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Job Location: FMC Sleep Lab - Pavilion Suite 303 - Lancaster, OH

Position Type: Full Time .90

Travel Percentage: No Driving Required

Job Shift: Night

Job Category: Clinical

Description

$5,000 Bonus

For more than a century, Fairfield Medical Center has been a regional healthcare provider who delivers exceptional care to our patients by creating exceptional experiences for our employees.

The driver behind our culture is that we all believe in the value of it, and we hire people into the organization who are also committed to making a difference. Our employees truly go the extra mile to serve our patients and each other.

When you join us, you become part of our team; it is our goal to not only be the best place you will ever work, but the only place you will want to work. Join our team. Make a difference.

Pay Rate: $23.31-$38.39 hourly

Job Description:

The Polysomnographer works under medical supervision to perform and evaluate overnight sleep studies/polysomnograms. Functions independently to safely operate sophisticated medical equipment to record sleep/wake physiology. Application of recording devices to the patient, cleaning/sterilization of equipment, and monitoring of polysomnograms are essential duties. Must recognize sleep pathology and respond with appropriate interventions.

• Performs sleep disorder testing to include: obstructive sleep apnea, therapeutic studies, Myoclonus, Narcolepsy, and portable monitoring.
• Cleans and maintains all equipment.
• Reviews polysomnogram and generates initial or final report that accurately summarizes sleep/wake periods, REM, episodes, arousal analysis, EEG phenomena, cardiac events, respiratory events, limb movements, and other physiological events according to current guidelines.
• Attends departmental meetings on a regular basis and reads and initials meeting minutes.
• Recognizes and responds to all emergency and non-emergency situations.
• Understands indications, contraindications, and adverse effects of all procedures performed in sleep center.
• Ability to titrate CPAP both nasal/oral BiPAP and oxygen based on physicians order and established protocols.
• Schedule patients and perform precertification prior to testing as needed.
• Maintain accurate records and file patient charts.
• Other duties as assigned by charge/lead technician, medical director, or department manager.
• Education of patients, public, and staff.

Qualifications

Job Qualifications:

• Associates or Bachelors degree from an accredited AMA school for Respiratory Therapy. RPSGT/CCSH required.
• Previous experience in Respiratory Care and sleep disorder testing preferred.

Exerting up to 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10-25 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible up to 10 pounds amount of force often.