Sleep Lab Technologist II

Job Purpose

Job Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Respiratory Care or Nursing with RRT-SDS and/or RPSGT credential is required.
• Two to four years of experience in sleep laboratory medicine is required.
• A Saudi Commission for Health Specialties license and BLS certification are required.

Patient Assessment and Preparation

• Collect, analyze, and integrate patient information to determine testing parameters with the ordering physician or Medical Director.
• Complete documentation and explain pre-testing, testing, and post-testing procedures to patients.
• Prepare and calibrate equipment, apply electrodes and sensors, perform physiologic calibrations, and fit PAP masks.

Polysomnographic Procedures

• Perform MSLT, MWT, parasomnia studies, PAP and oxygen titration, and other approved sleep testing protocols.
• Acquire polysomnographic data, monitor tracing quality, document sleep stages and clinical events, and make necessary adjustments.
• Implement patient-safety and therapeutic interventions, including CPAP, BiPAP, and oxygen administration.
• Perform lights-on procedures, verify data integrity, complete collection, and instruct patients on questionnaires.

Scoring and Reporting

• Score sleep and wake stages and clinical events according to professional guidelines and hospital protocols.
• Generate accurate reports by tabulating sleep, wake, respiratory, cardiac, limb movement, and arousal data.

Sleep Laboratory Procedures

• Perform multiple sleep latency testing, carbon dioxide measurement, esophageal pH testing, polysomnography, MWT, actigraphy, and portable monitoring.
• Perform polysomnography with nasal CPAP or BiPAP, supplemental oxygen monitoring, pulse oximeter trend scoring, and PAP subject training.

Service and Schedule

• Work scheduled shifts and on-call duties as assigned.
• Perform equipment care, maintenance, inventory evaluation, infection control, and safety activities.
• Maintain current life support certification and may precept new employees or students.

Professional Competencies

• Communicate in English, apply critical thinking and problem-solving, work in teams, and demonstrate professional ethics.
• Use medical terminology, clinical care processes, hospital systems, and electronic medical records.
• Provide age-specific care and education for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.