Technical Director – Sleep Laboratory

Location: Sarnia, Ontario

Facility: Bluewater Sleep Clinic

Position Overview

Bluewater Sleep Clinic is seeking a qualified Technical Director to oversee the technical and operational functions of the Sleep Laboratory.

The Technical Director may be an experienced Lead/Senior Sleep Technologist or qualified Manager with the appropriate education, training, experience, and credentials to supervise sleep-lab operations and technical staff.

Key Responsibilities
  • Oversee the day-to-day technical operations of the Sleep Lab.
  • Coordinate technologist schedules, attendance, sick-call coverage, and staffing needs to minimize patient cancellations.
  • Provide leadership, training, competency support, and performance feedback to Sleep Technologists.
  • Review raw sleep-study data, urgent patient findings, AHI/saturation information, OSCAR reports, scoring quality, and ISR requirements.
  • Perform or oversee sleep-study scoring and other technical services including ApneaLink, Holter monitoring, and day studies as required.
  • Ensure BiPAP, TcO2, oxygen, and other testing equipment are properly prepared and maintained.
  • Maintain equipment calibration, maintenance, repair records, technical supplies, PFT gases, and required laboratory supplies.
  • Maintain policies, procedures, emergency manuals, technical records, incident/adverse-event documentation, and administrative records.
  • Support quality assurance, audits, accreditation requirements, and staff continuing education.
  • Coordinate health and safety, infection control, workplace inspections, fire-extinguisher checks, fire drills, and evacuation procedures.
  • Ensure required staff training and certifications are maintained, including IPAC, WHMIS, BCLS/CPR, and continuing education.
  • Maintain technical systems, server backups, and troubleshoot equipment, computers, and sleep-lab systems.
  • Maintain required staff-hours information and provide payroll-related information to the appropriate administrative/payroll team.
  • Support WSIB and workplace incident processes in coordination with HR and management.
  • Coordinate with HR, clinic management, physicians, PFT staff, and administrative staff regarding technical and operational matters.
  • Maintain regular on-site presence and provide support to overnight staff
Qualifications
  • Relevant education, training, and experience in Sleep Technology, Polysomnography, or a related diagnostic field.
  • Appropriate qualifications and credentials for supervision of technical sleep-lab operations.
  • Previous experience as a Lead, Senior Technologist, Supervisor, Manager, or Technical Director preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of sleep-study procedures, scoring, diagnostic equipment, quality assurance, and laboratory operations.
  • Experience training and supporting technical staff.
  • Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Knowledge of health and safety, infection control, incident reporting, and accreditation requirements.
Preferred Candidate

The Technical Director works closely with Sleep Technologists, Clinic Management, Human Resources, the Medical Director/Physicians, PFT staff, and administrative staff.

The Technical Director is responsible for the technical and operational management of the Sleep Lab, while physician clinical oversight remains with the Medical Director.

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