• Job Description

  Req#: 235254
  Duke University Hospital

  Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.

  In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

  Position Summary:

  A sleep trainee develops competency in and performs basic sleep testing procedures and associated interventions. The sleep trainee works under direct supervision of a Registered Sleep Technologist with the goal of obtaining board certification in Polysomnographic technology.

  Responsibilities:

  
  SLEEP STUDY PREPARATION AND SET-UP

  • Review the patient’s history and verify the medical order.
  • Follow sleep center protocols related to the sleep study.
  • When patients arrive, verify identification, collect documents and obtain consent for the study.
  • Explain the procedure and orient the patient for either in center or out of center sleep testing.
  • Select appropriate equipment and calibrate for testing to determine proper functioning and adjust, if necessary.
  • Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted publishing standards.

  PROCEDURES

  • Follow procedural protocols [such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, PAP and oxygen titration, etc.] to ensure collection of appropriate data.
  • Perform appropriate physiological calibrations to ensure proper signals and make required adjustments.
  • Follow “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.)
  • Perform data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free. Identify, correct and document artifact.
  • Document 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.
  • Assist with appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.).
  • Follow “lights on” procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process (e.g. repeats the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing questionnaires, and check for completeness, etc.).
  • Demonstrate proficiency in recognizing sleep vs. wake and identify clinical events while monitoring sleep study patients.
  • Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care and treatment, assessment, and education of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
  • Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to perform portable monitoring equipment preparation and data download.
  • Perform patient education and instruction appropriate for out of center sleep testing.
  • Demonstrate adherence to cleaning and disinfection procedures for portable monitoring devices.
  • Demonstrate ability to identify artifact, inadequate signals and study failures in portable monitoring.

  SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

  • Comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and standards regarding safety and infection control issues.
  • Assist with routine equipment care and maintenance and inventory evaluation.
  • Maintain current CPR or BCLS certification.
  • Demonstrate computer skills appropriate for the position.
  • Demonstrate effective written and spoken communication skills.
  • Demonstrate appropriate social skills.
  • Demonstrate customer service skills.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking skills and ability to follow directions.
  • Demonstrate teamwork skills.
  • Follow HIPAA policies to maintain the privacy and security of patient information.
  • Adhere to sleep center policies related to quality assurance.

  This job description is modified from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Sleep (Polysomnographic) Trainee description found at aasm.org/trainee-description/

  Minimum Qualifications

  Education

  High school diploma or GED equivalent plus Pre-requisite coursework (varies based on the apprenticeship program)

  Experience

  Experience in a hospital or health system preferred. Required experience may vary based on program guidelines.

  Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

  Required Licensure, and/or Certification may vary based on program guidelines.

  Ability to successfully complete an accredited polysomnographic training program and obtain the Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) credential within eighteen months of hire.

  Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association or successful completion of the course within one week of hire.

  Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

  Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

  Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

• About the company

  Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina.

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