Clinical Laboratory Incentive Program

Incentives are applicable to UNC Medical Center, UNC Hillsborough Hospital, and Youth Behavioral Health Hospital as well as the UNC Health Rex positions listed below. New teammates may receive either the commitment incentive OR tuition loan forgiveness listed below (eligible parties will receive one or the other, but not both incentives.)

Program Guidelines:

• This is a program in which the specific positions below are eligible for tuition loan assistance and commitment incentive bonus.
• ​To be eligible, candidate must be employed, and continue to work, in one of the regular full-time qualifying positions listed below (Full-time is 36 hours or more per week).
• ​To be eligible, candidate must not be currently employed, or employed within the previous 12 months, at any owned entity within the UNC Health system.
• To be eligible, candidate must not be currently employed as a per diem, traveler or contract staff at any owned entity within the UNC Health system.
• To be eligible, candidate must remain in good standing throughout the work commitment period.
• If the employee receives a final written warning, resigns or is terminated, the incentive will be discontinued.
• Teammate must be in active status at the time of their commitment work-through date; otherwise, the payment will be cancelled. Remaining installment payments may resume upon the teammate’s return to active status. Active is defined as a teammate who is actively working or receiving Paid Time Off.

• The following can be offered the hiring incentive at the time of offer into a permanent full time role:

  • External Traveler
  • Internal Traveler
  • Per Diem employee
  • Contract/Temp Agency Worker
• Remain in the department where initially hired.

Tuition Loan Forgiveness:

UNC Medical Center is offering tuition loan forgiveness to new hires of $10,000 paid in four (4) equal installments over four (4) years in order to attract qualified candidates that have earned a bachelor’s degree.

UNC Health Rex is offering tuition loan forgiveness to new hires of $15,000 paid in four (4) equal installments over four (4) years in order to attract qualified candidates that have earned a bachelor’s degree.

Eligible Job Classes:

• Medical Technologist I
• Histotechnologist
• Cytotechnologist 
• Cytogenetic Technologist
• Cytogenetic Technologist Senior

OR

Commitment Incentive:

UNC Medical Center is offering a commitment incentive for newly-hired employees of $10,000 for a two (2) year work commitment. Payments will be provided in equal installments to the new employee after each six (6) month period of work is completed for two (2) years.

Eligible Job classes:

• Medical Lab Technician
• Medical Technologist I and II
• Medical Lab Supervisor
• Laboratory Department Manager
• Histology Technician
• Histotechnologist
• Cytotechnologist I and II
• Cytogenetic Technologist
• Cytogenetic Technologist Senior

UNC Health Rex is offering a commitment incentive for newly-hired employees of $10,000 for a two (2) year work commitment. Payments will be provided in three (3) equal installments to the new teammate after their six (6) month, twelve (12) month, and twenty-four (24) month work through dates during the two (2) years. (*Note for UNC Health Rex positions: the above listed commitment incentive payout schedule has been updated for job offers 9/5/23 and after.)

Eligible Job classes:

• Medical Lab Technician
• Medical Technologist I and II
• Medical Lab Supervisor
• Medical Lab Specialist
• Histology Technician
• Histotechnologist
• Cytotechnologist I and II

*Note: incentive program amounts listed above have updated on 10/3/23. 

*UNC Health employees are not eligible for recruitment incentives when going from one owned entity to another.