Sleep Lab Technologist

The View Hospital Nunavut, Canada

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Sleep Lab Technologist

Date: 25 Jun 2026

Company: The View Hospital

Location:

Job Summary

This role requires the use of highly specialized equipment. In addition to performing sleep studies on patients it is essential that the Sleep Technologist takes responsibility for the evaluation, implementation, maintenance, and on-going quality assurance of all instrumentation.

The View Hospital aims to provide high quality Sleep laboratory services across the following key service areas:

Sleep Laboratory

Infant/Toddler Sleep Laboratory

Paediatric an Adult Pulmonary/Sleep Outpatient Clinics

CPAP Clinics

Job Responsibilities 1

romotes optimum sleep, pulmonary and cardiac health.

Uses ethical approaches to apply scientific, evidence-based, and best practice principles to identify, and treat sleep related disorders.

Assesses, educates, treats, and offers health care to patient groups with sleep disorders across the care continuum.

Performs sleep studies to assess sleep and breathing quality measurement and evaluation of:

Electroencephalograms (EEG)

Electrocardiograms (two lead ECG)

Electromyograms (EMG)

Electrooculogram (EOG)

Ventilation

Respiratory inductance plethysmography

Body position

Transcutaneous carbon dioxide (TcCO2) measurements

Various measures of upper airway tone

Esophageal pH

PAP & Oxygen titration.

Job Responsibilities 2

Additional Responsibilities 3

Job Knowledge & Skills

Ability to work without supervision in the diagnostic and rehabilitation areas.

Understanding of the following elements, which will be the outcome of undergraduate and post graduate training, are essential for individuals working in the Sleep setting:

The anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the cardiopulmonary system.

Physiology and architecture of sleep.

Sleep staging.

Cardiopulmonary function, dysfunction, and risk factors.

Principles and practice of sleep diagnostic and therapeutic tests, as well as associated risks.

The concepts of acute and chronic illness, normality, and crisis states as they relate to cardiopulmonary function.

Medical equipment used in sleep studies and cardiopulmonary care, including, but not limited to, therapeutic, monitoring, and diagnostic equipment.

The principles and practice of routine and complex Sleep tests which may include but is not limited to:

Screening Polysomnography

Full Night Polysomnography

Split-Night PAP Titration and Polysomnography

Full-Night PAP Titration and Polysomnography

Nocturnal Oxygen Trend Studies

Mask Fitting and Desensitization Assessments

Auto PAP Home Titration Studies

Multiple Sleep Latency Studies

Maintenance of Wakefulness Studies

Parasomnia Studies (e.g., Periodic Leg Movements PLMs)

PAP and Oxygen Titrations

Arterial Blood Gas – Arterial Sampling and Analysis.

Job Experience

Overseas candidates: Two years (2) recent experience as a Registered Sleep Technologist.

Qatari Nationals, Qatar Universities graduates, offspring of Qatari women or offspring of residents, are required to complete a training period of one year under supervision of a licensed healthcare practitioner (Refer to DHP Circular No.24/2020).

Competencies

Agility

AI Fluency

Healthcare Regulations and Compliance L3

Leadership

Data Analysis and Interpretation L3

Quality

Sleep Medicine L3

Resilience

Interpretation and Analysis of polysomnogram test results L3

Patient Communication and Customer Service L3

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Profesional degree in Nursing or any related field

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