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There are many factors you might consider in choosing where to work. The job responsibilities, pay and long-term career opportunities are certainly among the most important factors. But you should also consider the benefits that go beyond your paycheck.
At Texas Health, we pride ourselves on providing eligible employees with a variety of great benefits, as described below. If you become an employee, you will receive more details about these programs after you are hired.
Benefits at a Glance
Read on to learn about the many benefits of joining Texas Health Resources.
401(k) Retirement Plan
All employees may join the 401(k) Retirement Plan anytime and may make either pre-tax or Roth after-tax contributions. Texas Health matches employee's contributions up to 6 percent of pay. The match increases with length of service, starting at 75 cents for every dollar you contribute. Participants may choose from a variety of investment options.
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Health Care Benefits
Medical Coverage: Texas Health offers five medical plan choices through UnitedHealthcare (UHC). They all include the UHC Choice network of providers. The difference in the plans is the amount of the deductible and coinsurance — and whether the plan covers out-of-network care. Texas Health pays over 80 percent of the premium cost for full-time employees. The employee's premiums depend on the plan chosen, number of covered dependents, employee's salary and full-time or part-time status.
Dental Coverage: Texas Health offers three dental plan options through Aetna. Two are dental PPOs and the third is a dental HMO. The PPOs pay a percentage of the cost of dental care after a $50 annual deductible. The dental HMO does not have a deductible and pays benefits according to a schedule. The employee's premiums depend on the plan selected and number of covered dependents.
Vision Coverage: Texas Health offers a vision plan through Superior Vision. It covers eye exams and glasses or contacts and many other vision supplies and services. The employee's premiums depend on the number of covered dependents.
Flexible Spending Accounts: Texas Health offers both a Health Care and a Dependent Care Spending Account. Employees can make pre-tax contributions of up to $5,000 per year to each account and receive tax-free reimbursements of eligible expenses from their accounts.
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Wellness Programs
Helping people get healthy and stay healthy is not only our business, it's our mission. Texas Health strives to create a culture of health. One way is through our Wellness Program.
Be Healthy: Eligible employees can earn awards of up to $300 per year for completing a health assessment, lab panel, lifestyle management program, preventive exam, stress assessment and back health assessment. Each time the employee completes one of these elements, Be Healthy mails a gift card to the employee.
Tobacco Cessation Program: To encourage employees and their dependents to stop using tobacco, this free program includes nicotine replacement therapy and counseling.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): All Texas Health employees are eligible for the EAP. It can help employees with issues such as relationships, parenting, stress, work or career issues, financial and legal matters, death and illness, as well as concerns about alcohol and drugs. Texas Health believes employees deserve a diverse suite of benefits — even non-traditional ones. The EAP can be used as a resource to find a plumber, a child-care facility, or even someone to pet-sit. Employees and dependents have access to unlimited telephone counseling and up to six face-to-face visits with a counselor per issue, per year. The EAP is voluntary and confidential and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Paid Time Off (PTO)
Employees may use PTO for holidays, vacation, and sick time. Full-time and part-time employees who are benefits eligible accrue paid time off each pay period. The amount of PTO accrued is determined by the employees' years of service and number of hours assigned. For example, full-time employees who work 64 to 80 hours per pay period can accrue 24 days of PTO in the first year. Other paid time off includes bereavement leave and jury duty.
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Tuition Reimbursement
Full-time Employees:
- Clinical degrees: Texas Health reimburses up to $5,250 per year.
- Non-clinical degrees: After six months of service, Texas Health reimburses up to $4,000 per year for employees only.
Part-time Benefits-eligible Employees:
- Clinical degrees: Texas Health reimburses up to $5,250 per year for employees who are full-time students and up to $2,625 per year for employees who are not full-time students.
- Non-clinical degrees: After six months of service, Texas Health reimburses up to $2,000 per year for employees only.
Dependents Pursuing Clinical Degrees:
- Full-time employees: Texas Health reimburses up to $5,250 per year.
- Part-time employees: Texas Health reimburses up to $2,625 per year.
