Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Sleep Technologist
Performs and evaluates overnight polysomnograms. Operates medical equipment to record sleep/wake physiology. Applies recording devices to patient, cleans/sterilizes equipment and monitors polysomnograms. Recognizes sleep pathology when it occurs in the laboratory and responds with the appropriate interventions to ensure patient safety.
What you will do in this role:
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Review existing information in patient record.
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Examines orders and protocols for study.
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Recognizes chief sleep/wake complaint.
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Interview patients to assess current medications, recent caffeine or alcohol ingestion, current sleep pattern, and need for treatment intervention during testing.
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Communicate with the ordering physician to clarify unclear and/or inappropriate orders or to communicate information about the patient’s condition.
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Set up and calibrate monitoring equipment based on manufacturer’s recommendations or lab protocols.
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Measure and appropriately apply electrodes.
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Place and secure recording transducers to measure airflow, respiratory effort, and oximetry.
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Perform physiologic calculations.
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Institute “light out’ and note patient data.
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Monitor the polysomnograms per procedure.
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Recognize and record physiological events.
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Note and correct equipment malfunction.
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Alter patient environment to obtain the required data.
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Monitor and change patient body position as required to obtain the necessary data.
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Carefully awaken patient and record post-sleep information
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Remove electrodes and assist patient with hygiene as necessary.
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Score polysomnogram and generate a report summarizing sleep/wake periods, REM episodes, arousal analysis, EEG phenomena, cardiac events, respiratory events, limb movements, and other physiological events according to current guidelines.
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Recognize and respond appropriately to patient’s medical problems and physiological events.
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Understand indications, contraindications, and adverse affects of nasal CPAP, and oxygen administration.
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Apply and titrate therapy based physician orders and established protocols.
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Educate and arrange for home CPAP for patients.
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Conduct multiple sleep latency tests and score using lab protocols.
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Performs other related functions as assigned.
What qualifications you will need:
- Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
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(RPSGT) Registered Polysomnographic Technologist, or (RST) Registered Sleep Technologist
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Prior work experience and/or training related to Sleep/EEG/Respiratory/Pharmacy/Nursing/EMT or other allied health field
HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
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Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
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Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
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Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
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Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
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Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
HCA Florida North Florida Hospital is a 523-bed, full-service medical and surgical acute care center. For over 49 years, we have served North Central Florida. We offer comprehensive cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, and neurosciences. We offer minimally-invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, weight loss surgery and treatment. Other services that we provide include women’s health and wound therapy. We are fully accredited by the Joint Commission and certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Our hospital has an Accredited Chest Pain Center by ACC (American College of Cardiology) and is designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Bariatric Surgery. We are committed to patient safety and quality of care. We have received the highest scores available in recognition of this commitment.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Sleep Technologist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
