PCA/ Nurse Assistant - Float Pool - Torrey Pines/La Jolla

Scripps Health; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Scripps Health is seeking a Patient Care Assistant (PCA) for its Float Pool, floating between Scripps La Jolla and Scripps Green Hospital. This full-time role features a 12-hour DAY shift schedule on variable days with rotating weekends and holidays and provides essential patient care within a dynamic clinical team.

The PCA delivers direct patient assistance, supports the care team, and coordinates unit logistics and supplies to maintain a safe and efficient environment.

Qualifications

• Assists patients with personal needs and activities of daily living.
• Collects data and ensures a safe, organized environment.
• Supports the unit with logistics, clerical tasks, equipment and supplies.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with personal needs and activities of daily living, collects data, and ensures the patient has a safe, organized environment.
• Assists with patient care within scope and under clinician direction.
• Supports unit with patient logistics, clerical duties, equipment/supply and charge reconciliation.

Job description

This is a Full-Time (72 hours per pay period, every 2 weeks), position with 12-hour DAY shift schedule on variable days of the week which includes rotating weekends and holidays.

Position will float between Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla and Scripps Green Hospital (Torrey Pines).

Why join Scripps Health?

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2026
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

We invite you to join our highly engaged team of Patient Care Assistant’s and be a key member of an outstanding clinical care team.

The Patient Care Assistant (PCA) in the Float Pool will float between Scripps La Jolla, widely known for the Preby’s Cardiovascular Institute and Scripps Green Hospital campus recognized for their transplant program and spine services.

The Patient Care Assistant (PCA) provides excellent service to patients as a key member of the clinical care team.

• Assists patients with personal needs and activities of daily living, collects data, and ensures the patient has a safe, organized environment.
• Assists with patient care within the scope permitted and under the direction of a clinician.
• Supports the unit with a variety of patient logistic, clerical, equipment/supply, and charge reconciliation duties.