Research Coordinator/ Sleep Technician

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •High School Diploma
• •CPR Certification
• •Maintained RPSGT certification
• •Ability to prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning
• •Ability to apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards
• •Ability to perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals
• •Knowledge of procedural protocols such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), parasomnia studies, insomnia, etc.
• •Ability to follow "lights out" procedures to establish and document baseline values such as bodies positions, oxyhemoglobin saturation, respiratory and heart rates
• •Ability to perform polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free
• •Ability to identify and report signal abnormalities
• •Ability to document routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure and significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results
• •Ability to score sleep/wake stages by applying professionally accepted guidelines
• •Ability to score clinical events such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements and Arousals using center specific protocols
• •Ability to generate accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data
• •Ability to maintain current CPR or BCLS certification
• •Compliance with BRPT Standards of Conduct
• •Ability to promote safety and confidentiality of research participants at all times
• •Knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), and infection control procedures
• •Ability to plan and coordinate the initiation of research study protocol, and the implementation of operating policies and procedures
• •Ability to plan, implement and maintain data collection and analysis systems in support of research protocol
• •Ability to recruit, instruct and coordinate research subjects and/or volunteers, as appropriate to specific study objectives and work scope
• •Ability to coordinate the day-to-day activities of technical support staff specifically engaged in the carrying out of research/clinical protocol
• •Ability to organize and facilitate meetings, conferences, and other events associated with research activities
• •Ability to document all correspondence and communication pertinent to the research
• •Ability to interact and communicate effectively with Principal Investigator, other site personnel, research participants, The Geneva Foundation, and the funding organization