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The Registered Polysomnographer performs sleep studies in a technical and efficient manner and scores sleep studies according to guidelines.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates the ability to perform the essential functions of a polysomnographer.

• Demonstrates knowledge in the set-up and use of nasal CPAP, BiPAP, ASV, End Tidal CO2, Transcutaneous CO2, Home studies and oxygen.

• Acquires study data per department policies including the initiation of video taping upon patient arrival. Scores all in lab and home studies according to the latest practice parameters.

• Handles lab chemicals with appropriate safety precautions to self and others. Documents on study per policy.

• Maintains neat and clean work area. Maintains log book for all studies performed.

• Assists with training of new staff.

• Completes Interscorer Reliability by the 15th of each month.

• Performs confirmation calls.

• Completes EPIC process to assign and end studies ensuring studies are assigned to the proper physician.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Sitting up to 8 hours per day in 4 hour increments. Standing up to 4 hours per day in 2 hour increments. Walking up to 2 hours per day in 15 minute increments. Frequently uses fingers to manipulate small electrodes, syringes, etc. Continuous use of hands for writing, operating equipment, etc. Occasional twisting and turning of hands and body. Occasional lifting/carrying of objects up to 25 pounds. Occasional pushing/pulling of equipment/patients up to 450 pounds. Occasional stooping/bending and reaching above shoulder level. Rarely crouches or kneels. Ability to feel needed in placing electrodes. Hearing as it pertains to normal, high, and low frequencies. Seeing as it pertains to general, near, far, color, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Visual monotony.

EDUCATION:

Registered by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (RPSGT).

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Successfully completed the requirements for registered polysomnography sleep tech.

Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. (http://www.slhn.org/EOE)

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (http://www.slhn.org/) (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 20,000 employees providing services at 15 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue of $3.5 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital.

SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Fortune/Merative 11 times total and eight years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally.

SLUHN has been named a Top Workplaces 2023 by the Morning Call. In addition, St. Luke’s has been named a Top Workplace nationally, in the Philadelphia region, and in New Jersey. St. Luke’s is the ONLY healthcare institution in Pennsylvania and the third-highest ranked healthcare entity in the nation to be deemed a Top Workplace in 2023. In 2023, St. Luke’s was named one of America’s Best Employers for Women by Forbes. St. Luke’s was the only employer in the Lehigh Valley to be named to the list and was one of only two healthcare employers in Pennsylvania to receive the designation. St. Luke’s University Health Network is the top-ranked Lehigh Valley-based employer in Forbes Magazine’s ranking of employers in Pennsylvania.

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