PCA/ Nurse Assistant - Surgical Acute - Mercy San Diego - Nights

Scripps Health; Escondido (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Scripps Health in San Diego invites applications for a Patient Care Assistant (PCA) to join our Surgical Acute team. This full-time role (72 hours per pay period) involves a 12-hour night shift on variable days, weekends and holidays, located at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (Hillcrest).

The PCA delivers compassionate patient care, assists with activities of daily living, collects data, and helps the clinical team with logistics, clerical duties, and supplies.

Qualifications

• Experience in assisting patients with daily living activities.
• Ability to collect patient data and report to clinicians as needed.
• Support the unit with logistics and supply tasks.
• Willingness to work 12-hour night shifts and weekends/holidays.

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 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.

Skills

Patient care

ADLs assistance

Data collection

Clerical duties

Team collaboration

Job description

This is a Full-Time (72 hours per pay period), with a 12-hour NIGHT shift, on variable days of the week including holidays and weekends.

Located at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (Hillcrest).

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.
• Becker's 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 Surgical Acute team of Patient Care Assistant’s and be a key member of an outstanding clinical care team.

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.