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Mobility Specialist

Saratoga Hospital

Saratoga Springs, NYFull-time$18.56–29.55/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$18.56–29.55/hr
Location
Saratoga Springs, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Saratoga Hospital seeks a Mobility Specialist to support patient mobility and safety as part of its patient care team. The role includes assisting with transfers, repositioning, ambulation, and toileting, documenting completed activities, communicating with the care team, and educating patients on safe ambulation. The hospital prefers hospital patient care experience and requires a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent; BLS certification may be obtained within the first year.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Critical Thinking, requiredMultitasking, requiredCustomer Service, requiredIntegrity, requiredFriendliness, requiredCompassion, requiredRapport Building, requiredInitiative, requiredProblem Solving, requiredMicrosoft Office, requiredOrganizational Skills, requiredInterpersonal Skills, requiredTeamwork, requiredIndependent Work, required

Qualifications

High School Diploma or Equivalent, requiredHospital Patient Care Experience, nice to haveBLS Certification, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

🌟 Mobility Specialist

📍 Location: Saratoga Hospital, 211 Church Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

🕒 Employment Type: Full Time

📌 Shift/Schedule: 2:30 pm - 11:00 pm

💰 Salary Range: $18.56-$29.55/hour based on verified education and experience

💡 About Saratoga Hospital

At Saratoga Hospital, we’ve built a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care and a commitment to the health and well-being of our community. As part of the Albany Med Health System, we combine advanced technology with a deeply personal approach—creating a supportive environment for patients, staff, and providers alike. We believe that exceptional care starts with exceptional people.

🎯 About the Role

We’re looking for a dedicated Mobility Specialist to join our team and help us continue delivering the level of care our patients and families deserve. In this role, you’ll be a vital part of our patient care team, ensuring excellent service, collaboration, and patient outcomes in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

  • Assists with the patient’s activities using proper body mechanics.

  • Assists the health care team with the mobilization of patients, demonstrating consistent judgment and initiative to maximize safety under the activity orders indicated by the physician.

  • Provides safe interventions with patients, including transfers out of bed, repositioning in bed, ambulation with or without assistive devices.

  • Assists with toileting of patients as needed during patient care.

  • Records activities completed in the medical record.

  • Maintains an open channel of communication with therapists, nurses and physicians

  • Patient education on safe ambulation techniques.

📋 What You Bring

  • High school diploma, GED or equivalent. Hospital patient care experience preferred. BLS or obtain within first year of employment.

Required Skills, Abilities and Attributes:

  • Ability to organize and establish day-to-day priorities while utilizing critical thinking skills in all aspects of the job.

  • Must be able to multi-task while remaining professional, focused, composed and positive.

  • Excellent customer service skills and must display integrity, friendliness and compassion.

  • Must be able to establish an appropriate and effective rapport with others.

  • Must be flexible to take initiative and embrace new opportunities to grow both personally and organizationally.

  • Problem solving skills.

  • Proficient with Microsoft Office products: Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

  • Strong organizational skills.

  • Effective interpersonal skills.

  • Ability to work as a team and independently

🙌 Why Saratoga Hospital

🤝 Our Commitment

We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage individuals of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If you’re passionate about healthcare and community service—even if you don’t meet every qualification listed—we’d still love to hear from you.

📝 How to Apply

Click the ‘apply’ button to submit your resume and complete our online application. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis—apply today and discover what makes Saratoga Hospital a special place to grow you!

How this job compares

Set against the 3,405 open Patient Care jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$18.56–29.55/hr
  • New York median$24–29/hr313 hourly ranges
  • US median$24–35/hr1,968 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $24.06/hr, is 9% below the New York median midpoint ($26/hr) — in the middle half of Patient Care hourly ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 378 open Patient Care jobs in New York and 3,405 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Patient Care postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (877 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,020 of the 3,405 open Patient Care jobs (59%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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