PCA/ Nurse Assistant - Green Hospital - Surgical Acute - Nights
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Scripps Health is hiring a Patient Care Assistant for the Surgical Acute department at Scripps Green Hospital. The role works full-time, 12-hour night shifts and supports patients with care, daily activities, and a safe environment. The ideal candidate brings positive energy and a commitment to exceptional patient care. Candidates need one of several qualifying experience or training paths, English proficiency, interpersonal skills, and AHA BLS.
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This is a full-time, benefit-eligible position working 12-hour night shifts and located at Scripps Green Hospital, Surgical Acute unit.
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 2025.
- 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 2024 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.
Join our team of Patient Care Assistants in our Surgical Acute department at Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, located in the central coastal community of La Jolla. Scripps Green has been serving San Diego County since 1977 and has several nationally ranked specialty departments. If you are looking to join an organization that is focused on providing the best patient care, this is the opportunity for you!
The ideal candidate will be someone who brings a positive energy and is committed to delivering exceptional patient care. Primary responsibilities will be performing EKGs, taking vitals, patient transport, and assisting patients with activities of daily living.
The general duties of the Patient Care Assistant include:
- 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
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Required Qualifications:
- One year of recent experience working under the license of a licensed healthcare provider OR current enrollment or completion of Nursing Assistant training from a recognized school OR current enrollment in an RN program with completion of the second semester, including nursing fundamentals
- Must be able to speak, read and follow instruction in English
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a service aptitude
- American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care provider
Preferred Qualifications:
- CNA certification
- One-year patient related experience preferred
Job: *Clinical Support
Organization: *Scripps Green Hospital
Title: PCA/ Nurse Assistant - Green Hospital - Surgical Acute - Nights
Location: Central San Diego County-LA JOLLA-SCRIPPS GREEN HOSPITAL
Requisition ID: 262006343
How this job compares
Set against the 2,265 open Nursing Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$42–57K/yr27 salary ranges
- California median$25–29/hr31 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 47 open Nursing Assistant jobs in California and 2,265 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health10 open
- Scripps Health (this employer)6 open
- Cedars-Sinai5 open
- Experience
- Nursing Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (400 postings).
- Education
- 19 of the 2,265 open Nursing Assistant jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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