Advanced Care Technician-2P Oncology-Sharp Tri-City Medical Center-Day Shift-Full-Time

Sharp HealthCare; Oceanside (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare in Oceanside, CA is seeking an Advanced Care Technician to provide basic patient care under the direction of a Registered Nurse. The role serves infant to adult populations and supports comfort, daily living activities, and safety in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Qualifications include AHA BLS for Healthcare Professionals and California CNA or LVN certification, with NVCI within 90 days. Shift coverage includes weekends on a 4-week schedule under the STC SEIU bargaining unit.

Qualifications

• AHA BLS Healthcare Certification is required.
• Current California CNA certification or LVN license or equivalent.
• NVCI within 90 days of hire or transfer (ED, BHU IP and OP only).

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care and comfort measures under RN direction.
• Assist in caring for infants, pediatric and adult patients as assigned.
• Record observations, reports to supervisor, and assist with daily needs.
• Transport patients and prepare/clean medical equipment as needed.
• Prepare formulas in NICU department when required.

Skills

Basic Life Support

Education

California CNA Certification

Job description

Hours

Shift Start Time: 7 AM

Shift End Time: 7:30 PM

AWS Hours Requirement: 12/36 - 12 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information: minimum 3 weekend shifts pwr 4-week schedule

Weekend Requirements: As Needed

On-Call Required: No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $25.000 - $25.630 - $30.330

This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU.

Job Description

In alignment with the STC SEIU CBA, this position will be posted for 7 days internally from 09/04/26 to 09/11/26 and available only to existing members of the ratified STC SEIU Bargaining Unit.

What You Will Do

An Advanced Care Technician work under the direction of a Registered Nurse, provides basic patient care and comfort measures for assigned patients. These duties are not to exclude other duties that may be assigned. Provides care for infant (0-1 year of age), emergency pediatric (1-13 years of age), and adult (14 years of age and older) populations.

Required Qualifications

• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• ACT: 3-6 months previous experience in an acute care facility, preferred.
• ACT-Float: 1-Year previous experience in an acute care facility, preferred.
• NICU Department: Minimum 2 years CNA experience, required. Pediatric experience strongly preferred.

Other Qualification Requirements

• One or more of the following is required upon hire:

  Current California Certified Nurse Assistant Certification, or

  Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse, or

  Corpsman (military), or

  Nursing student that has completed the fundamentals of nursing including initial assessment and taking vitals.

  NVCI within 90 days of hire or transfer, required (ED, BHU IP and OP only).

  Maintain a minimum of 10 related to work CE from TCMC or other source annually in lieu of maintaining certification.

Essential Functions

• The position characteristics reflect the most important duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job in a fully competent manner. They should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The characteristics of the position and standards of performance may be changed by TCMC with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

  Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.

  Provides comfort measures to patients.

  Provides assistance with patient’s daily needs.

  Assists patients with meals as needed.

  Records and reports observations to immediate supervisor, including temperature, pulse, weight, and daily input and output.

  Cleans and prepares medical equipment. Reports condition of equipment.

  Assists in transporting patients, as necessary.

  Formula preparation (NICU Department)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic computer skills.
• Must be able to speak, read and follow instructions in English.
• Knowledge of electronic charting.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class