Sleep Tech​/Polysomnographer Overnight

Position: Sleep Tech/Polysomnographer Full Time Overnight
## Sleep Tech/Polysomnographer Full Time Overnight Apply:
Lawrence Memorial Hospital:
Full time:
Posted Today:
R26902
** Melrose/Wakefield Hospital**, part of the Tufts Medicine system, has been offering the highest quality and accessible healthcare to the local community for over 130 years.  With two hospital campuses, Level III Trauma Center, Level III Special Care Nursery, Breast Health Center, Cardiovascular Center and over 20 locations and 50 specialties,
** Melrose/Wakefield Hospital
** offers many opportunities to grow your career.  
** Job Profile Summary
** This role focuses on assessing the needs of patients who have physical, mental, or emotional disabilities and delivering therapy services to improve their developmental, physical or cognitive impairment.  In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Sleep Therapy duties:
Evaluates patients and helps them improve physical and mental conditions through treating a variety of sleep-related conditions.
A clinical technologist role that has specialized knowledge or skills gained through a combination of vocational education, training, and experience. This role will be most commonly applied to patient care and/or scientific/laboratory jobs.  An experienced level role requiring basic knowledge of job procedures and tools obtained through work experience and requiring vocational or technical education.  Works under moderate supervision, works through problems of a routine nature, but may at times require interpretation or deviation from standard procedures and communicates information that requires some explanation or interpretation.

** Job Overview
** Under the direction of medical supervision, this position provides evaluations and treatments of sleep disorders including in center, overnight polysomnograms and home sleep testing, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, comprehensive patient care and direct patient education.  This individual functions independently to safely operate sophisticated medical equipment to record sleep/wake physiology.  Responsible for documenting and scoring testing accurately in the medical record to comply with the policy and procedures of the department, organization and all other regulatory agency requirements.

** Job Description
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* Minimum Qualifications:

** 1.High school diploma or equivalent
2. Successful completion of a sleep technology program.
3. Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT), or eligible for RPSGT or Registered Sleep Technologist (RST), or Certified Polysomnographic Technologist.
4. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
5. Two (2) years of experience in a sleep lab.
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* Preferred Qualifications:

** 1. Three (3) years of experience in a sleep lab.
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* Hours:

** Full-time, 36 hours weekly. 12-hour overnight shifts (7pm-7am). Available schedules:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.  
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* Location:

** Melrose/Wakefield Hospital - 585 Lebanon St, Melrose, MA 02176.  
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* What We Offer:

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* • Competitive salaries & benefits that start on day one!  
• 403(b) retirement plan with hospital match  
• Opportunities for growth    
• Tuition reimbursement
• Free Parking
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* Duties and Responsibilities:

** The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
1. Collects, analyzes and integrates patient information in order to identify and meet the patient-specific needs (physical, mental limitations, current emotional/physiological status regarding the testing procedure, pertinent medical/social history).2. Determines final testing parameters/procedures in conjunction with the ordering physician or medical director and sleep center protocols.
3. Reviews the…