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Bronson Methodist Hospital

Southwest Michigan health system

Polysomnographic Technologist - Bronson Sleep Health Lab

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/24/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Associate's
Portage, MI, USA
In Person
Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryDiagnostics & Laboratory Professionals

About the job

Requirements
  • An associate’s degree in Polysomnography, Respiratory Care, or a related allied health field is required or strongly preferred; alternatively, candidates need at least six months of direct patient care experience or successful completion of a CAAHEP-accredited or CoARC program.
  • Candidates must hold a current credential in good standing through the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technology, National Board for Respiratory Care, or American Board of Sleep Medicine, including RPSGT, RRT-SDS, or RST.
  • BLS certification is required.
  • Maintain strict confidentiality regarding business, clinic, employee, and patient matters.
  • Know basic medical procedures, protocols, and patient management.
  • Focus and function effectively while managing multiple distractions.
  • Accurately collect, document, and communicate information.
  • Work collaboratively in high-stress environments.
  • Understand and follow written, verbal, and diagrammatic instructions.
  • Demonstrate professionalism, empathy, and customer service focus.
  • Work independently within scope and as part of a team.
  • Use strong decision-making, problem-solving, and time-management skills.
  • Adapt to changing information, workflows, and patient needs.
  • Meet the physical and environmental requirements, including sustained mental and visual focus, hand-eye coordination, lifting equipment or supplies up to 50 pounds with assistance as needed, overnight work in dimly lit environments, prolonged standing, walking, bending, and reaching, and repetitive fine motor movements.
Responsibilities
  • Collect, analyze, and integrate patient information to identify patient-specific needs and determine final testing parameters and procedures with the ordering physician or clinical director and laboratory protocols.
  • Verify medical orders and established testing protocols and procedures.
  • Prepare patients for sleep studies by explaining procedures and addressing questions or concerns.
  • Prepare, calibrate, and apply equipment, electrodes, and sensors according to accepted standards.
  • Perform physiologic calibrations and ensure signal integrity.
  • Independently score sleep/wake stages and clinical events using current American Academy of Sleep Medicine standards.
  • Recognize abnormal findings, troubleshoot study issues in real time, and escalate concerns appropriately under protocol.
  • Participate in protocol refinement and continuous improvement related to scoring accuracy and clinical outcomes.
  • Perform routine positive airway pressure mask fitting.
  • Perform sleep study procedures, including multiple sleep latency tests, maintenance of wakefulness tests, parasomnia studies, positive airway pressure titration, and oxygen studies, as permitted by policy and compliance requirements.
  • Perform home sleep study procedures according to policy and compliance requirements.
  • Monitor study progress and document observations, events, and technical issues.
  • Follow lights-out and lights-on procedures and ensure proper documentation.
  • Support age-appropriate care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
  • Oversee and perform difficult and unusual procedures and therapeutic interventions.
  • Score sleep/wake stages according to professionally accepted guidelines.
  • Score clinical events, including respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, and arousals, according to specific protocols and procedures.
  • Generate accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
  • Evaluate sleep-study-related equipment and inventory.
  • Perform related duties as assigned.
  • Participate in equipment care, maintenance, and infection-control practices.
  • Support compliance with American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and payer requirements.
  • Participate in quality assurance activities, including inter-scorer reliability, chart audits, and process-improvement efforts.
  • Assist with regulatory and accreditation survey preparation and corrective action planning as applicable.
  • Serve as a clinical resource, mentor, or preceptor for other staff and trainees.

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Bronson Methodist Hospital

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Bronson Methodist Hospital is a nonprofit health system serving southwest Michigan. The system provides hospital, primary, specialty, emergency, outpatient, rehabilitation, and community health services through regional care locations. It serves patients, families, clinicians, referring providers, and communities throughout southwest Michigan. Its operating model centers on coordinated hospitals and practices supported by clinical programs, technology, facilities, supply chain, and administration. Teams work across nursing, physicians, allied health, rehabilitation, technology, facilities, administration, and patient access. Work depends on coordination among clinical, operational, technical, and support teams across its care settings and communities.

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