The Company:

Pulmonary Associates of Richmond (PAR) has been around since 1974. That's over 50 years of serving the greater Richmond community and we continue to grow! We specialize in pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders and research. Our staff cares about our patients and delivers the utmost excellence in quality care and customer service. 

The Position:

We are looking for an experienced, fully registered, and certified Sleep Technician to work at our Sleep Center. This position is a full-time position (Night)

Our sleep staff are dedicated to patient care – that’s what makes our Sleep Disorder Center known as the “Gold Standard” for sleep medicine in Virginia. Come join a winning team-PAR!

Job Responsibilities

• Review patient chart to check for sleep study order.
• Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing.
• Explain pre-testing, testing and post testing procedures to the patient.
• Apply electrodes and sensors to patients according to accepted established standards.
• Perform positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.
• Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary.
• Follow “Lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values.
• Perform polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and make adjustments if necessary.
• Document routine observations
• Implement appropriate interventions, including therapeutic interventions such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, and interventions necessary for patient’s safety such has oxygen administration.
• Score sleep / wake stages and clinical events by applying professionally accepted guidelines and lab protocols; generate accurate reports by tabulating data.
• Follow “lights on” procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process.
• Educate and coach patients through the duration of the study.
• Clean masks and hoses after studies, inform day techs if equipment needs maintenance or supplies are running low.
• Participate in AASM interscorer reliability program once / month.
• Obtain 10 CEUs per year (year is based on anniversary date of employment)
• Participate in the call schedule monthly.