Job Description

Requisition ID: 343714

Position Number: 20056417

Posting End Date: September 4, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: Misericordia Health Centre

Department / Unit: Sleep Disorder Centre

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MAHCP-Prof/Tech

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days;Nights;Weekends;Non-Repeating (non-conforming)

Daily Hours Worked: 8.25

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $26.731, $27.965, $29.290

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We\'re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

A Polysomnography Technician, under direct supervision of a Polysomnography Technologist, the Polysomnography Coordinator, and Sleep Disorder Centre/HVADS Manager (indirect reporting relationship to Sleep Disorder Centre Medical Director):

• Performs diagnostic, therapeutic, and research Polysomnography studies and related therapies.
• Performs routine equipment care and maintenance; conducts routine inventory of supplies
• Participates in the day-to-day operations of the Sleep Disorder Centre.
• Complies with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and standards regarding safety and infection control issues.

Experience

• Practical experience using polysomnography equipment, electro-encephalography, electrooculography, electromyography, respiratory monitoring and electrocardiography required.
• Practical experience using respiratory equipment in the treatment of sleep apnea is also required.
• Basic computer skills/knowledge is required.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• A minimum of six (6) months\' experience as a Polysomnography Trainee with documented proficiency in all required competencies (Phase I and Phase II checklists) or successful completion of a polysomnography training program.
• Knowledge of basic respiratory physiology preferred.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with MHC Policy #A30-30.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Current and valid CPR certificate is required.

Qualifications and Skills

• Works within the Centre\'s core values, philosophy, vision, C.Q.I. goals, policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates effective written and spoken communication skills.
• Demonstrates appropriate social skills.
• Demonstrates ability to follow directions.
• Assumes responsibility for ongoing education and participates in professional activities for personal and professional growth.
• Attends relevant education programs, seminars, lectures, workshops, etc. to provide high quality service to patients and the Centre.
• Keeps abreast of new developments in the field of polysomnography EEG/respiratory therapy through current literature, publications, etc.

Physical Requirements

• Physical health to meet the requirements of the position.
• Good physical and mental health
• Incumbent is required to work alternating weekly day and night shifts, including weekends.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to:

• Stand
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Climb or balance
• Talk or hear
• The employee is occasionally required to:

• Walk, Sit, Stoop, Kneel, Crouch, Crawl
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, colour vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• In the performance of this job, the employee may be exposed to chemical vapours such as acetone, ether, or glutaraldehyde. There may also be skin contact with these substances. The employee may also be exposed to infectious agents including blood-borne pathogens.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority