Emergency Room Tech - Children's of Mississippi - Full Time
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MSFull-timePosted 3w agoStill listed today
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Under RN supervision, the Emergency Room Tech performs procedures related to patient care and treatment at University Hospitals and Clinics. The role includes recording vital signs, performing ordered venipuncture and computerized EKGs, handling lab specimens, and providing comfort measures to patients and families. The position also supports unit operations through stocking and cleaning, participation in meetings and in-service programs, and interaction with patients, families, and healthcare providers.
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Job Requisition ID: R00054520
Job Category: Allied Health
Organization: Children's ED-Group C
Location/s: Main Campus Jackson
Job Title: Emergency Room Tech - Children's of Mississippi - Full Time
Job Summary: Under the supervision of an RN, performs specific duties/ procedures in relation to the care and treatment of patients at the University Hospitals and Clinics.
Education & Experience High school graduate and any combination of related education and related experience equal to two (2) years or currently employed as a UMMC Student Nurse Extern. Certification as an Emergency Medical Technician preferred. Six (6) months experience as a Nursing Assistant/Orderly or healthcare related position preferred.
Certifications, Licenses or Registration required: NA
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Responsibilities
- Records vital signs accurately and reports any changes to the RN. Performs venipuncture when ordered.
- Performs computerized EKGs according to policy and procedure and provides copies for the patient's chart and the heart station.
- Informs RN of any unusual occurrences or changes in patient's condition.
- Provides comfort measures to patient and family members as needed.
- Orders, labels, delivers, and maintains records of lab specimens.
- Keeps assigned work area clean and stocked.
- Contributes to the efficient operation of the unit. Demonstrates the goal of customer satisfaction through interaction with patient family members and other healthcare providers in a compassionate, respectful, courteous, confidential, and caring manner.
- Attends and participates in appropriate in-service programs, unit meetings, and quality improvement projects.
- The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.
Physical and Environmental Demands Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, frequent exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, frequent activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, occasional sitting, constant standing, frequent twisting, and constant walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)
Time Type: Full time
FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: No
Pay Class: Hourly
FTE %: 100
Work Shift: Rotating
Benefits Eligibility:
Grant Funded: No
Job Posting Date: 10/15/2026
Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):
How this job compares
Set against the 3,340 open Patient Care jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–91K/yr163 salary ranges
- US median$24–35/hr1,900 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 34 open Patient Care jobs in Mississippi and 3,340 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Mississippi
- CVS Health11 open
- Singing River Health System10 open
- Ochsner Health4 open
- Experience
- Patient Care postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (854 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,998 of the 3,340 open Patient Care jobs (60%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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