Polysomno Technologist
Urbana, Illinois
Carle Foundation Hospital

Polysomno Technologist

• Location: Urbana, Illinois
• Employment Type: Clinical-Allied
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night, 10-hour shifts (4 nights per week), rotating shifts
• Hours: 10 hours per day, 40 hours per week

Job Summary

A sleep (polysomnographic) technologist provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders, including in-center and home sleep apnea testing (HSAT), diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, and comprehensive patient care. The role provides sleep-related education and support to patients and families and provides general oversight of other sleep center staff.

Job Responsibilities

• Document patient arrival, interactions, and consent for testing.
• Review departmental testing orders and verify insurance/prior authorization.
• Review patient history and supporting documentation for medical necessity, and obtain additional information as needed.
• Perform routine positive airway pressure (PAP) interface fitting, desensitization, and education.
• Prepare patients for testing, select equipment per order, and document routine observations per policy.
• Correlate physiologic and behavioral data to facilitate scoring and interpretation.
• Perform equipment and physiologic calibrations, and monitor data quality to ensure artifact-free recordings.
• Perform equipment cleaning and disinfection, and follow infection and quality control policy.
• Implement interventions, including patient safety and sleep-related therapeutic interventions.
• Follow "Lights On" procedures to verify data integrity and test documentation completeness.
• Score sleep/wake stages and clinical events using accepted guidelines.
• Generate accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Follow protocols for Multiple Sleep Latency Testing (MSLT) and Maintenance of Wakefulness Testing (MWT).
• Perform ancillary testing (oximetry, actigraphy, home sleep apnea testing).
• Support quality and performance improvement (PI) initiatives.
• Provide age-specific care for all populations seen in the Sleep Lab.

Required Qualifications

• Polysomnographer experience of 1 year, with experience within the last year
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) or Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT)
• American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM)
• Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT)
• Associate's degree in polysomnographic technology, or completion of a certificate program in polysomnographic technology
• Positive airway pressure (PAP) interface fitting