Scoring Technologist - Sleep Disorder Center

Title: Scoring Technologist

Location: Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

Department: Sleep Disorder Center

Status: Full Time

Shift: Days (8hr)

Pay Range: $34.43/hr. - $49.96/hr.

MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Position Summary

Works under the general supervision of the medical director or designee to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders, including polysomnography, diagnostic and therapeutic services or patient care and education. Analyzes and reviews in-lab and home sleep testing data. Educates patients and their families on the use of home sleep testing equipment at multiple site locations. Performs daytime polysomnographic testing, as needed.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

• Polysomnographic Record Scoring: Assists with scoring sleep/wake stages by utilizing the AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events. Assists with scoring clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.) by utilizing the AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events. Assists with the generation of accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Responsible for working with daytime Home Sleep Testing patients for instruction and education on sleep testing. Travel to alternative Sleep testing site locations is required either at our Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Irvine or future locations as needed.
• Gathers and Analyzes Patient Information: Reviews history, physical information, medications, procedure request, and study protocol. Completes and verifies documentation. Explains the procedures and orients the patient and family members to the sleep center.
• Polysomnographic Procedures: Prepares and calibrates equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments, if necessary. Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards. Performs appropriate physiologic calibrations ensure proper signals and make adjustments, if necessary. Performs routine positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Testing Preparation Procedures: Follows department procedural protocols for Routine polysomnography, PAP, and oxygen titration, to ensure collection of appropriate data. Follows department procedural protocols for Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), Follows “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values. Performs polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and make adjustments, if necessary.
• Documents routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results. Implements appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, ASV titrations, oxygen administration, etc.).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications/Work Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years experience in the field of polysomnography preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year in home sleep testing education, setup and instructure preferred.
• Attain 10 hours per year in continuing education related to polysomnography testing and sleep related disorders required.
• Knowledge and experience of baseline polysomnography, split-night polysomnography, CPAP/Bi-level polysomnography, MSLT/MWT/ASV testing and oxygen testing per protocol preferred.
• Strong patient communication and phone skills preferred.
• Ability to review clinical patient data and analysis for continuing care preferred.
• Strong working knowledge and ability for Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, Excel and Epic preferred.

Education/Licensure/Certification:

• Associate’s/Technical Degree with emphasis in polysomnography or current certification/license by the Medical Board of California and credential from the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) required.
• Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) license required.
• California Medical Board State License required.
• Current certification for Basic Life Support (BLS) required.