Mancarious Austin
Portsmouth,VA
Summary
Registered Polysomnographic Technologist with expertise in healthcare compliance and data collection procedures. Highly organized and detail-oriented. Offering 14 years of experience in running successful sleep studies and making patients feel comfortable throughout.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sleep Technician
Vitalcare Sleep Specialist
Prince George, VA
04.2024 - Current
- Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to interdisciplinary care team
- Collected, documented and reviewed patient medical histories and relayed important factors to supervising clinicians
- Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted standards
- Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary
- Perform positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting
Registered Polysomnographic Technologist
VA SLEEP Neurology
Chesapeake, VA
03.2023 - 08.2024
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment and education of pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients
- Program montages on sleep acquisition systems; troubleshoot acquisition and scoring program issues
- Address environmental, equipment and engineering issues that affect patient care delivery; determine appropriate course of action including test cancellations and initiating system changes
- Conduct and score all types of sleep studies including overnight polysomnography (multiple montages), MSLT, MWT, CPAP and Bi-level PAP titration, supplemental 0 2 titration, pH monitoring, and portable sleep studies
- Performs test and accurately transcribes and prepares data for physician interpretations
- Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments if necessary
- Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted standards
- Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary
- Perform positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting
- Ensure a safe work environment and employee safe work habits
- Provide patients with the utmost care and attention
- All patients shall be assured of their privacy and personal dignity
- Program montages on sleep acquisition systems; troubleshoot acquisition and scoring program issues
- Address environmental, equipment and engineering issues that affect patient care delivery; determine appropriate course of action including test cancellations and initiating system changes
- Conduct and score all types of overnight sleep studies
- Provided excellent customer service by effectively communicating with patients, families, staff and staff in other hospital departments
Sleep Technician
Nemours Children Sleep Disorder Center
Pensacola, FL
11.2016 - 03.2023
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide age specific care in the treatment, assessment and education of pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients
- Program montages on sleep acquisition systems; troubleshoot acquisition and scoring program issues
- Address environmental, equipment and engineering issues that affect patient care delivery; determine appropriate course of action including test cancellations and initiating system changes
- Conduct and score all types of sleep studies including overnight polysomnography (multiple montages), MSLT, MWT, CPAP and Bi-level PAP titration, supplemental 0 2 titration, pH monitoring, and portable sleep studies
- Prepare home sleep studies, manage patient charts, manage provider/clinic schedules, shall manage sleep scheduling as well as uploading procedure reports, and maintaining sleep rooms as well as equipment used for all sleep studies
- Perform end-tidal CO2 monitoring and some ventilator management
- Performs test and accurately transcribes and prepares data for physician interpretations
- Prepare and calibrate equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments if necessary
- Apply electrodes and sensors according to accepted standards
- Perform appropriate physiologic calibrations to ensure proper signals and make adjustments if necessary
- Perform positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting
- Ensure a safe work environment and employee safe work habits
- Provide patients with the utmost care and attention
- All patients shall be assured of their privacy and personal dignity
- Program montages on sleep acquisition systems; troubleshoot acquisition and scoring program issues
- Address environmental, equipment and engineering issues that affect patient care delivery; determine appropriate course of action including test cancellations and initiating system changes
- Conduct and score all types of sleep studies including overnight polysomnography (multiple montages), MSLT, MWT, CPAP and Bi-level PAP titration, supplemental 0 2 titration, pH monitoring, and portable sleep studies
- Address environmental, equipment and engineering issues that affect patient care delivery; determine appropriate course of action including test cancellations and initiating system changes
- Provided excellent customer service by effectively communicating with patients, families, staff and staff in other hospital departments
- Perform end-tidal CO2 monitoring and some ventilator management
Education
Associate of Science -
Southwest Georgia Technical College
Thomasville, GASkills
- Trilogy (Volume controlled)
- Adaptive Support
- Bilevel Positive Airway
- Pressure controlled Ventilation
- Continuous Positive Airway
- Low Flo
- End Tidal CO2
- Pressure Ventilation
- Home Sleep Testing
- Ventilation
- Condition monitoring
- Equipment monitoring
- Data recording
- Aseptic Technique
- Calibration
- Laboratory Experience
- Data Collection
- Vital Signs
- Quality Assurance
- EMR Systems
- Infection Control Training
- Medical Records
- Hospital Experience
- Epic
- Experience Administering Injections
- Critical Care Experience
- Medical Imaging
- Anatomy Knowledge
- Laboratory Management
- Patient Care
- Quality Control
- Triage
- Physiology Knowledge
- Medical Terminology
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Management
- Medical Office Experience
- Computer literacy
- Communication skills
Certification
- RPSGT
- BLS Certification
- CPR Certification
- CPSGT
Personal Information
- Willing To Relocate: Anywhere
- Authorized To Work: US for any employer
Timeline
Sleep Technician
Vitalcare Sleep Specialist
04.2024 - Current
Registered Polysomnographic Technologist
VA SLEEP Neurology
03.2023 - 08.2024
Sleep Technician
Nemours Children Sleep Disorder Center
11.2016 - 03.2023
Associate of Science -
Southwest Georgia Technical College
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