Sleep Tech Assistant

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A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it's different.

The Sleep Tech Assistant is a support position that focuses on sleep study monitoring under the direct supervision. Sleep Tech Assistants will perform a variety of basic sleep study procedures including, acquisition of quality, artifact-free sleep study recordings, monitoring sleep study patients, and recognizing abnormalities and technical issues.

Department Name: Sleep Study
Job Status: Full-Time - eligible for benefits

• Education: High School Diploma or GED
• Experience: Must be enrolled in the Sleep Technologist Training program.
• Equivalency: None
• Certification(s): BLS

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

Neonate - <30 days

Infancy - >30 days to 1yr

Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs

Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs

School age - >5yrs to 13yrs

Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs

Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

Calibrates and maintains equipment and lab in good and clean condition. Reports malfunction as needed.

Assist in the completion of all paperwork/forms for procedure being performed. Assists with special projects, potentially including archiving and database entry.

Follows the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) guidelines for proper sleep study electrode placement, including International 10-20 System for proper electrode application.

Identifies and performs basic equipment troubleshooting and artifice identification and elimination with supervision or assistance.

Maintains a safe working environment utilizing policies and procedures relative to safety, infection control, standard precautions and risk management.

Observers and notates ongoing clinical and technical changes. Completes annotations and descriptions for patient events.

Minimizes risks of harm to patients, foster communication and support effective teamwork by following departmental and organization practices and procedures.

SCOPE & LEVEL

Guidelines: Trains in the field and assists higher level personnel to acquire learning through practical experience.

Complexity: Performs routine and/or basic tasks common to the field. Procedures, methods, and techniques to be used are well established with options to be considered well defined. Tools, work aids, and materials to be used are specified.

Decision Making: Duties assigned are primarily routine, repetitive, and restricted in intricacy with little or no discretion in how they are carried out.

Communications: Contacts with team members, clients or the public where factual information relative to the organization or its functions are received, relayed, or a service rendered according to established procedures or instructions.

Supervision Received: Under close supervision, the employee receives training to develop skills and abilities in a specific line of work or general occupational area. Work product is subject to close, continuous inspection.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

Audio-Visual: Color Discrimination: Good

Audio-Visual: Depth Perception: Good

Audio-Visual: Far Vision: Good

Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good

Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good

General Activity: Sit: 1-2 hrs. per day

General Activity: Stand/Walk: 6-8 hrs. per day

Motion: Bend: 1/3 or more of time

Motion: Carry: 1/3 or more of time

Motion: Climb: 1/3 or more of time

Motion: Crawl: 1/3 or more of time

Motion: Lift: 1/3 or more of time

Motion: Pull: 1/3 or more of time

Motion: Push: 1/3 or more of time

Motion: Reach: 1/3 or more of time

Motion: Squat/Crouch: 1/3 or more of time

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to chemicals: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to cold/heat: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to dampness: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to heights: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Frequent.

Exposure: Exposure to lung irritations: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to noise/vibration: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to radiation: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to skin irritations: Occasional.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.