
Required- Registered Polysomnographic Technologist by BRPT.
- Successful completion of a sleep technology program associated with a state licensed and/or a nationally accredited educational facility or successful completion of an accredited educational program leading to a certificate or associate degree with an emphasis in sleep technology. Preferred
- One (1) year of working experience performing sleep studies, including PAP titrations (i.