Polysomnographic Technologist Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre

Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $37.89 – $47.31 / hour

Job Summary
We currently have exciting opportunities for  Casual – Polysomnographic Technologists  to join our team at  Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre  located in  Abbotsford, B.C.  We hire great people for outstanding jobs and need your help to expand the ability to deliver prompt and professional service.

Come work with us!

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

Detailed Overview
The Polysomnographic Technologist is responsible for performing polysomnograms for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep/arousal disorders. Duties include receiving requisitions, preparing patients for studies, monitoring, recording, and scoring physiologic data during sleep, entering relevant data into a computerized database, conducting tests involving non-invasive techniques incl electroencephalography, electrooculography, electromyography, electrocardiography, multiple sleep latency, respiratory tracings, monitoring patient during procedures, recording measurements, formulating technical reports for interpretation by medical staff in clinical diagnosis, and monitoring equipment performance.

Responsibilities

Receives and prepares patients for polysomnographic studies by performing duties such as receiving requisitions from physicians, reviewing case history and assessing the nature of the problem to determine process and direct study accordingly. Prepares patients for studies by receiving and interviewing patient or family, explaining procedures, connecting patient to a variety of monitor devices, and monitoring patient’s comfort to ensure patient is at ease while obtaining required results.

Conducts various polysomnographic related tests involving non-invasive techniques such as electroencephalography, electrooculography, electromyography, electrocardiography, multiple sleep latency and respiratory tracings on patients by performing duties such as operating a variety of monitoring devices required for sleep studies, calibrating and adjusting the equipment during test processes, taking appropriate measurements from test data produced in order to demonstrate whether abnormalities exist, and ensuring that the data generated is processed to provide computerized written and graphic reports.

Keeps close surveillance on patient during the polysomnographic study for crises intervention by methods such as observing and responding in the event of cardiac arrest or other emergent situations by methods such as initiating cardiopulmonary resuscitation and informing designated staff of emergency situation in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Formulates preliminary polysomnographic study reports to facilitate the identification of dysfunction in sleep/wake cycles, the diagnosis of breathing disorders during sleep, and the evaluation of treatment of these disorders by performing duties such as analyzing recordings according to accreditation standards, measuring numerical data, describing abnormal manifestations and other observations, and forwarding calculation/reports to physician for use in clinical diagnosis.

Maintains, monitors and tests the integrity of the laboratory equipment in accordance with recommended manufacturer's guidelines to ensure safe and effective functioning through methods such as calibrating and cleaning equipment, running diagnostic applications and recording results as well as identifying malfunctioning equipment for repair. Notifies Manager of identified repairs/issues for determination of appropriate…