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Emergency Room Technician

UNC Health
Smithfield, NC Intern
POSTED ON 5/12/2026 CLOSED ON 6/13/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Emergency Room Technician position at UNC Health?

Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Summary

Assists with patient care, patient safety, and responds to patient needs in the Emergency Room.

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

  • Two-campus (Smithfield and Clayton) Emergency Departments with a combined total of 64 beds, offering diverse patient populations and acuity levels
  • 4:1 nurse-to-patient ratios, supporting safe, high-quality patient care
  • Strong team-based environment with a culture of collaboration and mutual support
  • Chest Pain Accredited facility, delivering evidence-based cardiac care, along with being an interventional STEMI center M-F 7a-5p
  • Primary Stroke Center, providing rapid, coordinated stroke response and treatment

Responsibilities

  • Takes and records temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration rates every 2 hours or as directed.
  • Records intake and outputs as directed.
  • Performs urinary catherization or in and out foley procedure and documents accordingly.
  • Sets up area for sterile procedure and documents accordingly.
  • Performs minor orthopedic splinting under the direction of the physician assistant.
  • Documents any skin breakdowns noted and notifies RN.
  • Removes any IV catheter and documents accordingly.
  • Transcribes, documents, and transmits physician orders and any other pertinent information.
  • Able to work in all three areas of department - triage, minor treatment and acute. Follows guidelines per departmental policy in each of these areas.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements

  • High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED)

Licensure/Certification Requirements

  • Listing as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Professional Experience Requirements

  • Prefer three to six months relevant experience and/or training

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

  • Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Johnston Health

Organization Unit: Emergency Department -

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00

Salary Range: $18.84 - $26.77 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

Salary : $19 - $27

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