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Welcome to the Kentucky Sleep Society 
The Kentucky Sleep Society is an organization of medical professionals throughout the state of Kentucky committed to promoting quality in the practice of sleep medicine. KSS members are dedicated to educating the public, healthcare professionals and community leaders in the importance of sleep and related disorders.
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Members of the Kentucky Sleep Society can click the members link in the top right-hand corner of the page to log in to the members-only section of the site.
Join us for our 12th Annual Sleep Medicince ConferenceOctober 1-2, 2010
Focus: Occupational Sleep Medicine
Information for Registration:
Available July 2010
Job Opportunities
University of Louisville Pediatric Sleep Medicine Center
Contact Person: Kevin Thomas
Phone: 502-825-4341
Email contact: kathom14@louisville.edu Application deadline: June 4, 2010
Job Profile
Requirements Associate degree and two years of related PSG experience. BRPT registry. Additional experience may be used on a one-to-one basis to offset education requirements. Salary commensurate with experience. Grade ED.
Position Description: The primary function of this position is to perform overnight polysomnography testing measuring neurological, respiratory, and cardiovascular functions for each patient being monitored. Acuity is 2:1 normally. This position requires maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting of equipment used for routine testing. Responsible for initiation of subject's medical records, chart maintenance and paperwork management, maintaining/improving job knowledge and skills in an ever expanding technical field, and successful communication and reporting of unusual events, malfunctioning equipment, and potential problems. Accountable for making sound independent judgments related to testing of subjects.
Hours for position are from 7:00pm to 8:00am.
Completion of a Polysomnographic training program is highly desirable.
"Blessings on him who first invented
sleep. It covers a man all over, thoughts, and all like a cloak. It is meat
for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the
hot. It makes the shepherd equal to the monarch, and the fool to the wise."
From DON QUIXOTE
By Saavedra M. de Cervantes
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