Senior Sleep Technician 24-Hours Nights Fri & Sat
Beth Israel Lahey Health · Peabody, Massachusetts, US
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Job description
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Position Summary: Under general supervision of the sleep center medical director (MD) and chief technologist, performs Polysomnography (PSG) to assess multiple physiologic parameters during sleep, including but not limited to EEG, EOG, EMG, EKG, and ventilation. PSG may include initiation of therapy by physician order. Guidelines for minimal technical standards have been outlined by the American Association of Sleep Medicine. The senior sleep technician acts as lead technologist when designated by the chief technologist and on shifts and on sites where the chief technologist is not present. The senior technician scores studies and generates reports following department standards. Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to: 1. Satisfies department requirements for registration as a Polysomnographic Tech through the BRPT within defined time frame. 2. Scores PSG, MSLT, MWT and HST studies following all the criteria of our Sleep Disorders Center and the guidelines established in the “AASM Manual for Staging and Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events”. 3...