Company Description

Sleep Fit Medical is a growing sleep center in Sonoma, specializing in both Sleep and Obesity medicine. Since starting the practice in 2021, we have swiftly grown and now are seeking a full-time Polysomnographic Technician to join our lab team.

Brief Description

The Polysomnographic Technician role is a Full-Time, Non-exempt position. The RPSGT performs comprehensive sleep testing and analysis and associated interventions under the general supervision of the lab manager and the sleep center’s medical director.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Review the patient’s history and verify the medical order
• Follow sleep facility 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 in-center sleep testing
• Select appropriate equipment and calibrate for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments if necessary
• Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards
• Perform routine positive airway pressure (PAP) interface fitting and desensitization
• Follow procedural protocols (such as Polysomnography, Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, PAP and oxygen titration, etc.) to ensure collection of appropriate data
• Perform appropriate physiological calibrations to ensure proper signals and make required adjustments
• Follow “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.).
• Perform data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free. Identify, correct and document artifact
• 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 positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.)
• Follow “lights on” procedures to verify integrity of collected data, and complete the data collection process (e.g. repeat the physiological and instrument calibrations and instruct the patient on completing questionnaires, checking for completeness, etc.)
• 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.) utilizing AASM standards
• Assist with the generation of accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age-specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients
• Demonstrate adherence to cleaning and disinfection procedures for portable monitoring devices
• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and standards regarding safety and infection control issues
• Perform routine equipment care and maintenance and inventory evaluation

Qualifications and Requirements

• Maintain current CPR or BCLS certification
• Board-registered RPSGT with BRPT (if board-eligible, please apply! We’d love to hear from you)
• Demonstrate critical thinking and ability to work with minimal supervision

Preferred

• Proficiency in Windows
• A minimum of 6 months of experience as a Polysomnographic Trainee with documented proficiency in all required competencies

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; and stoop, kneel crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In the performance of this job, the employee may be exposed to chemical vapors, such as cleaning and disinfecting solutions. There may also be skin contact with these substances. The employee may also be exposed to infectious agents including blood-borne pathogens.

About Sleep Fit Medical

Sleep Fit Medical is a growing sleep center in Sonoma, specializing in both Sleep and Obesity medicine. Since starting the practice in 2021, we have swiftly grown and now are seeking a full-time Polysomnographic Technician to join our lab team.

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