UCLA Health

Emergency Trauma Technician - Emergency Department - Santa Monica

UCLA Health  •  $29.31/hr  •  Onsite  •  1 month ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
12hr night shifts including weekends and holidays
Posted Date
04/17/2026
Salary Range $25.53 - 29.31 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
30262


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Become a key member of a world-class health organization and contribute to the delivery of Magnet® designated nursing excellence. Take your career to the next level. U can do all this and more at UCLA Health! In this exciting and rewarding position, you will provide evidence-based care in an academic ED setting to multiple patients of all ages with complex medical conditions.

The Emergency Trauma Techs perform basic patient care skills, follow infection control practices, assist in set up of equipment for procedures, provide direct patient care in trauma/ emergency situations, and have knowledge and direct experience with orthopedic injuries and splint placement. The emergency trauma tech assists nurses in transporting patients, assisting patients with ADL, collecting specimens, performing EKGs and finger stick blood sugar checks. Join our team today!

Salary: $25.53 - $29.31 Hourly


Job Qualifications

We’re seeking a highly-skilled, self-motivated healthcare professional with:

  • Prior ED Tech or EMT experience - highly desired
  • BLS (American Heart Assoc. or American Red Cross) - Required
  • Knowledge of suturing and suture removal, dressing application, and splinting
  • Skill in CPR and EKG's
  • Skill in preparing wounds for treatment, set up and assisting with special procedures such as incision and drainage of infected areas
  • Ability to assist nursing staff with routine patient care
  • Ability to perform as a team member and provide professional staff support to physicians and nurses
  • Ability to function effectively with patients
  • Ability to lift, push, pull

About UCLA Santa Monica:

The UCLA Health’s Santa Monica Medical Center is a technologically advanced and welcoming 281-bed, 4.5-acre, full-service medical campus. Over 25% of the medical campus is dedicated to green and open spaces offering a serene place for patients, visitors, and staff members to get some fresh air, sunshine, and sea breeze, all a short distance to our beautiful California Beaches.



As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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