Benefits
Benefits designed to benefit you
Careers Well Cared For
We provide benefits that are as unique as you are. We are dedicated to providing our team members with the best resources that encourage them to be at their best, feel their best, and perform at their absolute best. Our benefits are unique to you and are designed in a way that allows you to shape the career you want.
With a full menu of great benefits options — both the essential and the exceptional — we’ll make sure your life at work and away from work is truly fulfilling.
Benefit Information
From health coverage and life insurance to retirement plans and generous paid time off, and much more, you can tailor a plan that meets your unique circumstances and stage of life. Click on a tab to see the extensive options we offer in each category.
myRecognition
This program offers employees the opportunity to recognize and be recognized for exemplifying the organization’s six behavioral expectations. Recognized employees earn points that can be redeemed for a variety of lifestyle gifts.
Learn more about our myRecognition program
Represented union team members will receive benefits based on their CBA.
One Billion +
In health, retirement and other fringe benefits
$23 Million
In tuition reimbursement to encourage staff to develop their skills and careers
252 employees $1,550,000
Housing assistance program for first-time homebuyers
66,000 awards
Rewarding employees for their good work through myRecognition online platform
Health, welfare and retirement benefits
We’re committed to making our entire community healthier. Our employees and their dependents enjoy a full range of benefits to help them maintain health, enhance their wellness and handle life’s unexpected challenges.
Medical: choice of three plans
- Northwell Health Value Plan
- Northwell Health Buy-Up Plan
- Northwell Health High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with Health Savings Account (HSA)
Prescription Drug Plan: coupled with medical plan option
- Vivo Health
Wellness Pledge Program: $1,560 annual paycheck credits for completing healthy actions, to offset the cost of your medical insurance
Dental: choice of two plans through Cigna
- DHMO (in-network only)
- PPO (in- and out-of-network)
Vision: Davis Vision
Flexible Spending Accounts: Payflex
- Health Care FSA
- Dependent Care FSA
- Commuter benefits
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Plans: myAbsence
Life Insurance: Aetna
Supplemental Life Insurance: Aetna coverage available to you and your dependents
The Clinical Call Center provides health assistance and support to Northwell Health employees and their dependents who are covered by Northwell Health’s United Healthcare benefit plans and have urgent health questions or concerns or experience a change in condition. The Clinical Call Center is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, completely confidential and totally free!
Retirement
Northwell provides eligible employees a generous 401(k) Retirement Program to help them save for their future.
Offerings depend on your job title and date of hire.
Voluntary benefits
Life has a way of throwing us the occasional curve. We offer several smart voluntary options to help make sure you’re protected.
- Accident Insurance
- Cancer Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Fraud SafeGuard Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Pre-Paid Legal Services
- Select Life Insurance
Unexpected Perks
Assisted Housing Program
In collaboration with the Long Island Housing Partnership, we offer $5,000 in financial assistance to eligible employees when purchasing a home on Long Island.
Adoption Assistance Program
Employees have the opportunity to receive financial assistance up to $5,000 per family, per lifetime for direct costs related to the adoption of a child.
Childcare Programs
Subsidized childcare programs through the Learning Care Group + Bright Horizons back-up child care with up to 10 in-home or center based care visits.
Physician and executive concierge services
As an extra advantage for our executives and physicians, we provide our own “white glove” concierge services. We offer personalized one-on-one interactions as well as day-to-day availability to assist executives and physicians with:
- Benefits
- Payroll
- Retirement programs
- Tuition reimbursement
- Any other HR related questions
This dedicated HR department delivers the highest quality support and advice so that you are better able to focus on the needs of your professional role.
Work/Life balance
Comprehensive health, welfare and retirement benefits are a great start. But our people deserve a lot more. Such as:
- Paid Time-Off (PTO) and legal holidays
- Education Benefits
- – Center for Learning and Innovation
- – Discounts to the following institutions:
- Capella University
- Chamberlain College of Nursing
- Marist College
- Adelphi University
- Chatham University
- Merry College
- Business Employee Resource Groups- Read more on our D&I page
- Rewards and Recognition
- – High-Potential Program
- – President’s Award
- – Service Award Dinners
- – Military Memorial Luncheon
- Employee Assistance Program: behavioral health services to achieve and maintain optimum wellness and productivity at work.
- Employee Health Services: on-site clinicians and occupational health nurses available to all employees
- Discounts and Wellness Programs including: free smoking cessation, discounted gym memberships, free counseling services, Federal Credit Union membership, and other employee services
Educational programs
In order to continually advance our vision for redefining health care, we have to consistently advance the skills and knowledge of our people. This includes:
- Tuition Reimbursement: Eligible employees can receive $5,000 per calendar year in reimbursement toward qualified tuition expenses for an Associate’s; Bachelors or graduate-level degree
- Tuition Assistance Program: Hofstra University Northwell Health Master Degree Program – Eligible employees receive 100% employer-paid tuition expenses towards a Master’s degree from Hofstra University. Requires 24-month post-graduate commitment.
Our success also requires that we be truly innovative. Unique to Northwell Health, our Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) helps us live out this value every day. Through a variety of continuous learning programs, CLI helps improve patient care, develop future leaders and enhance business practices. Initiatives include:
- Organizational Development
- Patient Safety Institute
- Physician Leadership Institute
- Scholar Pipeline
- Improvement Science
- Emergency Medical Institute
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
- Bioskills Education Center
- ALEAD 2.0 Program
- High Potential Development Program
- Learning Initiatives
- Administrative Fellowship
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© 2021 - Northwell Health
Click here to view the “EEO is the law” poster.
It is Northwell Health’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all applicants and employees equally regardless of their age, race, creed/religion, color, national origin, immigration status or citizenship status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, sex/gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, pregnancy, genetic information or genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital or familial status, partnership status, victim of domestic violence, sexual or other reproductive health decisions, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
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