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Exceptional rewards. ​​​​​​​Inspiring people.

We are proud to support our employees with generous rewards.  Your Total Rewards package includes compensation, benefits, retirement, wellness, leave, and other programs. 
​​​​​​​Explore what Stanford Health Care can offer.
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Compensation
Stanford Health Care is dedicated to recognizing your contributions through fair and competitive pay.  Each job is assigned to a pay range, which is updated periodically to reflect market trends for comparable skills.  In addition to standard compensation, Stanford Health Care offers various incentive and special pay programs for eligible employees.  These include:
  • Annual performance-based bonus for managers+
  • Shift differential pay
  • Overtime
  • On-call pay
  • Call-back pay
  • Relief-in-higher classification pay
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Benefits
Our core benefits include medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, an employee assistance program, savings and spending accounts, disability, life and accident insurance.  For medical insurance, you have the choice of three generous health plans through Stanford Health Care Alliance, Aetna, or Kaiser Permanente.  Each plan includes 100% coverage for preventive care, telemedicine through Teledoc, prescription drug coverage, and behavioral health coverage.  Additional incentives exist for healthy choices.  

  • Click HERE for our General Benefits Brochure
  • Click  HERE for our CRONA RN Benefits Brochure
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Planning for the Future
We help employees save for retirement by offering a plan that includes both employer and employee contributions for eligible employees. 

Our employer contribution includes a basic contribution of 5% of salary that you receive no matter what you contribute. Depending on years of service, you can anticipate employer contributions ranging from 10 to 13%. 

 We offer free Workplace Financial Consulting through Fidelity Investments. 

In addition to our retirement programs, employees are eligible to join the Stanford Credit Union, our financial collective that offers competitively priced loans, credit cards, checking accounts, and investment options. 
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Wellness
At Stanford Healthcare, we not only strive for excellence in providing wellness for our patients, but also for our employees. “Healthy Steps,” is a multifaceted program that encourages our professionals to make sustainable, healthy lifestyle choices helping to balance the priority of their personal and professional lives. Engaging in the Healthy Steps to Wellness program gives you the chance to earn financial incentives that can be utilized to support your health and well-being. Our programs include: 
  • Group fitness classes
  • Healthy living classes
  • Health improvement programs
  • Wellness on Wheels
  • Online health education materials
  • Behavior change programs
  • Counseling and support services
  • Health assessments
  • Stanford Health Promotion Resource Center
  • Weekly webinars on special topics

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Leave and Time Off
Our generous time off ensures our employees get the rest and relaxation they need.  In addition to legally-mandated leaves through the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the state of California, employees are awarded paid time off based on their years of service and hours work, ranging from 26-30 days annually.  Your paid time off accrues into a single pool that can be used for vacation, holidays, illness, family emergencies, religious observances, and other absences.
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Additional Benefits and Special Programs
Passion is feeling excited to do all of the things you love to do.  Stanford Health Care believes in the importance of maintaining good mental and emotional health. Because feeling good is about more than just physical health, it's about having energy both in and out of work to focus on what drives you.

We offer numerous other benefits and perks for employees to pick and choose based on the support they need in their lives.  Some of our other programs include:
  • Commuting and parking subsidies and pre-tax payroll deduction for parking permits, transit passes, and vanpool expenses. 
  • Stanford Short Term Rental Programs 
  • Back up care options 24 hours a day, 365 days per year for loved ones of any age
  • Employee discounts to local attractions, fitness centers, and theme parks
  • Maternity services and on-site child care
  • Adoption services and subsidy
  • Group Legal Plans
  • Auto and Home Insurance
  • Pet Insurance
  • Retiree medical program 
Employee Resource Groups
Stanford Healthcare is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and supportive work environment for all employees. Through our Employee Resource Groups, we work to support underrepresented groups by providing space for all to feel belonging. These groups facilitate innovation, professional growth and meaningful professional relationships.
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Investing in Your Development


We want our employees to join us for a career, not just a job.  So, we offer programs for continuous learning and ongoing clinical education so that we continue to groom innovative practitoners.
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Education Assistance

 We offer tuition assistance and scholarship program to help you pursue professional development offered by other institutions.  Employees also have access to Stanford University's Continuing Studies program.  Full-time employees are eligible for $2,000 per fiscal year for tuition assistance, pro-rated for part-time employees.

Stanford Center for Education and Professional Development

 The SCEPD is an accredited provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.  This center runs continuing programs for our nurses to hone their skills.
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Stanford Health Care Leadership Academy

 We established our six-month leadership academy program to foster growth, development, and success of our organization's leaders.  Our academy mixes theoretical and hands-on training from experts inside and outside our community.  
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Access to Stanford University's Programs Our employees have access to several of Stanford University's special programs, including gym access and wellness programming.