Sleep Tech (PRN)

Job Description

Job Description

Pinehurst Medical Clinic (PMC)

PMC is a recognized healthcare provider in the communities of Moore County, Lee County, Cumberland County, Chatham County, and the surrounding six counties.

Locally owned and managed, PMC offers a broad range of primary and specialty care services to the communities we serve. The physicians and healthcare team of professionals at PMC share a commitment to patient-centered care that is physician-led and utilizes the latest advances in medical technology.

This combination of leading-edge medicine and deep compassion for the people we serve has been a hallmark of PMC since 1952.

PMC consists of over 130 providers, approximately 750 employees, and 16 locations.

What will you do as a PMC Sleep Tech

As a PMC Sleep Tech, you will serve as an essential part of the patient’s experience by providing comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders.

This may involve polysomnography, diagnostic and therapeutic services, or patient care and education.

A shift in the life of a PMC Sleep Tech may include :

• Explaining pre-testing, testing, and post-testing procedures to the patient.
• Preparing and calibrating equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments if necessary.
• Appling electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
• Performing appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary.
• Performing positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Following procedural protocols such as the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, PAP, oxygen titration, etc.

to ensure the collection of appropriate data.

• Following lights out procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.)
• Performing Polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and make adjustments, if necessary.
• Documenting routine observations including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results.
• Implementing appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc).
• Scoring sleep / wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines.
• Scoring clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.) according to center-specific protocols.
• Generating accurate reports by tabulating sleep / wake and clinical event data.
• Performing routine and complex equipment care and maintenance.
• Evaluating sleep study-related equipment and inventory.
• Responding to study participants’ procedural-related inquiries by providing appropriate information.

What we can offer

PMC is proud to support the total health and well-being of our team members so they can thrive personally and professionally.

That’s why, as part of the PMC team, you’ll have a package of benefits that covers your health, well-being, family, and future.

For more information regarding our benefits click here Benefits Information

Required Qualifications

• Certification by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist or equivalent
• BLS / CPR certification or ability to obtain BLS within 90 days of hire required.
• Licensed as a Polysomnographic Technologist in the State of North Carolina.

Experience :

Previous Polysomnographic Technologist experience preferred.

Shift : Night Shift

Pay Type : Hourly (Non-Exempt)

The Pinehurst Medical Clinic is an equal opportunity employer and fully supports and maintains compliance with all state, federal, and local regulations and provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.