Periop Aide/WCS Aide - Surgery - Sharp Tri-City - Night Shift - Full Time

150 Sharp Tri-City Medical Center; Vista (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare is hiring a Perioperative Aide / WCS Aide to transport patients, retrieve equipment, clean rooms, and assist department staff to ensure smooth patient flow. Under RN supervision, the role supports care for infants, children, and adults with a focus on safety, hygiene, and efficient room turnover.

Responsibilities include safe patient transports, assisting with care in perioperative settings, and stocking areas while adhering to infection control guidelines.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent required.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals required.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe, clean working environment with infection control in mind.
• Transports patients to, from and within the assigned departments, ensuring safe and age-appropriate care.
• Assists with patient care in perioperative or other department settings under RN supervision.
• Transports supplies, equipment, specimens, paperwork and other items as requested.
• Performs cleaning duties in areas such as Operating Rooms, PACU, Preop areas, Mother Baby, Women’s & Children's, and sterile processing.
• Restocks/resupplies areas including patient care spaces, locker rooms and transport of oxygen.

Education

H.S. Diploma or Equivalent

AHA BLS Healthcare - REQUIRED

Job description

Hours

Shift Start Time: Variable
Shift End Time: Variable
AWS Hours Requirement: 10/40 - 10 Hour Shift
Additional Shift Information: Night Shift
Weekend Requirements: As Needed
On-Call Required: No
Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $25.000 - $25.000 - $28.160

This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU. This position was originally posted to STC SEIU members from 09/22/26 to 09/30/26. The position is now available to be filled by internal candidates that are not members of the ratified Bargaining Unit or External candidates to STC.

What You Will Do

The Perioperative Aide / WCS Aide is a nonprofessional support technician functioning under direct supervision in the department whose responsibility is to provide transportation of patients, retrieving of equipment, cleaning of rooms and equipment, and assistance to the department personnel to ensure smooth transition of patients. Assist in the delivery of patient care under the direct supervision and licensure of a Registered Nurse (RN) for infants (0 – 1 year of age), pediatrics (1 – 13 years of age), and adult (14 years of age and older population) with demonstrated awareness and sensitivity to patients'/caregivers' rights, as identified within the institution.

Required Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Essential Functions

• Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.
• Transports patients to, from and within the assigned departments, assuring safe and age appropriate care.
• Assists with patient care in the perioperative or other department setting.
• Transports supplies, equipment, specimens, paperwork and other items as requested.
• Efficiency and effectively performs assigned cleaning duties, in the assigned areas, including but not limited to Operating Rooms, PACU, Preop Admission area, Mother Baby, Women's Children's, support spaces, sterile processing, and other areas as assigned, following safety and infection control guidelines.
• Restocks/resupplies assigned areas, including but not limited to patient care areas, locker rooms, support areas, transport oxygen.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Good Communication Skills.
• Experience in patient safety and body mechanics measures.
• Heavy lifting may be required.
• Read, write, and speak English.
• Must be able to lift and transport patients greater than 100 pounds over uneven surfaces, required. (Labor & Delivery / Mother Baby Departments)

Equal Opportunity/affirmative action employer

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.

About Our Organization

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women's health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It is what we call The Sharp Experience - treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.