Senior Sleep Technician (3000 Sign-On Bonus)

Title: Senior Sleep Technician ($3000 Sign-On Bonus)

Location: Upper East Side

Org Unit: Sleep Medicine

Work Days: Monday-Friday

Exemption Status: Exempt

Salary Range: $41.75 - $52.41

*As required under NYC Human Rights Law Int 1208-2018 - Salary range for this role when Hired for NYC Offices
Position Summary

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


Job Responsibilities

• Confirm demographic data for patients and/or input patient information into the patient's chart on the polysomnogram system.
• Follow procedural protocols to ensure the collection of appropriate data.
• Perform appropriate physiological calibrations to ensure proper signals and make required adjustments.
• Perform data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free. Identify, correct, and document artifacts
• Document routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and other significant events to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
• Implement appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc)
• Able to monitor and administer treatment to complex patients that require advanced management, which includes but is not limited to ASV and IVAPs titrations.
• Provides training to junior technologists and PSG interns
• Assists in quality control initiatives for the lab

Education

• Graduate from a CoaPSG accredited program or NYS-approved equivalent
• Maintain 50 CEU's every five years

Experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and safety and infection control standards
• Perform routine equipment care and maintenance and inventory evaluation.
• Evaluate sleep study-related equipment and inventory.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze complex situations and apply policy.
• Assist the medical director and/or manager in all aspects of sleep center operations.

Licenses and Certifications

• Authorized Polysomnographic Technologist licensed in New York State in good standing.
• BLS certification
• RPSGT: Registered Polysomnographic Technologist

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

This position requires night work in an outpatient clinical laboratory environment with close patient contact.

Weill Cornell Medicine is a comprehensive academic medical center that is committed to excellence in patient care, scientific discovery, and the education of future physicians and scientists in New York City and around the world. Our doctors and scientists - faculty from Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and the Weill Cornell Physician Organization - are engaged in world-class clinical care and cutting-edge research that connect patients to the latest treatment innovations and prevention strategies. Located in the heart of the Upper East Side's scientific corridor, Weill Cornell Medicine's powerful network of collaborators extends to its parent university Cornell University; to Qatar, where an international campus offers a U.S. medical degree; and to programs in Tanzania, Haiti, Brazil, Austria and Turkey. Our medical practices serve communities throughout New York City, and our faculty provide comprehensive care at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Behavioral Health Center, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens. At Weill Cornell Medicine, we work together to treat each individual, not just their conditions or illnesses, as we strive to deliver the finest possible care for our patients - the center of everything we do. Weill Cornell Medicine is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Weill Cornell Medicine provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information.


To apply, visit https://jobs.weill.cornell.edu/NY/job/New-York-Senior-Sleep-Technician-%28%243000-Sign-On-Bonus%29-NY-10065/1076495600/







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