GatorCare Medical Insurance and Rx Drug Plan:

• Eligible on date of hire to benefits-eligible position

• Employer and employee contribution

• Two plans available; administered by Florida Blue and Magellan Rx Management

Dental Insurance

• Eligible first day of month following employment in benefits-eligible position

• Employee-paid

• Three traditional plans with choice of dentists

Vision Plans

• Plans cover frames and lenses

• Frames and lenses replaced once per year

• Discounts offered for Lasik surgery

• Eligible first day of employment for full/part-time employees working 40 or more hours per pay period

Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

• Free & confidential service providing assistance to balance work/life issues

• Available to all full/part-time employees

Tuition Reimbursement

• Eligible after 6 months of employment in benefits eligible position

• Calendar year annual maximum is $5,250 for full-time employees; pro-rated for part-time employees

Student Loan Financial Support

• Eligible on date of hire in a benefits-eligible position

• Eligible employees must work in a position that requires certain specific clinical licenses/certificates

• Full-time employees eligible to receive $150 a month and part-time employees $75

• Qualified eligible loans must be in “good standing.: UF Health Shands payments sent directly to loan servicer

Group Legal

• Available for employees to purchase at the UF Health Jacksonville group rate

Dependent Care and Health Care Reimbursement Accounts

• Allows employees to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible medical expenses up to $2,550 and dependent care expenses up to $5,000 per year.

Critical Care Insurance, Whole Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability/Long-Term Disability Insurance and Cancer Protection Policy

• Eligibility determined by carrier

• Employee-paid

• Costs for plans are determined by age, specific benefit plan and option chosen

Supplemental Accidental Death & Dismemberment

• Eligible first day of month following hire

• Employee-paid

• Protection for employees/family for accidental death on or off the job. Payment for loss of sight, limb, or speech

Life Insurance/Dependent Life Insurance

• Provides employees with life insurance valued at one times their annual salary

• Employees can also purchase an additional one, two, or three times annual salary

• Full/part-time employees working 40 or more hours per pay period

Paid Time Off Benefits

• Eligible after 3 months employment in benefits eligible position

• Accrue hours bi-weekly, based on employment category and/or hours worked. Increases after 5 and 10 years of service

• Accrual pro-rated based on FTE and/or hours paid

Holidays

• Eligible on date of hire to benefits-eligible position

• 10 paid holidays per year (includes personal holidays)

Retirement Benefits

• All employees are eligible to participate in these retirement benefits, regardless of of FTE

• Both employer and employee contribute to retirement

• Employees eligible to receive employer contributions following 6 months of employment

Allows newly graduated nurses to fully adapt to their new environment and transition into their role as a professional nurse

Provides the ability to demonstrate pertinent entry-level competencies necessary

Incorporates critical thinking scenarios as well as rehearsing in a simulation environment and utilizing core equipment

Involves classroom-based learning and skills practice inside simulation labs

Given the chance to work on an assigned unit with a preceptor and another new nurse

Opportunity to spend a day in the ED starting IVs, along with drawing blood in the lab, and with Wound Care if that skill is needed