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We are seeking a highly skilled Registered Polysomnography Technician to join our team at the Children's Hospital Sleep Center of Akron. As a key member of our sleep team, you will be responsible for performing routine polysomnographic and electroencephalographic testing, providing guidance to polysomnographic clinical students, and maintaining accurate and timely documentation.

• Perform comprehensive polysomnographic testing and analysis, and associated interventions under the general supervision of the Sleep Lab Coordinator and/or the Sleep Center Medical Director or designee.
• Provide guidance to a polysomnographic clinical student.
• Perform routine and intermediate level polysomnograms in an accurate and timely manner.
• Display pattern recognition abilities which extend to evaluating the normal and abnormal patterns common to each physiologic parameter, as well as assessment of various sleep stages, possible effects from medications, age related changes, and patterns which are specific to the parameter evaluated.
• Provide accurate, complete, timely documentation for each procedure performed and maintain necessary records.
• Practice proper care, usage, and maintenance of polysomnography equipment.
• Provide training and guidance to Pediatric Sleep staff.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the physical, psychological, social, educational, and safety needs of the patients served regardless of age.

• Graduate from an accredited program for polysomnography with a license to practice in the state of Ohio.
• Certification as a Registered Polysomnography Technologist.
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification.
• Membership in the American Association of Sleep Technologists (AAST) is preferred.
• Registration in sleep technology by one of the following organizations: American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM), National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC), Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) or another organization that offers an equivalent examination accepted by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
• Minimum of three years of experience in a sleep laboratory is preferred.

This is a full-time position with a 32-hour workweek. The position is located onsite at the Children's Hospital Sleep Center of Akron.