Benefits
Adventist Health Castle (AHCS) takes pride in providing its associates with a great benefits package. The following is a partial list of benefits offered to all hospital associates who work for AHCS full time or part time at least twenty hours per week:
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Medical Insurance: Associates can select from one of two plans offered by Hawai‘i Medical
Services Association (HMSA): the Preferred Provider Plan and the Health
Maintenance Organization (HMO). Both plans include a:
- Flexible Spending Account: Associates can elect to have a certain portion of their pay set aside in a tax-exempt account for the purpose of paying for medical or dependent care.
- Life Insurance: AHCS provides basic life insurance and accidental death insurance to all associates. Associates have the option of purchasing additional life and accidental death insurance for themselves, their spouses, and/or dependent children.
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Retirement Plan: AHCS’s defined contribution pension plan has the following features:
- Every associate has a basic retirement plan account. The medical center makes a contribution to these accounts every pay period.
- Associates can elect to contribute a portion of their pay to their retirement account each pay period.
- The medical center will match, up to a certain maximum, each associate’s contribution to his or her retirement account.
- An associate’s retirement account becomes vested after the associate has worked for AHCS for five years.
- Once an associate’s retirement account is vested, the associate may take a loan from the account.
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Paid Leave: AHCS provides paid leave to its associates according to the following
guidelines:
- Associates who have worked for AHCS less than five years accrue up to 25 days of paid leave per year, depending on the actual number of hours they work.
- Associates who have worked for AHCS at least five but less than ten years accrue up to 30 days of paid leave per year.
- Associates who have worked for AHCS at least ten years accrue up to 35 days of paid leave per year.
- Associates can accrue up to a maximum of 300 hours of paid leave.
- Options are available for cashing out paid leave in the first pay period of each year.
- Holiday Pay: Associates are paid time and a half when working on eight designated federal holidays.
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Other Benefits Include:
- Free parking
- Shift and weekend differentials
- Recognition bonuses
- Temporary disability benefits
- Disability leave program
- Bereavement leave
- Shared paid leave program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Voluntary long-term care insurance
- Voluntary pet insurance
- Voluntary pre-paid legal services
- Educational reimbursement and education days
- Web-based education programs
- Tuition reimbursement
- Educational/certification achievement recognition, including a cash award up to $500
- On-site infant care center, for infants 6 weeks to 30 months of age
- Discount for services rendered at AHCS
- Discounts at the on-site pharmacy
- 10% meal allowance
- Subsidized bus passes
- Complimentary flu shots
- Birthday meal and gift shop coupon
- On-site ATM
- Complimentary notary services.
- AHCS Wellness Program, including membership discount at 24hr fitness and discounts at local merchants
- Recognition for employment anniversaries (five, ten, fifteen years, etc.)
- The Hōkū Awards, which recognize outstanding AHCS associates each quarter, and reward them with $200 cash, unrestricted parking, and a public ceremony
- Acknowledgement in Kū I Ka Mahalo, Castle’s praise newsletter