**It’s more than a career, it’s a calling**
MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – St. Charles
**Worker Type:**
PRN
**Job Highlights:**
At SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital-St. Charles, we are committed to providing exceptional healthcare services to our community. As a polysomnographer/sleep technician, you would play a crucial role in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders, ensuring our patients receive the highest quality care.
We currently have a PRN (as-needed) position available, offering flexible scheduling to accommodate your availability. Additionally, SSM Health offers a 401k plan to our PRN staff to support your financial well-being.
**Job Summary:**
Performs diagnostic sleep studies related to the evaluation and treatment of patients with sleep disorders.
**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Prepares patient and equipment for ordered testing. Interviews patient to determine sleep disorder issues and to explain testing procedures.
+ Performs and documents testing. Monitors the patient throughout testing and intervenes as necessary to resolve patient needs or equipment issues.
+ Applies patient monitoring devices (EEG electrodes, EKG, EMG, EOG, airflow, respiratory effort, and oximetry) and records physiologic calibrations.
+ Collect, analyze and integrate patient information to identify and meet patient-specific needs; scores, interprets, and reports results of sleep studies.
+ Prepares, calibrates, repairs and maintains equipment required for testing. Determines and reports needed repairs/replacements.
+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
+ Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
+ Constant standing and walking.
+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
+ Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
+ Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
+ Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
+ Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
+ Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
+ Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
+ Occasional driving.
+ Rare crawling and running.
**Licenses / Certifications:**
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP)
**Work Shift:**
PRN / Per Diem Shift (United States of America)
**Job Type:**
Employee
**Department:**
3602000002 Sleep Lab
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
0
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