Sleep Lab Supervisor MIT conducts mainly night-time sleep study procedures, which include sleep screening tests, patient hookups, regular polysomnographic studies, as well as sleep staging and scoring, but can also include day-time tasks such as performing multiple sleep latency tests and maintenance of wakefulness tests, sleep staging and scoring, PAP card downloads, etc; additionally, performs portable studies (HST) hookups and equipment retrieval. The Supervisor MIT Polysomnography also ensures adequate equipment functionality and supplies for the operations of the sleep lab, orders and notifies supervisors about any equipment needs, performs inter-scoring reliability tasks and cross-covers for sleep lab procedures if any emergency leave is put in by other sleep techs.
Main duties, skills and abilities required, but not limited to:
- Scans patient's health records of common and complicated medical conditions pertinent to the performance of sleep testing procedures;
- He/she explains the procedure to patients to insure patient comfort for optional recording of sleep studies;
- Anticipates and corrects patient discomfort, mechanical and electrical interface (artifacts);
- Scans/examines environment of recording to detect and eliminate possible sources of artifacts in order to preserve integrity of recording;
- Recognizes patient movements and diagnostic findings and makes changes in recording techniques and parameters to optimize display of the phenomenon in question;
- Performs patient physical assessments related to sleep disorders, including mask fittings and adjustments, etc.
- Conducts patient setups, calibration and acquisition performance verification; performs pre and post-test calibrations;
- Able to perform monitoring of multiple physiological data throughout the specific tests conducted;
- Troubleshoots polysomnographic recording equipment;
- Identifies and treats appropriately sleep related breathing disorders;
- Integrates polysomnographic data into patient care by coordinating care with other functional areas of the Sleep Center, such as CPAP Clinic and Sleep Clinics;
- Provides patient instructions and education;
- Recognizes the need for medical intervention if patient safety is at risk;
- Removes, and sterilizes electrodes and sensors at completion of study, as needed; orders necessary supplies and equipment's for the Sleep Lab, etc.;
- Able to perform timely sleep staging of the sleep studies according to the latest professional standards and specific VA Sleep Lab protocols, generates reports for physician interpretations, assists physicians and trainees in insuring quality standards of the sleep reports are maintained;
- Documents all data in CPRS as needed, including the data generated through acquisition and scoring
- Evaluates the validity of data in relation to the testing system and accepted procedures. Correlates quantitative data with patient data (i.e., history, medications, card downloads, etc) to verify results;
Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Work Schedule: Monday-Saturday-determined by needs of service (7:30 pm - 7:30 am)
Compressed/Flexible:Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $66,126 Per Year (GS 9)