Hospital Attendant

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Department: EMERGENCY SERVICES
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Title:

Hospital Attendant 1
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Title:

Hospital Attendant 1
Work Type: Full Time
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Categories: Clinical, Patient Care, Nursing Support

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, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

The Department of Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full time Hospital Attendant 1, Emergency Room. 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.

• 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.

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.

Variable Days; 7:30am to 4:00pm (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank: SG-05

Salary Range: $34,312 - $42,565 Base Salary plus $4,000 Location Pay

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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,…