Patient Care Technician- Sleep Lab

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together. About Duke Raleigh Hospital, A Campus of Duke University Hospital Pursue your passion for caring with the Duke Raleigh Campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. With 204-beds, it is the third largest of the four Duke Health hospitals and offers a comprehensive array of services, including cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, advanced gastrointestinal, and wound healing care. Location Duke Raleigh Hospital, (Sleep Lab) 3400 Wake Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC 27609 Work Schedule 8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday not including holidays General Summary Perform patient education on use of Home Sleep Testing device application. Perform a variety of specialized technical and supportive patient care activities to assist medical professional personnel in diagnostic, therapeutic and research procedures. This role will be supervised by a sleep tech supervisor. Work Performed

• Prepare and set up medical supplies and equipment for diagnostic, therapeutic and research procedures.
• Interacting with patients and providing instructions on how to use at home sleep aid equipment
• Confer with patients to obtain information for chart and laboratory records, explain procedures, allay fears and elicit cooperation; ensure completion of patients' laboratory tests prior to examination by Prepare patients for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to include obtaining specimens, taking vital signs and measurements, positioning patients and attaching equipment leads to specific body locations.
• Assist physicians and nursing personnel during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to include handling instruments, calling out equipment readings and administering oxygen and opaque dyes; alert physician to patient discomfort.
• Operate equipment such as polygraphs, magnetic and video tape recorders and X-ray machines to monitor and obtain recordings of specific body functions; calculate, compile and record data obtained from graphs and numerical readings.
• Operate manual and automatic laboratory equipment to make qualitative and quantitative analyses of specimens.
• Calibrate and perform routine maintenance on equipment to ensure proper functioning; clean and sterilize instruments, supplies and equipment. inventory of supplies; reorder as required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: CNAs, EKG Techs and or ER techs experience preferred
Minimum Qualifications Education Work requires completion of a related 1-year technical school program.
Experience Work generally requires two years of experience in health care EXPERIENCE specialties related to the specific position; two years additional years related experience may be substituted for the technical school. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR
Degrees, Licensures, Certifications N/A

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