Hyperbaric Support Technician - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Day Shift - Per Diem

Kappaalphapsi1911; La Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare in California seeks a Hyperbaric Support Tech to perform administrative, technical, and clinical duties ensuring high-quality patient care and HIPAA compliance. You will manage records, schedule treatments, and operate chamber equipment under strict safety protocols.

Required EMT California Certification and AHA BLS, plus introductory hyperbaric medicine training. On-site role with no weekend requirements and a union-based compensation structure under a SEIU-UHW contract.

Qualifications

• Completion of Introductory Hyperbaric Medicine Training Course approved by the National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology.
• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) California Certification - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Responsibilities

• Database and Record Management: patient care documentation per guidelines, maintain regulatory logs and chamber records, ensure accuracy in patient databases, protect confidentiality.
• Accurately obtain and document pre-treatment patient assessment including vital signs and fingerstick glucose, submit for provider review before daily HBOT.
• Accurately obtain and document post-treatment assessment and discharge documentation.
• Help facilitate bookings and scheduling, answer phones and perform light administrative work.
• Equipment Operation: set up and operate chamber equipment, know emergency procedures related to chamber operations, understand physiological effects of hyperbarics.
• Patient Care: adhere to aseptic technique, educate patients and families, provide excellent customer service, ensure patient confidentiality.
• Patient Safety: daily pre- and post-dive patient observation and monitoring during compression, treatment depth, and decompression.

Skills

EMT California Certification

AHA BLS Healthcare

Education

H.S. Diploma or Equivalent

Introductory Hyperbaric Medicine Training Course

Job description

Hours:

Shift Start Time:

7 AM

Shift End Time:

3:30 PM

AWS Hours Requirement:

8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

No Weekends

On-Call Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$27.830 - $33.390 - $37.400

This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU-UHW. As part of the terms of employment, employees in this role are required to join the union within 31 days of hire and remain a member (e.g. dues paying, fee paying, religious exception contributor) for the duration of the collective bargaining agreement.

This position was originally posted to ratified SEIU members from 9/9/2026 to 9/16/2026. The position is now available to be filled by internal candidates that are not members of the ratified Bargaining Unit or External candidates to Sharp.

What You Will Do
The Hyperbaric Support Tech is responsible for performing administrative, technical, and organizational duties to ensure excellent and efficient practices related to patient care, quality, and consistency of care, HIPPA compliance, and relations with patients.
Required Qualifications

• Completion of Introductory Hyperbaric Medicine Training Course approved by the National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology.
• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) California Certification - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 Year experience with patient care or in a patient care setting.
• 1 Year multi-place chamber experience.

Essential Functions

• Database and Record Management
  Patient care documentation completed per department guidelines of care and policy and procedure.
  Regulatory logs and chamber records maintained according to guidelines.
  Patient database reflects accurate information.
  Confidential information handled discretely in accordance with department policy/procedure.
  Accurately obtain and document pre-treatment patient assessment, which will include vital signs, fingerstick glucose, as indicated, and pre-treatment questions, and submit to provider for review and approval or disapproval, prior to the start of daily HBOT.
  Accurately obtain and document post-treatment patient assessment, which will include vital signs, fingerstick glucose, as indicated, and submit to provider for review and approval or disapproval, for discharge after daily HBOT.
  Help facilitate bookings and scheduling, answer phones and perform light administrative work.
• Equipment Operation
  Patients treated according to treatment protocols.
  Sets up and operates all equipment used in chamber.
  Demonstrates ongoing knowledge of emergency procedures related to chamber operations.
  Demonstrates ongoing knowledge of physiological effects of hyperbarics.
• Patient Care
  Adheres to aseptic technique and universal precautions.
  Consults with other departments as appropriate for an interdisciplinary approach to patient care.
  Transports, transfers, and positions patients safely.
  Educate and orient patients about the delivery of hyperbaric medicine oxygen treatments (HBOT).
  Provide excellent customer service to patients, and their accompanying family members and/or caregivers.
  Provides pre and post procedure education and reassurance about the delivery of hyperbaric medicine oxygen treatments (HBOT): What the procedure is, how long it is going to take, physician involved, positioning, instructions related to procedure, patient satisfaction form, etc.
  Interacts and communicates in a manner to reflect an understanding of the patient's age, culture, state of health, level of comprehension.
  Communicates and interacts with the patient's family in a way that is perceived positive and supportive while maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Patient Safety
  Performs daily pre and post dive observation of patient and reports patient status, observed changes and responses to RN.
  Attends to patient during compression, at treatment depth and decompression by continuously observing patients and attending to needs.

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