Cleveland Clinic · 6 months ago
Registered Polysomnographic Technologist
Cleveland Clinic is a leading healthcare organization committed to transforming patient experiences. The Registered Polysomnographic Technologist will conduct sleep studies, supervise staff, and ensure accurate data collection to improve patient care and outcomes.
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Responsibilities
Perform comprehensive polysomnographic testing, scoring analysis and associated interventions
Provide supervision of Polysomnographic Technicians and Polysomnographic Trainees
Review history/physical information, medications, test requests and study protocol
Complete and verify all documentation (pre- and post-sleep questionnaires, technician notes, etc.)
Explain the procedure and orient the patient to the sleep center
Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments if necessary
Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards
Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary
Perform routine positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting
Follow procedural protocols (e.g., MSLT, parasomnia studies, PAP and oxygen titration, etc.) to ensure collection of appropriate data
Follow "Lights Out" procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rate, etc.)
Perform polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and make adjustments, if necessary
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 continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.)
Follow "Lights On" procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process (e.g. repeats the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing the questionnaires, etc.)
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
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.) with center specific protocols
Assist with generation of accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data
Comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and standards regarding safety and infection control issues
Qualification
Required
High School diploma or GED
Registered Polysomnography Technologist through the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (RPSGT) or Registered Sleep Technologist through the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (RST)
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
Three years of experience as a Polysomnographic Technologist
Company
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit medical center that combines clinical and hospital care with research and education. It is a sub-organization of Ashtabula Regional Medical Center.
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$362.54MKey Investors
National Institutes of HealthNational Cancer InstituteAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
2023-02-21Grant· $3.14M
2022-09-22Grant· $7.9M
2022-06-30Grant· $14.2M
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