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When we ask you to do Your Life's Work at Children's we expect a lot.

Therefore, in order to attract and retain the best people, we must provide not only competitive salaries but the best benefits. In the same way we expect excellence from you, we'll provide you with the best support and resources available.

Healthcare

All major medical benefits are available to employees who are regularly scheduled to work 16 hours per week or more.

  • We pay 100% of the premiums for dependent children, up to their 23rd birthday
  • We offer coverage for domestic partners and their children
  • Benefits start the first of the month following 30 days of employment

Medical

Three medical plan options are available through Premera Blue Cross and one is available through Group Health Cooperative. Prescription drug and vision benefits are available through the major medical plan you choose.

www.premera.com — Premera Blue Cross

www.ghc.org — Group Health Cooperative

www.medco.com — Medco Health

www.vsp.com — VSP (Vision Service Plan)

Dental

Two dental plan options are available through Washington Dental Service, www.deltadentalwa.com.

Financial

Besides offering competitive salaries, Children’s cares for your financial stability and security through a variety of resources.

Life insurance

Children’s pays for life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, which are each equal to your annual salary. Supplemental life insurance options are available for employees, dependents, spouses and domestic partners.

www.thehartford.com — The Hartford

Long-term disability (LTD)

Long term disability insurance is provided as income protection in the event you become unable to work due to disability for 90 days or more.

www.thehartford.com — The Hartford

Retirement plans

Children’s has two retirement plan options:

  1. Children’s Retirement Plan (401a)
    An account established after you have worked one year and 1,000 hours. Full vesting is achieved after three such years. Employees have the option to contribute to the 401(a) plan after 45 days of service. Children’s will match 25% of the first 4 percent that employees contribute to the 401(a). Full vesting in the matching contribution is achieved after 3 years.
    www.fidelity.com/atwork — Fidelity
  2. Tax-Sheltered Retirement Plan (403b)
    Although the 403(b) plan is not sponsored by Children’s, we provide payroll deduction and on-site meetings with representatives from the investment companies. The Tax-Sheltered retirement plan is a 100% voluntary employee contribution and available to all employees from their date of hire.
    www.fidelity.com/atwork — Fidelity
    www.ing-usa.com/us/individuals/productsservices/retirementplans/employersponsored/index.htm — ING

Flexible spending accounts

Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts are available for your use. Flexible spending accounts help you lower your taxable income when paying for out-of-pocket medical and dependent care expenses.

Credit union membership

Children’s employees may become members of the GHCU credit union (formerly Group Health Credit Union). GHCU has a few options that are designed specifically for Children’s employees.

www.ghcu.org — GHCU

Time Away From Work

We have a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) plan. Accrual rates increase with your years of service. Paid Time Off accruals begin on the first day of employment with accrued time accessible upon date of hire.

Short-term disability (STD)

Short Term Disability coverage is available when you miss scheduled workdays due to an illness or injury. This provides income protection for up to 90 calendar days, at which time your LTD benefit would go into effect.

Holidays

Children’s provides eight paid holidays each calendar year. In addition, employees are allotted one floating holiday annually. These holidays are included in your PTO accruals. (RNs per contract).

New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Presidents Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Floating Holiday

Employee Care Programs

Children’s has a variety of programs dedicated to caring for employees' well-being.

Live and Work Well

Live and Work Well is a free, confidential resource for help with any work or personal issues you may face. It is available to every member of every employee’s household for services ranging from personal crises to legal services to pet-sitting referrals.

www.liveandworkwell.com

On-site child care

Child care is provided for the well children of our employees. Care for children ages 3 months to 5 years is available in a bright, safe and convenient environment.
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206-987-4700

Tuition assistance

This program provides up to $5,000 per school year of financial support to employees who want to advance or develop their career opportunities within the hospital. Tuition Assistance is available to employees after 3,000 hours of service, which is 18 months for full-time employees.

Adoption assistance

Children’s recognizes the benefit to a child's welfare when he or she is offered a permanent adoptive home. We support your decision to adopt an eligible child with a benefit of up to $2,500 for reimbursement of qualified adoption expenses.

Free & Clear

Free & Clear offers an award-winning program based on 20 years of research and clinical experience helping thousands of people improve their lives and their health by quitting tobacco. Free & Clear addresses the difficulties of the quitting process by providing you with ongoing support — whether you’ve quit successfully or not.

The Free & Clear® Quit For Life™ Program — with free nicotine patches or gum — will put you on the road to being tobacco-free! Call 1-866-QUIT-4-LIFE.
www.freeclear.com

Discounts

Healthcare services

Children’s provides discounted healthcare services for the children of employees who are treated at the hospital.

Employee perks

Our Reward and Recognition program provides employees with discounts to a variety of services, including:

  • Movies
  • Gym memberships
  • Sporting events
  • Haircuts
  • Massages

Commuter Benefits

Children's offers great commuting benefits and has been designated a Best Workplace for Commuters by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation.

Children's has once again been recognized for its outstanding efforts to ease its employees’ commute, winning its second consecutive Diamond Award from Commuter Challenge. This award is given to organizations that reach their business goals by helping employees get to work in innovative ways.

We start with personalized commuting assistance on your first day, and follow up with support and advice along the way:

  • Transit 100% subsidized with a Flexpass
  • Personalized transit advice
  • Ride-matching services
  • Guaranteed ride home
  • Inter-facility transportation

Contact Us

Human Resources

  • E-mail:  Human.Resources@seattlechildrens.org 
  • Fax: 206-987-4820
  • Telephone: 206-987-2111
  • Toll Free: 866-987-2000 x 2111
  • Mailing Address:
    Human Resources
    P.O. Box 50020/S-201
    Seattle, WA 98145-5020

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