St. Peter's Hospital
Human Resources: 315 South Manning Blvd.
Albany, NY 12208
Phone: 518-525-1550
Employees: 4,500
CEO: Steven Boyle
Website: http://www.stpetershealthcare.org
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St. Peter's Healthcare provides care to nearly 4,000 people in the Capital Region of NY through the following components:
- St. Peter's Hospital was founded in 1869 by the Religious Sisters of Mercy. It has 442 beds and is one of the top hospitals in the Capital Region. It is the largest component of St. Peter's Health Care Services and is located at the intersection of New Scotland Avenue and South Manning Boulevard, Albany, NY.
- St. Peter's Hospital Foundation was founded in 1979 and has provided a vital source of funding for capital improvements, technological advancements and program enhancements to support and strengthen the mission of St. Peter's.
- The Community Hospice serves seriously ill people and their families by aiding them through the process of dying and grieving. They enhance the quality of life with comprehensive, compassionate services.
- Our Lady of Mercy Life Center is a 160-bed, state-licensed, skilled-nursing facility in Guilderland that offers comprehensive residential rehabilitation, and clinically complex medical care, as well as care for the terminally ill.
- St. Peter's Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a 160-bed, state-licensed, skilled nursing facility founded in 1959 by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany. The Center, which joined St. Peter's in 1999, is located on the St. Peter's campus and offers a full range of rehabilitation services and clinically complex medical care.
- St. Peter's Addiction Recovery Center offers comprehensive services for individuals and families affected by drug or alcohol abuse. As the region's largest and most comprehensive addictions treatment program, SPARC operates a detoxification unit, inpatient rehabilitation center, men's halfway house and intensive day program, a winter homeless shelter and outpatient clinics throughout the Capital Region.
- Mercy Cares For Kids is a nationally accredited day care program on the hospital campus which helps St. Peter's employees and families from the community in meeting the emotional, social, physical and cognitive needs of children between the ages of eight weeks and five years.
- St. Peter's Hospital Auxiliary, Inc. was founded in 1904. The Auxiliary aids the hospital with special activities and ongoing businesses such as the Mercy Me Gift Shop and the "For Pete's Sake" Thrift Shop. The Auxiliary also sponsors a variety of programs and services designed to support education and health care throughout the community.
St. Peter's Hospital is undergoing a six-year $251 million expansion and renovation that should be finished in 2011 that will consolidate services and offer state-of-the-art facilties.
History
At St. Peter's, caring for the community dates back to the principles established by the foundress of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Catherine McAuley.
In 1824, when she inherited a large fortune at the age of 50, Catherine McAuley used the money to build a large house in Dublin, Ireland. It became the first House of Mercy—and was the home where Catherine and several other women provided educational, religious and social services for women and children who were poor, homeless and in need.
Carrying on that mission, in 1869 four Sisters of Mercy founded St. Peter's Hospital in downtown Albany, NY, on November 1. They had journeyed to Albany from New York City in 1863 and arrived with 80 cents in total, but they began their mission in Rensselaer, NY.
The first hospital was financed thanks to a very generous donation of $15,000 from the family of Peter Cagger, an attorney who had died. The hospital is named for him. Over the years, the scope of hospital services continued to grow. St. Peter's moved to its present site in 1930 and has grown its campus steadily to meet community needs.
In 2005, the hospital began comprehensive capital improvements to increase efficiency, convenience and privacy to provide a state-of-the-art campus for the 21st century.
Benefits
A comprehensive compensation package is offered including market competitive pay and a full-line of benefits. Benefits include a flexible benefits program allowing employees the ability to choose benefits that best meet their specific needs, a company-funded pension plan and tax-deferred retirement programs, plus numerous other benefits and employee perks, such as competitive shift differentials, a fitness center, a nationally accredited child care center and much, much more.
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