UAB Medicine offers a variety of entry-level job opportunities in health care for those who have graduated high school and have no prior experience. It’s a great place for early talent like you to get started, and here’s why:
- You’ll make at least $15 an hour.
- We offer a variety of schedules, including days, nights, weekends, or a mix.
- We cover 100% of your college tuition at UAB, paid upfront so that you never even see a tuition bill.
- You’ll gain hands-on experience for future job opportunities.
- You’ll make valuable connections with managers and leaders.
- We support you in nearly unlimited career paths, so you can grow a career in health care.
There are many entry-level positions that include benefits and flexible hours for creating a schedule that works for you. A few positions that are a great fit for early talent include:
- Monitor technician: perform patient monitoring and observation duties to watch for life-threatening issues
- Patient care technician (PCT): provide direct inpatient care and support to bedside nurses
- Patient observer: monitor patients and help ensure safety through observation and surveillance
- Unit secretary: support nursing staff by performing administrative duties
- Dietary clerk: respond to meal requests and support patients’ dietary needs
- Food Services worker: receive, assemble, prepare, and distribute food for patients, visitors, and staff
- Guest Services representative: answer calls, provide directions, and perform other customer service duties
- Patient transporter: transport patients from parking areas to appointment locations
- Care transition assistant: support the care transitions staff by helping connect patients with needed resources for the continuum of care
- Data processing specialist: enter data, generate reports, and maintain patient database files
- Materials management technician: receive, verify, deliver, stock, and distribute all incoming materials, supplies, and equipment
- Perioperative services care technician: ensure that operating rooms have clean supplies and rooms, and handle patient transports
- Pharmacy technician: provide essential support and work alongside pharmacists in their daily activities
- Radiologic technologist assistant: provide support to radiologic technologists, and transport and support patients
- Sterile supply technician: clean, assemble, and sterilize instrument sets and organize trays and carts for surgery
Whether serving patients and guests or managing technical or support functions, each of us makes a difference in the lives of those in our community, across the state, and beyond. No matter your role, UAB Medicine provides a venue to explore career paths, develop leadership skills, and accomplish lifelong goals.
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UAB Medicine offers comprehensive benefit packages that complement our competitive pay, and include perks like 100% tuition assistance and a generous paid time off program.