Polysomnographer - $27-44 per hour at Inova Health System

Inova Health System is seeking a Polysomnographer for a job in Alexandria, Virginia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Polysomnographer
• Discipline: Allied Health Professional
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Ongoing
• Shift: nights
• Employment Type: Staff

Inova Benefits and Perks:
- Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
- Paid Parental Leave
- Retirement matching: dollar for dollar the first 5% of your eligible pay that you contribute
- Competitive salary
- Paid Time Off: Accrue PTO hours on your very first day of work.
- Sign on Bonus and Relocation for those who qualify

Shift: Night
Hours: Part time
Location: Alexandria Hospital - Sleep Lab

The Polysomnography Technician 3 completes administrative tasks to ensure efficient and consistent departmental operations within established guidelines. Demonstrates teamwork to facilitate the smooth delivery of sleep services to all hospital departments and patients. Ensures that the highest quality of accurate sleep patient test data is provided to internal and external Inova Health System patient/physician customers. Provides accurate sleep/EEG/EKG pattern recognition and effective treatment protocol to patients and physicians. Provides effective problem-solving in overcoming potential obstacles to the efficient delivery of the highest quality sleep patient test results.

Responsibilities:
- Implements required training seminars for the department while providing consistent quality, accuracy, and legibility in the performance of all pertinent clerical duties such as filing reports and patient logs as well as billing for each procedure without incidence of administrative correction or request for additional information/clarification.
- Orders appropriate supplies, performs routine maintenance, detects equipment malfunctions, troubleshoots, makes minor repairs, and reports major problems to the appropriate hospital personnel according to department policy.
- Keeps work area in a clean and orderly fashion. Keeps equipment clean and in proper working order according to department guidelines.
- Practices good time management, keeps authorized breaks within accepted policy, and maintains levels of productivity established for the department.

Requirements:

Certifications:
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Upon Start; Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (R.PSGT) Upon Start

Licensure:
- None required
Experience:
- Two years of prior work experience in sleep disorder testing; Additional work experience in scoring of sleep tests and CPAP applications; Experience conducting EEG/sleep training seminars and quality control procedures
Education:
- High School or GED High School graduate; RPSGT certification plus documented completion of Advanced Polysomnography workshops, courses, seminars, and/or comparable experience in an EEG/Respiratory/OR monitoring and/or sleep disorders laboratory

Inova Job ID #660406. Posted job title: polysomnographic tech 3 (part-time)