UVA Medical Center Category Nursing Location Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America Job Id R0086048
Bring your experience into a pediatric emergency setting where your assessment skills, clinical judgment, and ability to act quickly can make a meaningful difference for children and families. This opportunity is designed for EMTs who want hands-on hospital experience, expanded clinical capabilities, and a supportive path toward long-term growth in healthcare.
Join the Pediatric Emergency Department at UVA Children’s, a growing specialty environment serving approximately 18,500 patient visits annually. You will work alongside specialty-trained pediatric nurses and an interdisciplinary team, while developing skills in pediatric assessment, triage support, IV insertion, blood collection, and 12-lead EKGs.
The Role
As a Pediatric Emergency Department Technician, you will support children with a wide range of urgent and emergent needs, including medical, surgical, and behavioral health presentations. You will help create a safe, efficient, and family-centered experience from arrival through discharge or inpatient admission.
This is a consistently active clinical environment where technicians remain engaged, recognize changing priorities, and respond within their approved scope. Your contributions help nurses and other clinicians focus on the highest level of their practice while ensuring patients receive attentive, timely care.
In this role, you will:
- Work at the top of your scope while supporting pediatric nurses in triage and the main treatment area.
- Obtain and monitor vital signs, recognize changes in patient condition, and promptly communicate findings to the care team.
- Support rapid patient assessment and prioritization in a fast-paced emergency environment.
- Perform or receive training in IV insertion, blood draws, and 12-lead EKGs.
- Assist with specimen collection, diagnostic testing, patient comfort, personal care, mobility, safety, and environmental readiness.
- Support the triage nurse by monitoring patients, completing appropriate interventions, and remaining attentive to children and families waiting for care.
- Accurately document patient information throughout the plan of care.
- Maintain clean, safe, organized, and appropriately stocked clinical spaces.
- Recognize physical or behavioral responses that may pose a safety concern and report them immediately.
- Collaborate with pediatric nurses, providers, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Participate in departmental safety initiatives, required education, and ongoing professional development.
The department uses three 12-hour shifts:
- Day shift: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Mid-shift: 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
- Night shift: 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Immediate needs include wage, day, and night opportunities, with the option for part-time or mid-shift. Part-time team members generally work two shifts per week, while wage team members provide flexible supplemental support. Weekend commitments vary by employment status and are scheduled within a six-week period.
Why UVA Health
UVA Health offers the clinical depth of an academic health system with the mission-driven environment of UVA Children’s. In this role, you will gain meaningful exposure to pediatric emergency care while contributing to a department that is expanding its technician model, strengthening triage support, and advancing pediatric trauma capabilities.
You will benefit from:
- Paid PEARS training, focused on pediatric emergency assessment, recognition of deterioration, and stabilization.
- Paid Crisis Prevention Institute training to help you work safely and effectively with behavioral health presentations.
- Free monthly continuing education that provides contact hours.
- Eligibility after one year of relevant experience for additional training in ultrasound-guided IV placement and point-of-care testing.
- Leadership with firsthand EMT and paramedic experience that understands your clinical foundation and professional goals.
- A team that welcomes both experienced and newly certified EMTs.
- Flexible wage and part-time structures that may complement EMS work or healthcare education.
- Experience that can support future paths in nursing, paramedicine, physician assistant studies, medical school, or other clinical professions.
- A demonstrated culture of internal growth, including technicians who completed nursing school and continued their careers in the Pediatric Emergency Department as nurses.
- The opportunity to help shape evolving triage, fast-track, and pediatric emergency-care services.
Why People Love Living in Charlottesville
Charlottesville combines the energy of a university community with convenient access to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah National Park, local trails, and year-round outdoor recreation. The area offers a thriving food scene, arts and cultural events, historic destinations, and welcoming surrounding communities. For healthcare professionals and students, Charlottesville provides a setting where advanced clinical practice, continuing education, and an active life outside work can come together.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education: High School Graduate or Equivalent
Experience: No experience required
Licensure: American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS Certification required. For Non-Certified team members hired prior to May 11, 2026, certification is not required, as relevant experience will be accepted in its place.
Must have one of the following:
- Certified Nursing Assistant in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- Emergency Medical Technician in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- Military Corpsmen/Medic (Combat Medic Specialist /Tactical Combat Casualty Care /Tactical Paramedic) NREMT certification or Tactical Responder Certification
- LPN license in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- Graduate of a certified nursing program
- Patient Care Technician Certification, preferred National Center of Competency Testing
- Currently enrolled student nurses who have successfully completed the Clinical Experience and Didactic
PREFERRED
Emergency Medical Technician in the Commonwealth of Virginia strongly preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Job requires frequently bending/stooping and driving (Home Health Aide only). Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull 20 – 50lbs and > 100lbs (Home Health Aide only). May be exposed to chemicals, blood/body fluids and infectious disease.
The pay range for this role is $19.00 - $23.36 hourly. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.
Benefits
Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings
Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
Certification and education support
Generous Paid Time Off
UVA Health is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as “High Performing” in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Health Children’s is named by 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond.
The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.
