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位置摘要
临床睡眠健康教育者在医学主任或指定人员的一般监督下工作,以评估和治疗睡眠障碍,包括中心和家庭睡眠呼吸暂停诊断测试,治疗干预措施,全面的患者护理,治疗,治疗合规管理,睡眠健康结果的评估和协助确定和支持可能的护理障碍。临床睡眠健康教育者在睡眠技术或其他与睡眠相关的患者管理方面进行适当培训的临床健康教育者获得了认证,并且能够以专业的方式与医生和其他医疗保健提供者进行互动。
Domains of Practice
- Competency with Practice Parameters and Clinical Guidelines for sleep medicine health care:
- Understand sleep architecture and identify factors contributing to normal sleep variances related to aging, gender and medication.
- 展示了对睡眠障碍和相关合并症的病理生理学的先进知识。
- Reference current national clinical sleep practice parameters and clinical practice guidelines to develop appropriate diagnosis and treatment plans.
- 保持睡眠医学和技术实践领域的熟练程度。
- Demonstrate proficient use of medical terminology.
- Monitor clinical, quality, patient satisfaction and other key regulatory metrics.
- Evaluation and Management of Patient Education and Compliance:
- Collect, analyze, and integrate patient information.
- 使用标准化诊断工具(例如,Epworth嗜睡量表,Stop-Bang,Pittsburgh睡眠质量指数)对特定的临床评估进行了启发。
- Provide all aspects of instruction in caring for patients with sleep disorders. Must have the ability to obtain information regarding patient needs, a knowledge of growth and development, and an understanding of the range of treatment needed by these patients.
- 监视患者依从性对处方治疗的依从性。
- Coordinate in center and home sleep apnea diagnostic testing and therapeutic modalities.
- Implement and follow-up on physician orders.
- Communicate effectively and professionally with the patient’s healthcare team regarding new or continued symptoms, treatment concerns, or management of optimal care.
- Develop programs and provide education to assist patients with treatment acclimation and compliance and track health improvement indicators.
- Discuss equipment/supply replacement schedule.
- 对教学和动机技能的全面理解:
- 应用动机教学的原则来促进患者的自我管理。
- Demonstrate ability to provide age-appropriate patient education.
- 表现出基于医疗保健素养水平提供适当的医疗素养评估和教学的能力。
- Provide patient education for sleep disorders, comorbidities, therapeutic equipment and processes, therapy options, sleep hygiene and self-help.
- Empower patients, families and caregivers to assume as much responsibility for their care as possible.
- Address tangible barriers to care and refer patient to the appropriate contact for assistance.
- Promote community sleep health.
- Program and Business Management:
- 确认保险验证/授权要求和患者财务责任。
- 利用电子病历计划。
- Maintain accurate, pertinent, accessible, confidential, and secure patient records in accordance with privacy and security standards.
- 确保患者记录包含所有患者互动的文档。
- 管理患者的合规性和结果数据库。
- Develop and implement quality assurance/improvement activities and staff training.
- Participate in professional development activities.
- 服务管理和基本技能:
- Comply with professional standards of conduct.
- 遵守有关安全和感染控制的适用法律,法规,准则和标准。
- Meet and maintain all industry registry, certification, and state licensure requirements.
- 维护当前的医疗保健工人或国际同等学历的BLS认证。
- 展示批判性思维和最少监督的能力。
- 展示团队合作能力和与其他医疗保健提供者合作的能力。
- 展示适合该职位的计算机技能。
Education/Experience
Allied health professional with a bachelor’s degree and appropriate training and competence in patient education and sleep medicine or international equivalents including post-secondary education or certification. Certification in clinical sleep health (CCSH) is preferred.
或者
成功完成一个accredited PSG educational program leading to an associate degree with an emphasis in sleep technology with a minimum of two years’ experience in the sleep technology profession. A Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
或者
至少有五年的睡眠技术经验,并记录了睡眠技术人员和临床睡眠健康教育者所需的所有能力的熟练程度。
和
Certification by a nationally recognized certification board and holds either a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT), Registered Sleep Technologist (RST), or Sleep Disorders Specialist (SDS) credential, and/or CCSH certification.
物理的要求
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; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or 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, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
此处描述的工作环境特征代表了员工遇到的那些工作,同时执行这项工作的基本功能。可以合理的住宿使残疾人能够执行基本功能。在这项工作的表现中,员工可能会暴露于化学蒸气中,例如清洁和消毒解决方案。这些物质也可能与皮肤接触。该员工还可以接触到包括血液传播病原体在内的传染病患者。
Job description updated July 2019.