Job Responsibility
- Interviews patient and gathers patient history, physical information, medications, procedure requests and study protocols.
- Identifies and assesses any signs, symptoms, special factors and co-morbid conditions.
- Provides patient education, communicates procedure, and answers questions to ease apprehension and produce comfort and cooperation.
- Prepares and calibrates equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning.
- Documents routine observations, including sleep stages, clinical events, procedural changes and other significant events in order to facilitate interpretation and scoring of polysomnography results.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment and education of all age groups.
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Job Qualification
- Associate's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Current License to practice as a Polysomnograph Technologist in New York State, and Current Basic Life Support Professional Certification required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
- 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).