Job Description

Scheduled Hours

40Supervises daily activities of sleep lab and sleep technologists and technicians. Works closely with clinical administrator to ensure adequate coverage of all clinical hours while providing high quality clinical care and excellent customer service in order to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders. This may involve polysomnography, diagnostic and therapeutic services or patient care and education. Position is a working supervisor functioning as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist in a busy diagnostic sleep lab within the Department of Neurology. Position is second shift, 2:00 pm -10:30 pm, Monday-Friday.

• Demonstrate a high commitment to excellent patient experience through customer service and high-quality care in all interactions with patients and their families, team members, Neurology faculty, staff and referring physicians. Focuses on a service culture that aligns with the Department of Neurology’s mission and vision.
• Overall description of roles (dependent on department need):
  • Supervise the work of Polysomnographic Technologists and Technicians and Technical Specialist.
  • Create and maintain schedules and on-call roster for sleep lab staff to ensure adequate coverage of sleep lab.
  • Resolve personnel problems, conducts meetings pertinent to staffing issues and documents appropriately.
  • Ensure appropriate competencies are maintained by Sleep technologists and technicians.
  • Supervise training of new employees, conducts performance evaluations, job performance counseling.
  • High-level support.
  • Perform functions to support physicians in clinical setting.
  • Duties may include patient appointment scheduling, pre-arrival work such as insurance eligibility, pre-certifications, answering patient calls, checking-in patients, collecting required data and entering it into the EMR, placing patients in rooms, etc.
• Patient Care Duties
  • Serve as a working supervisor able to cover all patient check-in/out processes and provide patient care duties:
  • Perform both direct patient care and duties that support patient care. Examples are:
  • Direct patient care - vital signs, placing patients in exam rooms, sleep testing procedures and/or treatments, cleaning and stocking sleep rooms; 2. Supporting patient care -obtaining charts, scheduling tests and/or appointments, obtaining pre-certifications.
  • Conduct technical duties of polysomnographic technologist, including: gathering and analyzing patient information, testing preparation procedures, polysomnographic procedures (PSG, PAP, MSLT/MWT, HSAT, etc.), polysomnographic record scoring and over-scoring.
  • Work in EMR and other clinical applications.
• Communication and Documentation
  • Schedule and assign work to other sleep technologists/technicians to ensure appropriate staffing; assists in orientating and training new technologists/technicians and trainees.
  • May route phone messages, patient questions and telephone communications to appropriate personnel.
  • Complete necessary paperwork and documentation in a timely manner.
  • Answer questions from patient/family regarding treatments, diagnosis and procedures using department standard operating procedures.
  • Complete requisitions/orders per Washington University guidelines.
• Equipment and Supplies
  • Monitor supply inventory, ensuring adequate supplies, equipment, or garments are available and that they comply with regulations.
  • Clean and stock sleep rooms and follows infection control procedures for sleep supplies and equipment.
• Other Functions
  • Maintain required HIPAA compliance, skills/competencies and participates in in-services, staff programs, continuing education and cross-training programs according to established standards and Washington University policies. Maintains RPSGT certification and BLS.
  • Comply with OSHA, state and federal regulatory sources/standards.
  • Ensure and enforce compliance to policies, procedures and standards established by accreditation with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
  • Participate in quality assurance/quality improvement activities to ensure appropriate clinical outcomes and offers recommendations for improved, more efficient care and service.
  • Supervise technical specialist in overseeing sleep lab quality assurance/quality improvement procedures to include development, implementation, oversight and reporting of quality assurance/quality improvement data.

Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment
• Requires extensive safety training
• Exposure to blood-borne pathogens
• High noise environment
• Patient care setting

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at desk or table
• Typically standing or walking
• Typically bending, crouching, stooping
• Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement
• Using tools requiring high dexterity
• Occasional lifting (25 lbs or less)

Equipment

• Office equipment
• Lab/research equipment
• Clinical/diagnostic equipment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience.

CertificationsProfessional Licenses

The list below may include all acceptable certifications, professional licenses and issuers. More than one credential, certification or professional license may be required depending on the role.Basic Life Support - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support - American Red Cross, Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (RPSGT) - Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT)

Work Experience:

Sleep Technologist (5 Years)

Skills:

Not Applicable

Driver's License:

A driver's license is not required for this position.

More About This Job

Required Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited Sleep Technologist program.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

No additional education unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

CertificationsProfessional Licenses

No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Work Experience:

Supervisory ()

Skills:

Anatomy, Answering Telephones, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Highly Developed Interpersonal, Interactive Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Medical Terminology, Organizing, Physiology

Grade

C12

Salary Range

$62,000.00 - $96,100.00 / AnnuallyThe salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

Questions

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Accommodation

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All qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Pre-Employment Screening

All external candidates receiving an offer for employment will be required to submit to pre-employment screening for this position. The screenings will include criminal background check and, as applicable for the position, other background checks, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, physical examination, certain vaccinations and/or governmental registry checks. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.

Benefits Statement

Personal

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.

• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.

• Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.

• WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.

Wellness

• Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!

Family

• We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We’ve got you covered.

• WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

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EEO Statement

Washington University in St. Louis is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity. It is the University’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access to persons in all job titles without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, citizenship (where prohibited by federal law), age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.