Employee Benefits Baptist Health Care seeks to provide a work environment that includes benefits which ensure security and provide many of the amenities of life. Find out more about Employee Benefits.
Clinical Ladder The BHC clinical ladder gives individual recognition within the profession of nursing. The clinical ladder offers support and incentives to participate in continuing education, service, leadership and quality improvement in accordance with our pillars of excellence: people, service, quality and growth. It is the involvement in these professional activities that serve to strengthen the entire body of nursing and improve patient outcomes.
Goals:
-Enhance recruitment to attract new nursing staff
-Enhance retention for current staff by recognizing nurses with advanced skills
-Allow nurses to be proactive in their nursing career development
-Promote development of clinicians who demonstrate performance skills utilization of the nursing process, ethics, education, leadership and performance improvement.
Baptist Health Cares clinical ladder is based on a point system. Each enrolled nurse will keep track of points earned during the program year. The program has four levels with a minimum number of points required to qualify for each level. Achievement of a level will qualify the professional nurse for a pay incentive. The primary focus of the program is PROFESSIONALISM.
Competitive Pay pay based on experience and credentials
Tuition Reimbursement for Graduate nurses- $2,500 per year for two years ($5,000 total). It requires a two-year commitment.
Sign-on bonus available for certain positions.
Continued Education- Life Long Learning -
The tuition reimbursement program is designed to assist employees seeking healthcare related degrees.
Employees are eligible after six (6) months employment with satisfactory performance.
Life Long Learning will pay tuition for Full-time employees, up to a maximum of six (6) hours
per term (3 terms per year) at the Baccalaureate level, at accredited academic institutions.
Part-time employees will be reimbursed 50% of a maximum of six (6) hours per term
at the Baccalaureate level.
Life Long Learning will pay a maximum of three (3) hours per term at the Master’s Degree
level for Full-time employees and reimburse 50% of a maximum of three (3) hours per term
for Part-time employees.
All tuition/reimbursements will be based on the respective school’s rate or the
UWF/PJC rate, whichever is less.
All employees will sign an agreement with BHC to repay the money paid for tuition in the event that
they leave employment within one year after receiving tuition benefits.
Doctoral level classes are excluded from Life Long Learning. Out of state fees, books, late fees,
lab fees, online fees, etc., are not covered. Life Long Learning does not pay for continuing education or
credentialing courses. Career counseling is an integral part of Life Long Learning as it is important
that employees have well defined career goals. Contact the Education Department for further
information at 434-4819.
Academic institutions with whom we work directly include:
- University of West Florida
- Pensacola Junior College
- University of South Alabama
- Troy University
- Florida State University
- Jefferson Davis Community College
- University of Central Florida
- Okaloosa Walton College
- Columbia Southern University
However, any academic institution will be considered with prior approval
from the Education Director.
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