St. Mary’s offers a competitive and attractive package of benefits for its employees, including:

Group Health Insurance
Your choice of PPO or HMO coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia. Employee and dependent coverage available. Deductibles and co-pays are waived under certain circumstances for members who use St. Mary’s facilities and services.

Basic Life Insurance
Coverage equal to the employee’s annual salary through Metlife, provided at no cost to the employee.

Supplemental Life Insurance
Low group rates for employees and dependents through Metlife.

Dental Insurance
Your choice of two plans, Standard or Premier, through Metlife Dental. Affordable group rates.

Vision Insurance
Provides discount coverage through Avesis.

Long Term Disability
Provides 60% of your income in case of disability through Cigna Insurance Co.

Savings Plus Retirement Plan
Tax-sheltered annuity plan through Valic. Set aside a percentage of your income with a wide range of investment opportunities and risk levels. St. Mary’s matches 50% of your contributions, up to 3% of your annual salary.

Retirement Plan
Hospital-provided benefit plan based on years of service and your final average earnings. Employees are vested in the plan with 5 years of service.

Personal Annual Leave (PAL)
Time off with pay for vacations, holidays, personal illnesses or injuries and other personal and family needs. PAL time begins accummulating with your first paycheck, with new fulltime employees earning 7.08 hours per pay period (PT employees start earning 3.08 hours per pay period). Tenured employees earn more, based on years of service . Unused PAL hours carry over from year to year.

Holidays
Six recognized holidays: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. PAL time can be used for other holidays. Time and a half paid if required to work on Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s Day.

Free Health Screenings
Mandatory TB skin test and urinalysis, with optional full laboratory blood and urine profile, chest x-ray and, for employees over 40, EKG.

Tuition Reimbursement:
Assistance in payment for work-related courses. Current reimbursement is $5,000 over employment lifetime with St. Mary's. Reimbursed after term ends, when grades are provided to HR.

Other Benefits Available:
Short-term disability, Cancer insurance, critical illness insurance, universal life insurance, long term care insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Extended Illness Bank, funeral leave, Family Medical Leave, Employee Assistance Program, in-service education, free parking, credit union, and cafeteria discounts.

Please note:
This document is meant to enable you to view a sampling of St. Mary’s benefits at a glance. If any discrepancy exists between the benefits described here and the Summary Plan Description or Plan Document in the Human Resources Department, the Summary Plan Description or Plan Document will apply.

The Board of Directors at St. Mary’s Health Care System, Inc. reserves the right to amend or terminate any of the above referenced benefits at any time without notice.