Hospital Attendant, Interventional Radiology

Job-ID: 100135Category: Hospital AttendantLocation: Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSchedule: Full time, DayPosted: 2026-10-16Days of Week: WeekdaysShift Start Time: 7:30amShift End Time: 4:00pmUnion Name: CSEAFTE: 1Minimum Base Salary: 35,856Maximum Base Salary: 45,560Additional Compensation 1: Location PayAdditional Compensation 1 Amount: 4,150The Department of Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Hospital Attendant, Interventional Radiology. Distinguishing CharacteristicsHospital Attendant 1 attends to the daily living and personal hygiene needs of patients; performs housekeeping and cleaning tasks related to patient care; and transports patients and supplies.Illustrative TasksAttends 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 situationsBrings 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.QualificationsRequired QualificationsNon-Competitive: possession or ability to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities during the probationary period.About the organizationEqual Employment Opportunity 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 View email address on click.appcast.io the company 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.