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Other Benefits
Flex Dollars: Texas Health pays the majority of employees' medical premiums. After one year of service, Texas Health also provides Flex Dollars to help pay for benefits. Full-time employees receive 1.5 percent of base pay (up to $750) and part-time employees receive 0.5 percent of pay (up to $500).
Adoption Assistance: Texas Health reimburses expenses up to $2,000 per qualified adoption per family per year.
Credit Union: All employees are eligible to use the Texas Health Credit Union.
On-site Child Care: Available at some locations, including sick-child care in some locations.
Fitness Centers: Some locations offer on-site facilities. Texas Health also has contracts with certain fitness centers for employees to get fit and stay fit.
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Life Insurance
Basic Life Insurance: All full- and part-time benefits-eligible employees are covered for one times their annual base salary, up to $50,000.
Additional Life Insurance: Employees may elect coverage of one to four times their annual base salary, up to $1,000,000 (including basic and additional life).
Dependent Life Insurance: Employees may elect spouse coverage in $10,000 increments, up to the total of the employee's basic and additional life insurance (to a maximum of $50,000). Child life insurance coverage is $10,000 for each eligible dependent child.
Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance: AD&D protects you and your family from financial hardship caused by a serious accident that results in certain types of injury or death.
Basic AD&D Insurance: All full- and part-time benefits-eligible employees are covered for one times their annual base salary, up to $50,000.
Additional AD&D Insurance: Employees may elect coverage of one to 10 times their annual base salary, up to $750,000. Family coverage is also available.
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Disability Coverage
Short-term Disability: If a covered employee becomes disabled, after the waiting period the plan pays 60 percent of the employee's weekly base salary, up to $1,700 per week for up to 180 days. Employees may elect coverage with a 14- or 30-day waiting period.
Basic Long-term Disability: After 180 days of disability, this plan pays 50 percent of the employee's monthly base salary, up to $15,000 per month.
Additional Long-term Disability: If an employee wants more LTD coverage than basic LTD provides, the employee may elect additional coverage that increases the amount of LTD coverage to 60 percent of the employee's monthly base salary, up to $15,000.
Long Term Care Insurance
Employees may choose coverage that pays a daily benefit of $100, $200 or $300 for a lifetime maximum of two, three or five years. Family members who may be covered include the employee and his/her spouse, adult children, parents, grandparents, and in-laws.
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Career Development Programs
Career Growth: When you join Texas Health, your career is just beginning. Texas Health offers and encourages our employees to take advantage of opportunities for continued growth. We have Career Development Centers in Dallas and Fort Worth to provide information and assistance in enhancing your career. We also offer brown bag seminars and individual consultations at various locations throughout the year.
Nurse Training Program: Texas Health, in collaboration with El Centro College of the Dallas County Community College District, operates a first-of-its-kind pilot program to aid existing Texas Health employees, their spouses and qualified dependents in becoming a registered nurse.
El Centro provides the classroom instructors, testing and accreditation, while Texas Health provides the clinical instructors, space and other resources.
Texas Health covers the cost of tuition, books and fees for its eligible employees who participate in the joint program concurrent with their job responsibilities. Upon successful completion, each graduates with an Associate Degree in Nursing and becomes eligible for Registered Nurse positions throughout the Texas Health system.
As this program is open only through employment at Texas Health, others with interest are encouraged to review positions currently available across the Texas Health Resources family of hospitals.
Follow this link for more general information about the Associate Degree in Nursing from El Centro College.
Advanced Nursing Degrees: Texas Health employees who hold a degree in nursing may be eligible to extend their education through Texas Health's Center for Learning and the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing (UTA). Employees may work toward a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) or a Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN).
The program provides employees who hold an Associate Degree in Nursing the opportunity to earn their bachelor's in nursing. Employees who hold a bachelor's degree may also be eligible to earn a master's in nursing. The ADN-to-BSN and BSN-to-MSN programs allow nurses the opportunity to further develop their skills and gain a deeper understanding of nursing theory and trends.
UTA provides the classroom instructors, testing and accreditation, while Texas Health provides the clinical instructors, space and other resources. Texas Health covers the cost of tuition, books and fees for its eligible employees who participate in the joint program concurrent with their job responsibilities.
Follow this link for more information about the nursing programs offered by The University of Texas at Arlington.
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