*Important Notice:

Applying for Jobs:

Thank you for your continued interest in career opportunities with UNC Health! Please note the following:

Current teammates of UNC Health looking to apply for a position outside of their current payroll entity, please close this notice and continue your job search and application as an external applicant. Please be sure to use your personal email address and not your UNC Health email address.
Current teammates of UNC Health looking to apply for a position within their current payroll entity, please apply as an internal applicant through Employee Self Service. Teammates applying internally, please be sure to have your teammate ID and UNC Health email address availble.

Discovery Teammate Referral Program:

**This referral program is applicable to teammates within UNC Health's core facilities and divisions. This includes UNC Health Caldwell, UNC Health Chatham, UNC Health Alliance, UNC Hospitals (UNC Medical Center, UNC Hillsborough, and UNC Faculty Physicians), UNC Health Johnston, UNC Physicians Network, UNC Health Rex, UNC Rex Holly Springs, UNC Health Rockingham, and Shared Services.**

Current teammates, looking to refer someone? Check out our Teammate Referral Program to earn extra cash!

Current teammates, please ensure that you submit your candidate in our system, before they apply. For teammate referral guidelines and eligibility, click here.

Medical Assistant, Certified Incentive Program

Commitment Incentive Details

Applicable entities and effective dates:

- UNC Medical Center and UNC Faculty Physician Clinics - July 1, 2019
- UNC Physicians Network (Triangle) - July 1, 2021
- UNC Health Rex - January 24, 2022; UNC Health Rex Urgent Care - February 19, 2024
- UNC Health Caldwell - February 11, 2025

$7,500 to full-time Medical Assistant, Certified (Level I, II, and III) with UNC Medical Center, UNC Faculty Physician clinics, UNC Physicians Network (Triangle), and UNC Rex clinics (including Rex Urgent Care). UNC Health Caldwell - $1,000 sign-on bonus to full-time Medical Assistant, Certified, and $5,000 commitment incentive. UNC Health Caldwell - $1,500 sign-on bonus to full-time Medical Assistant Trainees. (UNC Incentive amount may change over time to remain competitive with market trends.
At UNC Medical Center, UNC Faculty Physician clinics, UNC Physicians Network (Triangle), and UNC Rex clinics (including Rex Urgent Care) commitment incentives will be paid over a three-year period in three (3) equal installments (12 months, 24 months, and 36 months). Payment will be treated as taxable income and directly deposited in your paycheck. At UNC Health Caldwell commitment incentive will be paid over a two-year period in two (2) equal installments (12 months, 24 months). UNC Health Caldwell sign-on bonus to be paid in the first 30 days.
Be hired as a Medical Assistant, Certified I, II, or III. UNC Health Caldwell also includes Medical Assistant Trainees.
Be employed, and continue to work, in a regular full-time qualifying Medical Assistant, Certified position (36+ hours per week).
Not be currently employed, or employed within the previous 12 months at another owned entity within the UNC Health system.
Medical Assistant, Certified, staff in per diem, traveler, or contract positions at any owned entity within UNC Health are eligible if moving to a full-time Medical Assistant, Certified, position (36+ hours per week).
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.
Remain in the department where they initially hired.

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

Equal Employment Opportunity

UNC Health is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please refer to our Employment Application Accessibility page if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

To verify employment eligibility, UNC Health is committed to Form I-9 and the E-Verify process.

Learn further E-Verify details in E-Verify (English) or E-Verify (Spanish).

UNC Health supports your right to work. View the Right of Work Statement (English) or Right of Work Statement (Spanish).

View the KNOW YOUR RIGHTS (English) or the KNOW YOUR RIGHTS (Spanish)posters.

View the Federal Workplace poster. View our EEO Policy Statement.