Job Opportunities

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:

UUP

Job Summary:

The Department of Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking an hourly/part-time TH Staff Assistant 2, Nursing/Staffing Office. The successful candidate will:

• Receive, document, and inform appropriate Nursing units for absences.
• Upon direction of Staffing Coordinator/Nursing Supervisor, reassign staff according to changes in patient census and other categories and unit activities.
• Input accurate changes in Kronos within 24 hours.
• Prepare and assist the incoming shift with staffing and staffing projections.
• Call the different units for staffing and ensure that staff time of arrival to the units is documented and inputted in Kronos.
• Obtain supplemental staff as needed (overtime and agency).
• Ensure that assigned units have the number of staff according pattern.

Required Qualifications:

• 1-year of administrative support experience in a comparable setting. 
• Demonstrate computer proficiency, ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Variable Days; Variable Hours

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:

  An approved COVID-19 vaccination.

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