You’ll need
Licensure
✓Individual must have a Louisiana license.
Certifications
✓CPSGT-Certified Polysomnographic Technician
✓CRT-SDS - Certified Respiratory Therapist (If not already SDS, individual must pass exam within 7 months of hire date)
✓RRT-SDS - Registered Respiratory Therapist (If not already SDS, individual must pass exam within 4 months of hire date)
✓Current BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) certification.
Qualifications
✓Must have successfully completed one of the exams listed below:
✓Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (BRPT):
✓RPSGT-Registered Polysomnographic Technician
✓National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC):
✓Registered Sleep Technologist (RST)
✓Individual must be competent in the performance of sleep studies.
✓Individual must attain a high standard of professionalism, ethics, and moral character
About the role
The Sleep Technologist is an individual that performs sleep studies to assist in the assessment, testing and monitoring, diagnosis, management and care of patients with sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movement disorder, REM behavior disorder, narcolepsy, insomnia, etc.