Registered Polysomnographic Tech, Sleep Lab at Arnold Palmer Hospital

Position Summary:

Shift: Night

ORLANDO HEALTH ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN

Located on the downtown Orlando Health campus, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been providing compassionate care to the children, teenagers and young adults of Central Florida for more than 30 years. With 156 licensed beds and a team of experts in more than 30 pediatric specialties, the hospital has earned a “Best Children’s Hospitals” recognition by U.S. News & World Report for 14 consecutive years and has been named a Top Children’s Hospital by the patient-advocacy Leapfrog Group.

Our pediatric Level I Trauma Center and ER is the only Central Florida facility to provide the highest level of emergency trauma care exclusively to children, and Orlando Health Arnold Palmer is the only facility in Florida to achieve Level I Children’s Surgical Verification and Level I Trauma Verification by the American College of Surgeons.

Collectively, our 27,000+ team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.

“Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates competency in Sleep Center diagnostics, including performing patient hookups, conducts overnight physiologic studies-polysomnograms (PSG), collects vital signs and other pertinent information to ensure proper interpretation by the physician/polysomnographer in accordance with established policies and procedures as assigned.
• Reviews existing information in the patient record, examines orders and protocols for study, recognizes sleep/wake or respiratory complaints, sleep patterns and potential need for treatment intervention during testing, collects pertinent patient information to ensure proper interpretation by the physician and communicates with ordering physician or clinic to clarify

• Performs operational checks and calibrations prior to initiating the study and ensure the accuracy and safety of instruments in use during the patient recording. Performs routine and troubleshooting maintenance on equipment, contacting Clinical Engineering or manufacturers for repairs as needed. Notifies Respiratory Equipment Tech or Sleep Lab Manager for unresolved equipment problems.
• Recognizes normal and abnormal physiologic waveforms, maintains accurate and precise documentation, performs analysis precisely and safely and prepares final reports for physician review. Performs data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free. Identifies, corrects, and documents artifact.
• Follows procedural protocols such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), parasomnia studies, PAP and oxygen titration to ensure collection of appropriate data.
• Performs appropriate physiological calibrations to ensure proper signals and makes required adjustments.
• Implements appropriate interventions for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as positive airway pressure and oxygen administration. Performs positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Score sleep/wake stages and clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.), utilizing American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) standards. Documents changes in procedure and other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
• Recognizes and responds appropriately to patient’s medical problems and physiological events, activating emergency response for urgent help and administering supplemental oxygen or basic life support until help arrives.
• Cleans all equipment ensuring infection control and complies with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and standards regarding safety and infection control issues.
• Accurately records verbal and telephone sleep diagnostic orders from physicians in the patient record.
• Assists physician during clinic evaluations of patients and provides patient education as indicated.
• Assists with development and maintenance of policies and procedures.
• Communicates openly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

Education/Training

facility or equivalent experience and documented proficiency at all competencies required of a Polysomnographic Technologist.

Maintain current BLS certification.

A minimum of 6 months of clinical experience is preferred.