Sleep Center Lead - FT - Nights

Promotes Carilion's culture of service excellence and quality by implementing and accepting accountability of the service standards: provides excellent service to patients/customers; builds strong relationships and team cohesiveness; focuses on quality and positive solutions; communicates respectfully; demonstrates compassion and understanding in response to patient and customer requests/needs. *
A Sleep Technologist Lead, works under the general supervision of the of the medical Director (MD), sleep center physician or physician's assistant to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of a sleep disorders. This may involve polysomnography, diagnostic and therapeutic services or patient care and education.

• Coordinates staff and patient scheduling including working with Medical Office Associates on scheduling issues
• Insures proper staff/patient ratios and scheduling needs are met
• Oversees case preparation to include proper paperwork, chart set up, insurance authorizations, needed medical and sleep history present, as well as clarification of orders/procedures to be done.
• Participates in community and medical educational outreaches
• Gathers and Analyzes Patient Information in order to identify and meet the patient-specific needs (physical/mental limitations, current emotional/physiological status regarding the testing procedure, pertinent medical/social history), and to determine final testing parameters/procedures in conjunction with the ordering physician or clinical director and laboratory protocols.
• Completes and verifies documentation.
• Prepares and calibrates equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and makes adjustments, if necessary.
• Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
• Follows procedural protocols for all types of polysomnographic studies performed at the sleep center to ensure collection of appropriate data.
• Follows lights out procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates, etc.).
• Scores sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings and Sleep Conferences.
• Attends and participates in medical or public educational outreaches.