PCA/ Patient Care Assistant - Green Hospital - Bone Marrow Transplant - Nights

Scripps | La Jolla, CA

Posted Date 4/15/2025
Description

This is a benefit-eligible, part-time position (48 hours every 2 weeks) working 12-hour night shifts and located at Scripps Green Hospital in Torrey Pines.

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.

The ideal candidate will be someone who demonstrates a high level of compassion for their patients, and a strong desire to develop relationships and create connections. Working in our Bone Marrow Transplant department, you will assist with daily patient care, routinely checking vital signs, and ambulating patients. A high level of attention to infection control will be key as all patients are immune-suppressed. On this 24 bed unit, the department will see an average of 15 – 18 patients while the Patient Care Assistant will be assigned to an average of 8 patients per day.

The duties of a Patient Care Assistant include:

  • Providing excellent service to patients as a key member of the clinical care team.
  • Assisting 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.
  • Supporting the unit with a variety of patient logistic, clerical, equipment/supply, and charge reconciliation duties

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