Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Ellis Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Ellis Hospital (Schenectady County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 29 units and each shift, the planned number of RNs and the planned patients one RN cares for, set by a committee at least half made of frontline staff. Ellis Medicine's open jobs.
Every unit, every shift
Planned patients per RN by shift, the planned RNs and aides on the day shift, and whether the committee reached consensus.
| Unit | Day | Evening | Night | RNs (day) | Aides (day) | Consensus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cath LabCardiac Catheterization/EP | 3.0 | 3.0 | None | 9 | 9 | Yes |
| Emergency DepartmentEmergency Department | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 12.5 | 8 | Yes |
| EndoscopyEndoscopy | 1.0 | 1.0 | None | 9 | 0 | Yes |
| E1/E2- ICUIntensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 10.7 | 4 | Yes |
| A3- Orthopedics, Bariatrics, General SurgeryMedical/Surgical | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3 | Yes |
| A4 Cardiac, Med/SurgMedical/Surgical | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 3 | Yes |
| A5- Pulmonary DiseasesMedical/Surgical | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.43 | 3 | No |
| A6- Medical Care UnitMedical/Surgical | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.25 | 3 | Yes |
| C6- Neurological UnitMedical/Surgical | 4.0 | None | None | 2.55 | 2 | Yes |
| Interventional RadiologyOther | 3.0 | 3.0 | None | 5 | 4 | Yes |
| Operating RoomOther | 1.0 | 1.0 | None | 7 | 6 | Yes |
| PACUOther | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | 4 | 4 | Yes |
| Cardiothoracic SurgeryOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 1.1 | 0 | Yes |
| EFPAOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 1.6 | 1 | Yes |
| Family Health CenterOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 5.6 | 3.6 | Yes |
| General SurgeryOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 2.6 | 0 | Yes |
| GynecologyOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Infectious Disease/Cardiac ClinicOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Pediatric ClinicOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 4 | 0 | Yes |
| Primary Care- Clifton ParkOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| Primary Care- GlenvilleOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 0.6 | 1 | Yes |
| Primary Care- Mohawk HarborOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 1.6 | 2 | Yes |
| Primary Care- River RoadOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Pulmonary Clinic, PFT, Sleep labOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 1 | 2.7 | Yes |
| UrologyOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| mental healthOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 3.2 | 1 | Yes |
| B3 Adolescent Mental HealthPsychiatry | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3 | Yes |
| C3 Adult Mental HealthPsychiatry | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4 | Yes |
| C6- Pulmonary DiseasesMedical/Surgical | None | 4.0 | 4.0 | None | None | Yes |
Ellis Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Ellis Hospital?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), intensive care units 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), emergency department units 3.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), psychiatry units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 6.0), cardiac catheterization/ep units 3.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 1.3) and endoscopy units 1.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Ellis Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: New York State Nurses Association (600 employees, contract to 28 Feb 2027).
Did Ellis Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 1 of the plan's 51 unit-and-shift plans (among them A5- Pulmonary Diseases), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is Ellis Hospital hiring?
Ellis Medicine has its open jobs here, read from its own job board every day.
Sources and method
The plan as the Department publishes it in its normalized form, read table by table. "Patients per RN" is the plan's planned average number of patients one RN cares for on the unit and shift; procedural units (a cath lab, endoscopy) plan few by their nature. Read 9 Nov 2026. Every New York hospital.
- New York State Department of Health, hospital clinical staffing plans 2026-2027, Ellis Hospital (PFI 0829)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Ellis Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/ellis-hospital