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Hospital Attendant 1SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University • New York, NY, United States
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Hospital Attendant 1

Hospital Attendant 1

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University • New York, NY, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Hospital Attendant 1

Job No: 496872
Department: CENTRAL TRANSPORT
Local Title: Hospital Attendant 1
Budget Title: Hospital Attendant 1
Work Type: Full Time
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Categories: Patient Care, General Labor & Cleaning

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

CSEA

Job Summary:

The Department of Central Transport at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full time Hospital Attendant 1.

Hospital Attendants 1 attend to the daily living and personal hygiene needs of patients to make them feel more comfortable. Incumbents may also devote considerable time to housekeeping and cleaning tasks related to patient care and to the transportation of patients, equipment, information, and supplies.

Illustrative Duties

Attends to patients' personal hygiene, daily living, and mobility needs to maintain a comfortable atmosphere that is conducive to treatment.

  • Collects and carries patients' laundry and dry cleaning and delivers items to the appropriate location in the health care facility.
  • Receives patients' valuables and other belongings, transports them to safe storage, and keeps records.
  • Escorts patients to and from facilities where treatments are administered.
  • Assists with feeding patients requiring assistance to ensure that patients receive appropriate nourishment.
  • Bathes, dresses, brushes teeth, and trims fingernails and toenails of patients; assists patients with resolving incontinence situations
  • Brings bedpans and urinals to patients.
  • Under direction of professional staff, moves, positions, lifts, and transports patients using a variety of lifts and other aids to prepare patients for treatment, and to deliver patients to the treatment facilities.
  • Greets and talks with patients, listens to their complaints, and responds by encouraging them to cooperate and participate in treatment activities to help them achieve attitudes conducive to treatment and rehabilitation.
  • Observes patients inside and outside of treatment areas, and records simple notes for clinical staff.
  • May assist in collecting patient samples for laboratory analysis.
Performs a variety of housekeeping, inventory, and cleaning duties to ensure that clinical areas are clean, sanitary, orderly, and properly supplied.
  • Keeps an inventory of current supplies to determine the need for ordering new supplies.
  • Fills out requisition forms for clinical staff, and forwards forms for approval to maintain supplies at appropriate levels.
  • Changes bed and other hospital linens to ensure that clean linens are always provided.
  • May mop floors and wash windows, walls, bedside stands, beds, tables, chairs, toilets, and various pieces of equipment to keep clinical areas clean and sanitary.
  • Cleans thermometers, equipment, and other instruments as directed; may transport items to central sterile departments for cleaning.
Required Qualifications:
  • Non-Competitive: possession or ability to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities during the probationary period.
  • Ability to lift patients and heavy objects.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Prior experience in a hospital environment.
  • Strong computer literacy.
55 B/C Qualifications:
  • Individuals certified eligible for the 55 B/C program under the Governor's Program to Hire Persons/Veterans with Disabilities pursuant to Section 55 B/C of the Civil Service Law will also be considered. To be considered, you must provide a copy of your letter of eligibility with your response.
  • It is essential that candidates clearly and concisely indicate exactly how they meet the above minimum qualifications in their resume. Failure to show how you meet the minimum qualifications above may result in disqualification and removal from consideration.
Work Schedule:

Variable Days; 1:00pm to 9:00pm (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

SG-05

Salary Range:

Per civil service guidelines
  • Hiring Rate $34,312 Base Salary plus $4,000 Location Pay


Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu

Advertised: July 29, 2025 Eastern Daylight Time
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