Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) is proud to offer CHS Total Rewards, a comprehensive compensation and benefits program to assist employees and their families. Click on any of the links below to learn more.
Designed to be competitive and responsive to the varied needs of our diverse workforce, our benefits offerings include:
- Health & Wellness
CHS is committed to your health and well-being. Our health benefits are designed to support and reward healthy behaviors and to create better informed healthcare consumers.
• Choice of 2 PPO plans - designed to allow you to elect the most cost-effective plan for your healthcare needs.
• Dental Plan - coverage includes preventive, diagnostic, basic, major and adult and child orthodontia care.
• Vision Plan – coverage includes routine eye exams and eyewear.
• Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) - allows you to direct a part of your pay, on a pre-tax basis, to help pay for out-of-pocket healthcare expenses.
• Comprehensive Wellness Program - offers incentives and resources for living a healthy life.
Through a tobacco free work environment CHS supports employee health and wellness.
- Insurance Plans
• Disability – Employer provided Short Term and Long Term Disability benefits. Provides income protection if you are unable to work.
• Life Insurance - employer paid coverage.
• Voluntary Benefits – Option to purchase additional benefits for you and your dependents through convenient payroll deductions:
• AD&D coverage
• Life insurance plans (whole life, supplemental term, and spouse/dependent life)
• Specified disease insurance
• Long Term Care (not offered through payroll deduction)
• Auto, Home & Other Personal Insurance
- Work/Life Balance
• Paid Time Off (PTO) - includes vacation, sick and holiday time.
• Extended Illness - hours that may be used after an employee has been absent from work for one
regularly scheduled work week as a result of their own illness or injury.
• Employee Assistance Program - provides free, confidential short-term counseling services for you and your immediate family.
• Flexible Scheduling Options & Alternative Work Arrangements – support your efforts to balance your work and personal life.
- Financial Benefits
• Annual Performance Based Merit Increases.
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA) - allows you to direct a part of your pay, on a pre-tax basis, to help pay for out-of-pocket healthcare expenses.
• Dependent Day Care FSA - allows you to direct a part of your pay, on a pre-tax basis, to reimburse yourself for child and adult dependent day care expenses.
• 401(k) Matched Savings Plan – allows you to save on a pre-tax basis up to IRS annual limits, with fully vested employer matching contributions.
• 457(b) Savings Plan - creates additional pre-tax savings up to the IRS annual limits.
• Employer-funded Pension Plan - pays you a benefit at retirement based on service, age and compensation.
• Educational Assistance – provides varying levels of benefits for employees pursuing qualified educational activities to enhance professional skills.
• Relocation Assistance – provides up to $2,000 for Nursing and Allied Health professionals relocating to the Charlotte area at their own expense.
- Additional Benefits
• Referral programs are available for select positions. Please inquire of your recruitment specialist about
this benefit.
• Extensive Department-based Orientation Program.
• Free parking.
• Credit Union - provides access to convenient, competitive and quality financial services.
• Prepaid Legal Services Plan – provides access to affordable legal services for you and your family.
• eXtras Program - provides listings of discounts and incentives available through various area merchants.