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Margaret Mary Health · Batesville, Indiana, US
Location/Department: Sleep Lab Full time - 72 hours per pay period - benefit eligible Job Summary: Provide customer sensitive diagnostic sleep testing & comp...
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Location/Department: Sleep Lab Full time - 72 hours per pay period - benefit eligible Job Summary: Provide customer sensitive diagnostic sleep testing & comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders for adult outpatients utilizing a variety of sleep diagnostic & therapeutic modalities. Safely operate medical equipment to record sleep/wake physiology, recognize sleep pathology, and respond with appropriate interventions to ensure patient safety and proper treatment. Duties/Responsibilities: - Collect, analyze, & integrate patient information in order to identify & meet patient-specific needs. - Assess physical/mental limitations, emotional/physiological status regarding the testing process. - Verify patient identification using 2 patient identifiers maintaining patient privacy. - Explain the testing to the patient and answer any questions. - Determine final testing procedures in conjunction with physician orders & lab protocols. - Review ordering providers sleep study order for any special instructions. - Complete & verify all documentation in EHR. - Explain pre-testing & post testing procedures to patient. - Knowledgeable regarding common sleep disorders & treatment opt...