Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Indian River has been recognized as one of the top regional hospitals in South Florida. Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida's Treasure Coast where it is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care. At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. **A caregiver in this position works 6:45PM - 7:15AM Thursday and Friday.** Caregiver who excels in this role will: + Perform comprehensive polysomnographic testing, scoring analysis and associated interventions. + Provide supervision for Polysomnographic Trainees. + Review history/physical information, medications, test requests and study protocol. + Complete and verify all documentation (pre- and post-sleep questionnaires, technician notes, etc.). + Explain the procedure and orient the patient to the sleep center. + Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments if necessary. + Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards. + Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary. + Perform routine positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting. + Follow procedural protocols (e.g., MSLT, parasomnia studies, PAP and oxygen titration, etc.) to ensure collection of appropriate data. + Follow "Lights Out" procedures to establish and document baseline values (such as body position, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rate, etc.) + Perform polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and makes adjustments, if necessary. + Document routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results. + Implement appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.). + Follow "Lights On" procedures to verify integrity of collected data and complete the data collection process (e.g. repeats the physiological and instrument calibrations and instructs the patient on completing the questionnaires, etc.) + Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. + Assist with scoring sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines. + Assist with scoring clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.) with center specific protocols. + Assist with generation of accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data. + Comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and standards regarding safety and infection control issues. Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: + Registered Polysomnography Technologist (RPSGT). + Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA). + Must be a Registered Polysomnography Technologist, under the BRPT guidelines. + High school diploma or GED. Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we're dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/ **Physical Requirements:** + The employee complies with requirements of regulatory agencies, attends appropriate training and meetings, completes appropriate unit/department specific competency checklists, demonstrates knowledge and appropriate behavior related to regulatory safety requirements, communicates effectively verbally and in written format, complies with policies and procedures, follows Corporate Compliance Program, and reports actual or suspected violations promptly. + Physical Duties: This position requires a mixture of light to moderate work as defined in the Employee Health Services Policy. + Frequent standing, sitting, walking, reaching, stooping, and kneeling. Normal visual acuity is required. + Working Conditions: The employee will spend most of the time indoors in air-conditioned areas. **Personal Protective Equipment:** + Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures. Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process. Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities