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Nemours is seeking a Sleep Tech to join our team in Pensacola, FL.

As one of the nation's leading pediatric health care systems, Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated, family-centered care to more than 280,000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals, specialty clinics and primary care practices in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nemours strives to ensure a healthier tomorrow for all children - even those who may never enter our doors - through our world-changing research, education and advocacy efforts. At Nemours, our Associates help us deliver on the promise we make to every family we have the privilege of serving: to treat their child as if they were our own.

With clinic locations in Pensacola and Destin, Florida, Nemours provides pediatric specialty care to children and families in northwest Florida and southern Alabama. We offer comprehensive, family-centered care in more than 30 pediatric specialties with several of our physicians regularly named among the "Best Doctors in America(r)."

The Sleep Tech is responsible for assessing, performing and evaluating all therapeutic, diagnostic and monitoring services in an outpatient pediatric Sleep Lab. In accordance with a physician's order, the Sleep Technologist performs procedures with a degree of independent clinical judgment under the general supervision of the Medical Director of the Sleep Lab. The sleep technologist is knowledgeable in the safe operation, calibration, maintenance and quality control of the equipment used in the Sleep Lab.

Sleep studies (infants, pediatrics, adolescents) to include, but not limited to:

• Multi-channel polysomnogram without BiPAP/CPAP
• Multi-channel polysomnogram with BiPAP/CPAP
• Multiple Sleep LatencyTest (MLST) (after additional training)
• Scoring of studies (after additional training)

Requirements:

1. Successful completion of a polysomnography program associated with a state-licensed and/or nationally accredited educational facility or equivalent experience and documented proficiency at all competencies required of a Polysomnographic Technician.
OR
2. Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) with a minimum of six months of pediatric experience.
3. Ability to score sleep studies.

Licenses, Registrations or Certifications

• If you are an RT, a successful completion of the RRT Exam, as administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care or equivalent, is required with registry in sleep from the BRPT, NBRC or ABSM preferred. Acquiring a sleep credential, such as the RPSGT, must be obtained within 3 years of employment in the lab.
• If you are Polysomnographic Technician, credentialing by the BRPT or ABSM is required.
• Active Basic Life Support certification is required for all.

Our dedication to professionals who are dedicated to children frequently earns Nemours a spot on the list of top workplaces in the communities we serve. Our Associates enjoy comprehensive benefits, including our unique "Bridge to a Healthy Future" pediatric health plan, an integrated wellness program, opportunities for professional growth, and much more. As an equal opportunity employer, Nemours focuses on the best-qualified applicants for our openings.