Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California. With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state-of-the-art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics. Our eight-campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care.
It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health. We serve a region where the needs are great, which makes the rewards even greater. Every day, we care for people facing unique challenges and in need of healing. Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do — in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community.
Benefits Eligible
Full-Time Benefit EligibleWork Shift
Night - 12 Hour Shift (United States of America)Department
7874 Sleep CenterDevelops competency in and performs the basics of polysomnographic testing and associated interventions under the direct supervision of a sleep technician or sleep technologist.QUALIFICATIONS
License /Certification
Required:
Current CA Respiratory Care Practitioner license or California Polysomnographic Trainee License.
BLS
Education
Required: High School diploma
Experience
Required: Six months of direct patient care experience or one year of post-secondary education
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
Gathers and verifies patient information.
Prepares and monitors patients during PSG testing.
Documents routine observations.
Follows Sleep Study protocols.
Demonstrates proficiency in recognizing sleep vs. wake and identifies clinical events while monitoring sleep patients.
Performs physiological calibrations. Follows “Lights off” procedure to establish baseline values. Performs data acquisition and ensures an artifact free signal. Identifies artifact and documents it correctly.
Assists with appropriate interventions (actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic interventions such as positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.).
Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to perform portable monitoring equipment preparation and data download.
Adheres to cleaning and disinfecting procedures for sleep testing equipment and sensors.
Complies with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and standards regarding safety and infection control issues.
Maintains and operates all sleep lab equipment safely and correctly.
Actively participates in the performance improvement program. Continuous quality improvement (CQI) activity and attends 90% of staff meetings.
Demonstrates computer skills appropriate for the position.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and services appropriate to the population served on the assigned unit or work area. Knowledgeable of growth and development for all patient/family cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age specific needs. Able to effectively communicate and care for patient and family as reflected in the Plan for Provision of Care.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Pay Range
$22.00 -$22.00If you want to use your talents alongside people who face each day with courage and purpose, in an environment that empowers you to do your absolute best, this is where you belong.
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What We Do
Established in 1963, Kaweah Health is one of the area’s most progressive healthcare providers. With more than 400 physicians and 4,800 employees – more than 1,000 of which are registered nurses – Kaweah Health provides the people living and working in California’s bustling Central Valley with access to high-quality health care just minutes from home.
Kaweah Health is an eight-campus, 613-bed healthcare organization based in Visalia, California, devoted to serving central California residents. Our areas of excellence include cardiac services, orthopedics, surgical services and obstetrics. We offer an array of other services – physical therapy, cancer care, imaging, diabetes education and more to help people live healthier lives.
We offer general, specialty and sub-specialty care in a full-range of medical fields.
We offer six accredited Graduate Medical Education Programs training physicians of tomorrow in emergency medicine, family medicine, surgery, psychiatry, anesthesia and a transitional year program. We are the only level III trauma center in Tulare and Kings counties. We are the first in Tulare County to offer robotic surgery for gynecologic, urologic and general surgery procedures. We are the first hospital in California to install Artis Zeego advanced 3D imaging equipment in operating room. We are home to the most advanced endourology suite in the region with GreenLight Laser Therapy providing minimally-invasive relief for enlarged prostates.
We are the only comprehensive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program in the South Valley.
We are the only accredited amputation specialty program in the Central Valley and the only accredited stroke program in Tulare and Kings counties.
We have everything from a well-respected pediatric hospitalist program to nationally-recognized orthopedic and cancer programs. We offer an expansive rural health clinic system serving residents countywide.
