SSM Health Care – St. Louis (SSMSTL) won the “Best Places to Work” award sponsored by the St. Louis Business Journal.
We were of four finalists in the “Giant” category, which honors companies with 2,000 employees or more.
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The St. Louis Business Journal conducted a confidential, independent online survey with groups of SSM Health Care - St. Louis employees.
Top-Notch Employee Benefits
Employees within SSM Health Care - St. Louis are employed full-time, part-time, and by contract, meeting both their needs and the system's need for flexibility because of changing patient volumes.
Some approaches we use to enchance the work environment are:
- Flexible hours (72 hours semimonthly is considered full-time with full-time benefits)
- Work at home
- SSM-sponsored retreats
- Wellness programs
- Environment of respect
Our health centers commonly rely on internal float pools, as preferred to agency use, to provide supplemental on-call staffing and flexibility. Employees also can easily transfer between SSM Health Care entities within geographical areas.
Executives and employees receive the same health insurance benefits plan, including:
- Choice of medical insurance plans (including indemnity and HMO options)
- Prescription drug coverage
- Dental insurance plan
- Vision care plan
- Life insurance and dependent term life
- Accidental death and dismemberment
- LDA coverage-Legally Domiciled Adult
- Long-term care insurance-insurance to provide coverage for times of extended care
- Long-term disability
- Health and dependent care pre-tax spending accounts
- Tax-deferred match savings plan
Employee Emergency Fund: Many entities offer confidential monetary support to employees facing sudden financial crisis.
Employees Involvement in Achieving Exceptional Patient Care
Employees are doing everything possible to achieve the vision of delivering best care, best results for patients. The implementation of a new nursing care model called Relationship-based care was adopted to increase communication and teamwork among staff and involve patients and families in the patient's care plan.
SSM St. Clare Health Center was the first new hospital in St. Louis County in 35 years when it opened on March 30, 2009. Employees were involved in the design and process improvement to develop a patient-centric environment for patients.
SSM Health Care - St. Louis is the first health care system in the St. Louis region to use a comprehensive electronic health record system to improve efficiency and safety for patients. SSM Health Care - St. Louis outperforms other local health care systems in key quality indicators. Premier recognized SSM Depaul Health Center, St. Joseph Health Center and St. Mary's Health Center as high-performing facilities by the Premier Quest High-Perfoming Hospitals Collaborative.