Polysomnographer:
Types of Cases REQ: Peds, Adolescents, Adults, Geriatrics, Community Hospital, Sleep Lab
Ratios 2:1, 6 Beds
First timers accepted: Yes
National Certs REQ: RPSGT or CPSGT
BLS REQ: Yes
Is on-call REQ? No
Open to accommodating block schedule? Yes
Locals accepted: Yes.
Pending State License accepted: No. REQUIRED CERTS MUST BE IN HAND TO SUB
RTO Restrictions: None
Guaranteed Hours: 8 and 10 hr. shifts – 40 hrs. in one workweek. 3, 12 hr shifts – 36 hrs. in one workweek. 4, 12 hr. shifts – 48 hrs. in one workweek.
Special Requirements: Prefer Registered Polysomnographic Tech or RT with sleep experience. Technologist needs to be able to work independently and perform the following Polysmongram, cpap/ bipap/ASV titrations. We do use Alice 6 software.
Unit Information: Candidate will be split between two facilities which are about 30 minutes apart. Two nights will be spent at the Arnett location and one night at the Frankfort Sleep Lab. Prefer the candidate is a Registered Polysomnogram Technologist. Will consider an RRT with Sleep experience.
Hospital Highlights
Type of Facility: Short-Term Acute Care
Total Staffed Beds: 194
Scrub Color: Royal Blue
Charting: Cerner
Parking Cost: Free Job Requirements & Qualifications
Previous Charge Experience:
–
Years of Experience:
2 year(s)
Patient Ratio Experience:
–
Charting System:
Required
, Cerner
Teaching Hospital Experience:
–
Community Hospital Experience:
Required
LTAC Experience:
–
Trauma Level I Experience:
–
Trauma Level II Experience:
–
Travel Experience Required:
No
Certfications:
Certs marked with * are preferred
BLS, CPSGT or RPSGT, CRT*
Skills:
Skills marked with * are preferred
Study Types
Adult Maintenance of Wakefulness test (MWT)*
Adult Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)*
Seizure Study
Staging and Scoring
Arousal
Cheyne-Stokes
Complex Sleep Apnea
Hypopnea
Periodic Breathing
PSG scoring
Respiratory Events
Sleep Stages
Transient arousals
Titration
ASV
BiPAP
CPAP
Oxygen
VPAP
Monitoring
Cardiac abnormalities
ECG
EEG
End-Tidal CO2
O2 Saturation
Periodic Limb Movement (PLM)
PSG
Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography (RIP)
Mask Fitting
Full Face
Nasal Mask
Nasal Pillow
Work Settings
Independent Lab
Additional Skills
Trouble shoot home
OMNI*
